A nonpartisan institute at the NYU School of Law that seeks to raise awareness about and improve the conditions of our systems of democracy and justice.
Founded in 1920, the LWV is a nonpartisan, activist, grassroots organization that believes voters should play a critical role in democracy.
How to Vote in the United States
Visit USA.gov’s Voting and Elections website to find a wealth of current, helpful information if you’re planning on voting in this year’s election including:
How to vote
Important dates and deadlines
Directions to state and local voting and election resources
Organization founded by the League of Women Voters that provides current information on polling place location, absentee ballots, early voting options, registration deadlines, and voter ID requirements.
This is a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. They monitor the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form of TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases.
Non profit news organization and winner of Pulitzer Prize, dedicated to fact-checking. PolitiFact is owned by the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies. PolitiFact focuses on looking at specific statements made by politicians and rating them for accuracy and is run by the editors and journalists who make up the PolitiFact team.
Ground News provides tools to help readers compare how different news sources are reporting the same story from differing perspectives. This empowers readers to think critically and freely about the world and lessens the impact of algorithms and bias.