Election Information Overview

2006 - Who's Running For Office

State & Local Political Parties
Your Officials: Complete Listing: Fed, State, City. Local

Absentee Ballot Information
Who Represents The Voter?

Misc Election Information
Vote - Where? When? REGISTER

New York State Assembly & Senate Links
State Election Districts

Political Organizations & Clubs/ Local Political Clubs

Political Activist Sites
Political Web Links

Visit The Election Homepage
Visit the Town Hall


WHO REPRESENTS THE VOTER?


The New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
A New York State's largest consumer, environmental and government reform organization allows you to insert your address and zip code to find out who represents you as well as all up to date contact information.
www.cmap.nypirg.org/netmaps/MyGovernment/
NYC/MyGovernmentNYC.asp?cmd=start


New York City Campaign Finance Board

Voter Guide (who represents you?)
The CFB has three primary mandates: administering the Campaign Finance Program, publishing the Voter Guide, and overseeing the Debate Program. The Board is strictly nonpartisan, and by law the mayor's and the speaker's two appointees must come from different political parties. Board members serve staggered, five year terms.
www.nyccfb.info/debates_vg/index.htm


Find your Representatives
NYS Board of Elections
Congress, NYS Senate, NYS Assembly
http://map01.elections.state.ny.us/boe/Main.asp

SmallTownBrooklyn's "Your Officials" page

STB Townhall Officials page


MISC. ELECTION INFORMATION

Federal:

About The Electoral College
www.fec.gov/pages/ecmenu2.htm

League of Women Voters (National)
www.lwv.org/

New York State Board of Elections
www.elections.state.ny.us

New York City

NYC Board of Elections
www.vote.nyc.ny.us

League of Women Voters (NYC)
www.lwvnyc.org

POLITICAL ORGANIZATIONS & LOCAL CLUBS


Democratic...

Democratic Party of New York
www.nydems.org

Democratic Leadership for the 21st Century
www.DL21C.org

Lambda Independent Democrats Brooklyn
Phone 718 361 3322
www.lidbrooklyn.org

Village Independent Dems
www.villagedemocrats.com

Young Dems
www.nydems.org/youngdems

Republican...

New York State Republican Party

www.nygop.org

Brooklyn Republicans
www.BrooklynRepublicans.org

Brownstone Republican Club
www.brownstonegop.com
Formed in 1994 to promote political and community activism in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn Heights, Red Hook and Cobble Hill. In recent years, it has grown to include DUMBO, Concord Village, Gowanus and Park Slope.
These eight neighborhoods form Brooklyn's 52nd Assembly District.

Kings County Women's Republican Club
www.gopbrooklyn.com

NY Young Republicans Club
Two separate organizations boast the same history and mission, and both seem to have a strong and active membership. We didn't know what to do, except list them both and let our readers decide for themselves:
www.nycyr.org
and
www.nyyrc.com 

Other...

Communist Party of New York
Website down...

Conservative Party of New York State
www.cpnys.org

Constitution Party
www.constitutionparty.com

Green Party of New York, Kings County
www.gpnys.org/kings.html

Green Party of Park Slope
www.parkslopegreens.org

Independence Party of Brooklyn
www.ipny.org/kings

Liberal Party of New York
www.liberalparty.org

Libertarian Party of New York
www.ny.lp.org

Marijuana Reform Party of New York
www.marijuanareform.org

Natural Law Party of New York
www.natural-law.org/states/New_York.html

New York Reform Part
http://www.reformparty.org/cgi-bin/hspo.cgi?ny

Right to Life of New York
www.nysrighttolife.org

Socialist Party of New York City
www.newyorksocialists.org

Socialist Workers Party
www.themilitant.com

Working Families Party
www.workingfamiliesparty.org

STATE ELECTON DISTRICTS

State Reapportionment

NY State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research & Reapportionment
The U.S. Constitution requires that congressional and state legislative district boundaries be redrawn every ten years, reflecting population shifts detected by the Federal census. This process, referred to as "redistricting", is undertaken by the state Legislature.

In New York State, the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment analyzes the Census Bureau population figures used in the redistricting plan. Maps or current Legislative Districts, Proposed Districts & more... http://latfor.state.ny.us/maps/


STATE ASSEMBLY & SENATE LINKS


General

Find your Representatives
NYS Board of Elections
Congress, NYS Senate, NYS Assembly
http://map01.elections.state.ny.us/boe/Main.asp

State Senate

Look up a specific Senate Member and check their district map link

www.senate.state.ny.us

Live Webcam Albany State Senate
Requires Real Player - a free download
Gavel to gavel daily coverage -
www.senate.state.ny.us


State Assembly

Look up a specific Assembly Member and check their district map link
www.assembly.state.ny.us

Assembly Press Releases
Press Releases from the New York State Assembly The Assembly is part of the New York State Legislature. The Assembly has 150 members, who represent 150 districts of New York State. The Assembly passes bills that affect people throughout the state of New York.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/Press

Live Webcam Albany State Assembly
Requires Real Player - a free download
Gavel to gavel daily coverage -
www.assembly.state.ny.us

 
VOTE - WHERE? WHEN? REGISTER


New York State Board Of Elections

www.elections.state.ny.us/

Register To Vote...

Kings County Board of Elections
345 Adams St. Brooklyn, NY 11201
Phone: 718-330-2250 Fax: 718-522-6227

www.elections.state.ny.us/Law/Calendar.htm

New York State Absentee Ballots Information
www.elections.state.ny.us/voting/absentee.htm

Voter registration Form (PDF Format - English)
www.elections.state.ny.us/download/voting/voteform.pdf

Voter registration from (PDF Format - Spanish)
www.elections.state.ny.us/download/voting/
spanishvoteform.pdf

Voter registration from (PDF Format - Chinese)
www.elections.state.ny.us/download/voting/
chinesevoteform.pdf

Where To Vote...

Polling places are located throughout the city. You can vote ONLY at
your designated polling place. Make sure your are at the correct polling site and Election District/Assembly District (ED/AD) for your address. If you are not sure of that location you can find you poll site location by: Online Poll Site Address Locator
http://208.20.230.135/pollsite/address.jsp?back=clear


POLITICAL ACTIVIST SITES

Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
www.fair.org

Media Matters for America
www.mediamatters.org

Citizens for Media Literacy
www.main.nc.us

Common Cause
www.commoncause.org

Alternate
www.alternet.org

Youth Media Council
www.youthmediacouncil.org

Air America Radio
www.airamericaradio.com/pub/globalDefault.htm

Free Press

www.freepress.net

Center for Digital Democracy

www.democraticmedia.org

Center for Public Integrity
www.publicintegrity.org

Consumer Federation of America
www.consumerfed.org

Consumers Union
www.consumersunion.org

ZMagazine
www.zmag.org


POLITICAL WEBLINKS

Who's Running For What - Everywhere:

As simple as it gets
www.politics1.com/ny.htm
Gotham Gazette campaign2005/

The Latest Polls

Polling.Com
Federal, State, Local polling reports by national organizations
www.pollingreport.com/

What's The Mood of The Nation?
Washington Post Polling Links...
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/datadir.htm

Participation

Center for Voting and Democracy

Researches how voting systems affect participation, representation and governance. Generally advocate proportional representation systems for legislative elections, instant runoff voting for executive and judicial elections and public interest redistricting. Believe voting system reform is essential to reinvigorate American politics, to decrease the impact of money in elections and to ensure majority rule, full representation and greater participation.
www.fairvote.org

Political Sites

Running For Office, Yourself?

YDemsCan.Net is an Internet-based political network and PAC that endorses and supports young Democratic candidates under the age of 40. It consists of its Members, linked via the YDemsCan.Net Website and E-Mail System, and an executive board made up of young political consultants and activists.

YDemsCan.Net supports candidates financially through bundled contributions, like EMILY'S LIST, through contributions from the our PAC, and through non-financial support via our political network of contacts and professionals.
www.ydemscan.net/index.html


YourCongress.com - "It's your Congress. Learn to Laugh."

The latest: Last week, this week and current capitol craziness... www.yourcongress.com/section.asp?section=Latest

New York Times:
www.nytimes.com/politics

Understand & Enjoy The Elections
www.politics.com

Send an e-mail DIRECTLY to your Congressperson: www.house.gov/writerep

Send an e-mail DIRECTLY to your Senator
Visit The Election Homepage
Your Officials: Complete Listing: Fed, State, City
Visit The Town Hall

Brooklyn is the world's largest SmallTown
www.SmallTownBrooklyn.com is its website