Comment Re:local candidates (Score 1) 272
I just came across http://www.vgt2004.org/ via my local newspaper.
According to the server error page it is a Voter Guide Toolkit. It's intended purpose seems to be for newspapers to create a guide on candidates appearing on local ballots. Adoption of the site is spotty at best, with guides availible for 13 states (with some having multiple guides). Even if there is a guide for your state, it may be of little use. Of the two guides for Michigan, one only lists candidates for the House, and Presidentential races (at least for my district), and the other doesn't have any candidates at all. Though I did find that a page for Florida that lists candidates for Sheriff, County Commission, and School Board.
For the two House candidates listed for my district, it give various information, including campaign website, education, experience, community involvement, endorsements, military records and answers from the candidate to a number of questions. Unfortunately it doesn't give voting records, or campaign finance information. This appears to be the standard information for all voter guides. So if you are lucky enough to have a paper that has created a voter guide, the guide probably won't give any more information than the candidate is disclosing in the first place.
According to the server error page it is a Voter Guide Toolkit. It's intended purpose seems to be for newspapers to create a guide on candidates appearing on local ballots. Adoption of the site is spotty at best, with guides availible for 13 states (with some having multiple guides). Even if there is a guide for your state, it may be of little use. Of the two guides for Michigan, one only lists candidates for the House, and Presidentential races (at least for my district), and the other doesn't have any candidates at all. Though I did find that a page for Florida that lists candidates for Sheriff, County Commission, and School Board.
For the two House candidates listed for my district, it give various information, including campaign website, education, experience, community involvement, endorsements, military records and answers from the candidate to a number of questions. Unfortunately it doesn't give voting records, or campaign finance information. This appears to be the standard information for all voter guides. So if you are lucky enough to have a paper that has created a voter guide, the guide probably won't give any more information than the candidate is disclosing in the first place.
