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Tuesday, 2nd November 2004

A Few Reference Resources for Election Day 2004

A Few Reference Resources for Election Day 2004
++ List of Election Day Poll Hours by State
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+ Presidential Poll Results (via PollingReport.com)
How accurate or inaccurate will they be.
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++ Direct Links to Election Information for 50 States and the District of Columbia (via National Association of State Election Directors)
Some states will offer results throughout the evening. If you can't find what you need on these pages, try going directly to the Sec. of State homepage. ResearchBuzz also offers a compilation.
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++ Interactive Maps and Stats (Electionline.org)
+ Population 1990 All
+ Population 2000 All
+ Voting Age Population
+ Number of Precincts
+ Number of Registered Voters
+ Voting System Used
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++ Fast Facts: Presidential Election 2004
Stats include:
+ 217.8 million Number of voting-age U.S. residents.
+ 60%, Percentage of eligible voters who cast their ballots in the November 2000 election.
+ 72%, The percentage of citizens ages 65 to 74 who voted in the 2000 presidential election.
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++ Congresional Research Service: Presidential Elections in the United States: A Primer
++ CRS Report, The Electoral College: How It Works in Contemporary Presidential Elections
++ CRS Report, Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Contingent Election
++ Fast Facts: How A Presidential Election Tie Might Be Broken (via LexisNexis)
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++ Election Statistics
Source: Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives
"Since 1920, the Clerk of the House has collected and published the official vote counts for federal elections from the official sources among the various states and territories. These documents, out of print for many years, have been collected and scanned in a format to make them once again available to researchers and students."
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++ Printable Maps: Presidential Elections 1789-2000
Source: National Atlas of the United States
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++ Info About the Electoral College
Including historical stats.
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Up to the Minute News
++ NewsNow's Election 2004 Page
Page will auto-refresh every five minutes aggragating material from over 17,500 sources.
++ 2004 Presidential Election News (via Topix.net)

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