Election Information
This guide is designed to help you be prepared to vote. Included is information about voter registration and sites where you can access credible sources about the candidates in order to make informed decisions in voting.
Central Penn Resources
Members of the Central Penn family, don't forget the resources you have access to.
- Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window This database provides viewpoint essays, reference sources, statistics, magazine and newspaper articles, primary documents and recommended websites and images to present various sides of an issue.
- Business Insights This link opens in a new window Your business intelligence resource containing case studies, statistical data sources, news articles, academic journals, and other material organized by country, company and industry.
- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window EBSCOhost Web is our most powerful periodicals database, offering the most full text access to scholarly journals, magazines, news articles and e-books.
Issues
- PA election 2022: GovernorInfo on Pa Governor candidates and where they stand on issues from Spotlight PA / PennLive
LGBTQ
- PA election 2022 : LGBTQ governor candidatesWhere governor candidates Mastriano, Shapiro stand on LGBTQ rights from Spotlight PA / PennLive
Fact-Checking
- FactCheck.org"a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics" - from Web site. Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- PolitiFactHome of the Truth-O-Meter, "PolitiFact is a fact-checking website that rates the accuracy of claims by elected officials and others who speak up in American politics." - from website
- Snopes.comInvestigates urban legends, rumors, folklore and other possible misinformation.
Campaign finance
The Federal Election Commission website includes campaign finance. and has a tool to compare candidates in an election.
OpenSecrets.org tracks money in U.S. politics including lobbyists, interest groups, as well as candidates and office holders.
News Sources
News websites are not always objective. It may be an editorial that states an opinion. Partisan views may be found on blogs, as well. Evaluate the source for the information you read.
Below are links to a few suggested news sources.
- 538Uses data and evidence to advance public knowledge. (538 is the number of electors in the electoral college.)
- C-SPANPart of their mission is to provide elected and appointed officials and others who influence public policy a direct conduit to the audience without filtering or otherwise distorting their points of view.
- Center for Public IntegrityOne of the country's oldest and largest nonpartisan, nonprofit investigative news organizations.