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  • Commonwealth Secretariat
    Provides news, country profiles, what they do, who they are, search mechanism, images, documents, video, links and more for the Commonwealth and the Secretariat.
  • Europa - Gateway to the European Union
    Documents in multiple formats [.pdf, .html, etc.], activity listings, services, institutions, interact with the EU, FAQ, The EU Day by Day.
  • United Nations : UN Search
    Find information about The United Nations.
  • THOMAS
    U.S. Congress on the Internet.

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    World Parliaments

    1. Constitutions
      Information about constitutions in a number of countries.
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    2. General Sites & Portals :
    3. Magna Carta :
    4. Specific National Parliaments & Governments :
      • Elections New Zealand
        Covers everything from how to enrol, voting procedures, parties, electorates, information for students/teachers/researchers and more. An explanation of their voting system is listed on this page.
      • SINGOV Singapore Government Online Portal
        ‘Government Who’s Who’, ‘Press Releases, Statements and Speeches’, ‘Government Information and Services’, Information for Businesses and for non-Singaporeans.
      • United Kingdom :
        • British Government and Politics
          Links covering politics, political parties, government departments, publications, Government Reports, general UK politics, European politics and links to pages covering topics including history and the arts.
        • United Kingdom Parliament
          ‘Find information about the United Kingdom Parliament, the House of Commons and the House of Lords.’
      • United States :
        • Google U.S. Government Search
          Covers all levels of government and their operation.
        • GovEngine
          ‘The premier Federal, State & Local government site on the internet.’ Gives connection to all governments and court systems by selecting the relevant state.
        • Legislatures
          Information about legislatures, elections, contact information and websites.
        • US Capitol Virtual Tour
          Tour the US Capitol. Allows you 360° views of the area.
        • U.S. Senate Virtual Reference Desk
          ‘If you are seeking general information on the Senate, legislative branch and process, or on federal government, this is a good place to begin. Links arranged broadly by subject and may take you to PDF documents, useful sources on the Web, or other Senate Web pages.’

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    World Politics & Political Parties

    In listing parties from other countries, we have only included countries where Australia has strong links, or which are in the near vicinity. The ‘Political Parties’ site links to parties from most countries around the world
    1. General Sites & Portals :
      • PoliSci
        Information about politics, primarily US, though it does cover the world. Check the Political Reference Desk, Political Reference Almanac and Web Directory as starting places.
      • Political Parties
        Links to most political parties in the world, listed by country. Be surprised by the number of parties in countries, e.g., the US.
      • UNESCO Archives Portal
        Archives related to parliaments and political parties.
    2. Political Parties
      Major political parties from nominated countries.

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    General Information

    1. American Politics :
      • AllThingsPolitical
        ‘Our directories encompass many categories, ranging from the practical - with over 6 700 public school websites, 5 600 municipal government websites, and 2 100 county government websites - to the partisan - with over 1100 Democratic and Republican county party sites.’ Also links to the Federal government, political humour, news sources and weblogs.
      • GPO Access
        ‘GPO Access is a service of the U.S. Government Printing Office that provides Free electronic access to a wealth of important information products produced by the Federal Government. The information provided on this site is the official, published version and the information retrieved from GPO Access can be used without restriction, unless specifically noted.’ Covers Legislative, Executive and Judicial areas.
      • How the Electoral College Works
        In the US, it is not the number of individual votes but Electoral College numbers which elect the President.
      • Politics1
      • THOMAS - U.S. Congress on the Internet
      • USA.gov
        ‘Government made easy.’ Provides government information by topic for a variety of groups of people - citizens [different groups], visitors to the US, government employees and more.
    2. Electoral Processes & Elections
      Including elections, electoral systems, voting mechanisms, … .
      • Ace Project
        A text book on running elections. Designed to be unbiased and suitable practices for everyone. Also a mass of other information and advice from The ACE Encyclopaedia, comparative dtata, electoral materials and country political information.
      • Adam Carr’s Election Archive
        Both results and statistics from referenda and elections in Australia and other countries.
      • Elections and Electoral Systems by Country
      • Elections Around the World
        By Wilfried Derksen. An election calendar, political parties, election resources, governments, rulers and more.
      • Electronic Voting :
        • Electronic Voting
          Run by Rebecca Mercuri. Includes papers, articles and links to related sites.
        • Estonian National Electoral Committee
          Scroll down the page to the section on ‘Internet voting in Estonia’ which provides extensive information on the process which they have been using since 2005.
        • Hacking Democracy
          ‘This cautionary documentary exposes the vulnerability of computers - which count approximately 80% of America’s votes in county, state and federal elections - suggesting that if our votes aren’t safe, then our democracy isn’t safe either.’ From HBO in America.
        • Louise Ferguson.com
          ‘These pages contain more than 200 annotated resources on voting and electronic voting [e-voting] : design, usability, accessibility and security aspects [including verified voting] of both old and new technologies. Includes material relating to kiosk [DRE] systems and remote Internet voting.’ Also other links and a blog.
      • Fundamentals of Polling
        ‘This tutorial is intended to offer a simplified glimpse into some of the fundamentals of public opinion polling. Designed for the novice, polling 101 provides definitions, examples, and explanations that serve to introduce interested students to the field of public opinion research.’
      • Voting System
        Covers aspects of voting systems, single winner methods, evaluating single winner systems, multiple winner methods, history, references and a reasonable collection of links. From wikipedia.
    3. General Sites & Portals :
      • Foreign Government Resources on the Web]
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        University of Michigan Document Centre. Information on government and sites from biographical information to constitutions, laws and treaties to statistics, embassies, news and elections.
      • Governments on the WWW
        Not only links to governments [parliaments and departments] in continental groups, but to institutions from heads of state, political parties, law courts, representation in foreign countries and institutions around specific topics.
        Brilliant !.
      • Political Resources
        A search engine for finding political resources. Their home page, Political Resources on the Net has listings of political sites available on the Internet, sorted by country, with links to Parties, Organizations, Governments, Media and more.
    4. Government Publications
      Many governments have online publications, either Free or small-fee access.
    5. Political Cartoons
      Among the best cartoons in the world. These provide access to cartoons of all political styles and orientations.
    6. Political Systems
      Including both general and system specific information links.

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