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Ballot Initiative Strategy Center
Self described "progressive" organization fighting to get initiatives on state and local ballots.
http://www.ballot.org/

Ballot Watch
"Ballot Watch is the Initiative & Referendum Institute's report on what's on the ballot and what may be headed there."
http://www.iandrinstitute.org/ballotwatch.htm

Project VoteSmart State by State Information
Project VoteSmart is a non-partisan research organization, begun in 1990, devoted to giving balanced information on government and candidates in the United States. Their state by state information page leads to rich lists of information sources on each state, along with a short almanac type entry attached to each individual state's page.
http://www.vote-smart.org/official_state.php?src=mystate

National League of Cities -- Home
The official site of this American city confederation. Political advocates and practitioners will find much to use here.
http://www.nlc.org

County Information by National Association of Counties
Clickable map leading to detailed county information, including census data, maps and further Internet links. The site also provides an overview of programs and research sponsored by the National Association of Counties.
http://www.naco.org

Key Municipal Internet Sites Index
Topical arrangement of policy, news and research resources related to municipal government -- set up by the Massachusetts Municipal Association.
http://www.mma.org/index.php?option=com_weblinks&Itemid=76

Yahoo List of State Auditing Agencies
State auditors are responsible for accountability in government.
http://dir.yahoo.com/government/u_s__government/politics/political_issues/government_fraud_and_waste/u_s__state_agencies/

Yahoo State and Local Links
Choose "government" once inside a particular state or locality.
http://d3.dir.ac2.yahoo.com/Government/U_S__Government/State_Government/

Yahoo! Politics -- State and Local
State by state guide to state, and local politics.
http://dir.yahoo.com/Government/Politics/By_Region/U_S__States/?skw=Yahoo%21+Politics+-+State+and+Local

National Governors Association
http://www.nga.org/

New York City Government
http://www.nyc.gov

Texas Government
http://www.texasonline.com/portal/tol

U.S. Conference of Mayors
http://www.usmayors.org

 

Suggested Library of Congress Headings

Stateline.org
Has news headlines, issue analysis, state-by-state links, statistics on the states, and background resource links.
http://www.stateline.org/stateline/

National City Government Resource Center
Has a variety of links to city governments and activities. But put your blockers on against pop-up ads, or prepare for serious irritations.
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1389/

National Governors Association
Lends insight to the activities and perspective of the 50 state governors.
http://www.nga.org/








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