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Guide to the 2020 Elections: Voting Information & Fact Checking

A guide about local and presidential elections, the upcoming primaries, and California ballots

GENERAL GUIDES & VOTING INFORMATION

Registering to Vote 

Vote-By-Mail 

Vote411.org – League of Women Voters Education FundEnter your address to get personalized voting information including the races on your ballot and side-by-side candidates’ positions. Also state-by-state information on polling places, ballot measures, early voting, etc.

Voter FAQsVoter’s Edge California, a partnership between the League of Women Voters of California Education Fund’s Smart Voter and MapLight.

How to Vote in Every State (Video) 

Campus Vote Project 

Absentee Ballot 

Vote Smart Facts MatterBiographies, voting records, issue positions, ratings, speeches and campaign finance information

League of Women Voters

FACT CHECKING WEBSITES

Tracking Viral Misinformation Ahead of the 2020 Election / "Every day, Times reporters will chronicle and debunk false and misleading information that is going viral online." The New York Times.

FactCheck.org”A nonpartisan, nonprofit "consumer advocate" for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics.” The site is a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania. They “monitor the accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in the form TV ads, debates, speeches, interview and news releases.

Politico.com 

PolitiFact.comPolitiFact is now owned by the nonprofit Poynter Institute for Media Studies. Reporters and editors fact-check statements by members of Congress, the White House, lobbyists and interest groups and rate them on our Truth-O-Meter.”

Vote SmartVote Smart is a non-partisan, non-profit organization providing information on candidates and elected officials.

The Washington Post's Fact Checker