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Reference Resources

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General Sites

• Ballot Watch
  "Ballot Watch is the Initiative & Referendum Institute's report on what's on the ballot and what may be headed there." On their site, they "provide regularly updated status reports on every effort underway to qualify an initiative or referendum for a statewide ballot."
• Project VoteSmart Issue Positions (NPAT)
  "The National Political Awareness Test is a key component of Project Vote Smart's Voter Self-Defense system. It has one central purpose: to measure each candidate's willingness to demonstrate a good faith effort to provide voters with the candidate's inclinations on the issues he or she will most likely face on the citizen's behalf. The NPAT is administered to all candidates for presidential, congressional, gubernatorial, and state legislative offices."
• OnTheIssues.org
  "Every Political Leader on Every Issue." For state and federal officials. Organized by state, by candidate, and by issues.