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Ads by Google      The Presidential Election Campaign Fund and Tax Checkoff In the six presidential elections from 1976-1996, $890.9 million was distributed: $256.6 million to 74 primary candidates, $92.7 million to the 2 major parties for 12 nominating conventions, and $541.6 million for 12 major party nominees and 2 independents in the general election. Before the general election system took effect, the 1974 FECA Amendments (P.L. 93-443) extended public financing to presidential primaries and nominating conventions. These efforts suggest the future of presidential public funding is by no means assured and that Congress may revisit the issue. http://www.opensecrets.org/2000elect/other/presfund/CRS_s95-824.htm   (1934 words)      United States Elections 2004 In an attempt to unify a divided party, the Democratic convention, after it nominated Humphrey, agreed to appoint a committee to reexamine the party's presidential nomination process, with the twin goals of encouraging greater party participation in the selection of a Democratic nominee and more equitable representation of the party at its nominating convention. The presidential nominating process is not perfect, but in recent decades it has enhanced participation, improved demographic representation, and strengthened the tie between the average partisan and the candidates. Ever since the 1970s when the Democratic and Republican parties began to reform the rules for selecting their presidential and vice presidential nominees, the system has been in a state of flux, with the most successful candidates being those who understand the complexities and can maneuver in and around them. http://usinfo.state.gov/products/pubs/election04/nominate.htm   (1934 words)      George Bush Presidential Library and Museum Every Presidential library undergoes an evolution from a Presidential materials project to a fully functioning facility, and the Bush Library currently is in its earliest period of development. The tenth Presidential library administered by the National Archives will be constructed between 1995 and 1997 on ninety acres on the western edge of the Texas AandM University campus. The groundbreaking ceremony for the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum was held on November 30, 1994, in College Station, Texas. http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/giq.html   (2518 words)      JS Online: Journal Sentinel, WTMJ-TV to host debate Democratic presidential hopefuls have been invited to a nationally televised debate here Feb. 15, two days before the Wisconsin presidential primary. Because Wisconsin is the only primary that week, it should give our state a powerful voice in selecting the Democratic nominee. The "Wisconsin Presidential Debate 2004" was announced Saturday by its sponsors, the Journal Sentinel, WTMJ-TV and Journal Communications. http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/jan04/199167.asp   (2518 words)      Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum Forbes Library Today, Forbes Library is the largest existing source of primary material on Calvin Coolidge and the only public library in the United States to hold a presidential collection. Exhibits and manuscripts, written and pictorial, cover his political career from Northampton to Boston to the White House and his post-presidential years as a Northampton resident. The Calvin Coolidge Presidential Library and Museum contains materials documenting the private life of Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), beginning with his birth and formative years in Vermont, his student days at Amherst College, and his years as a young lawyer in Northampton. http://www.forbeslibrary.org/coolidge/coolidge.shtml   (413 words)      National History Day in Pennsylvania Primary sources accessed through the National Archives, the Library of Congress, presidential libraries, etc., are invaluable as primary and secondary sources. For history and social studies, the most important links are to various lessons and resources from the National Park Service, Library of Congress, National Archives, and presidential libraries. One section of the site is devoted to National History Day research, with suggestions for resources from the National Archives and the presidential libraries for Taking a Stand in History. http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/HistoryDay/teacher.html   (413 words)      Ryze business networking Today, the presidential nominee is always chosen by the primary system before the convention, and the convention merely ratifies the party leadership and platform recommended by the nominee's organization. In the bad old days, national party conventions were held so that representatives of state party organizations could meet, choose the party's nominee, choose the national party officers and central committee and work out the party's platform. All of these matters often remained quite unsettled until deals were struck at the convention, usually in the proverbial "smoke-filled back room." The whole process was much less open to the public even 30 or 40 years ago than it is today. http://www.ryze.com/posttopic.php?topicid=249465&confid=1250   (413 words)      AllPolitics - Presidential Debates - History Their absence is due, for the most part, to incumbents refusing to debate and federal communications laws which required equal time for all presidential candidates, even minor ones. Presidential candidates were expected to keep quiet, and it was not until 1840 that a presidential candidate (William Henry Harrison of the Whig party) even stumped to advocate his own election. Although the 1960 debates were popular with the public and broadcast nationally on network television, presidential debates took a hiatus until 1976. http://cgi.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/debates/history   (1559 words)      biology - President of the United States The modern Presidential election process begins with the primary elections, during which the major parties (currently the Democrats and the Republicans) each select a nominee to unite behind; the nominee in turn selects a running mate to join him on the ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. The United States presidential line of succession is a well-detailed list of government officials to serve or act as President upon a vacancy in the office due to death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and conviction). U.S. presidential elections are held every four years. http://www.biologydaily.com/biology/President_of_the_United_States   (5070 words)      Jefferson Davis Presidential Library As is typical with presidential libraries, the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library contains three primary interpretive components: a theater, exhibit gallery, and research library. That dream was transformed in early 1991, when in a meeting with the members of the Combined Boards of Beauvoir, Louis Gorr, then Executive Director of the Museum of the Confederacy, suggested that the proposed library be a residential facility comparable to existing presidential libraries. On March 21, 1995, Governor Kirk Fordice, a stalwart supporter of Beauvoir and Confederate history, signed into law a bill providing an additional $3,000,000 in state funds for the library. http://www.beauvoir.org/prezlib.html   (932 words)      Politics1 - 2008 U.S. Presidential Election (P2008) but then-VP Alben Barkley did in fact seek the Democratic Presidential nomination. Commission on Presidential Debates - Established by leaders of the two major parties to ensure that debates remain a permanent part of every general election, this nonprofit and bipartisan organization sponsored all the general election Presidential debates since 1988. Patrick Ruffini: 2008 Presidential Wire - Ruffini -- who was the website designer and Internet strategist for the 2004 Bush/Cheney campaign -- launched this nice news aggregator site in '05 to track all of the news and blog stories on the possible White House candidates from the two major parties. http://www.politics1.com/p2008.htm   (1068 words)      Ballot Access News On August 10, Michigan state rep. Leon Drolet introduced HB5082, which would relax the law concerning the deadline for a qualified minor party to certify the name of its presidential and vice-presidential candidates to the Secretary of State. Later the Democratic, Libertarian, and Alaskan Independence Parties had joined the case, and in 2004 the Green, Democratic, Libertarian and Alaskan Independence Party had used a blanket primary ballot. A surprisingly complete listing of votes cast in Presidential elections, including numerous third-party candidates and nice maps of vote distribution by state and (on the individual state pages) by county. http://www.ballot-access.org   (1068 words)      2004 Presidential Election President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, for example, raised a total of nearly half a billion dollars in private contributions during the presidential primary season. Their decision (and that of Howard Dean, who also rejected matching funds) helped to make this presidential election the most expensive in history. They did so under increased contribution limits mandated by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential/index.asp   (1068 words)      John Edwards-Campaign Organization Buerkle was Al Gore's state political director during the 2000 presidential campaign, when Democrats won New Mexico's five electoral votes by less than 400 votes. Served as communications director of Attorney General Jim Doyle's winning campaign for governor in 2002; as communications director of Elizabeth BurmasterÂ’s 2001 election to State Superintendent of Schools; as communications director for Gore/Lieberman 2000 in Wisconsin; and as campaign manager for Chief Justice Shirley AbrahamsonÂ’s 1999 re-election to the Wisconsin Supreme Court. In the 2000 campaign she was California state director for the Gore primary campaign, and Western Regional Political Director for the Gore/Lieberman campaign. http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/edwards/edworg.html   (2881 words)      Pew Internet & American Life Project Report: Campaign 2004 There was also a striking increase in the number who cited the internet as one of their primary sources of news about the presidential campaign: 11% of registered voters said the internet was a primary source of political news in 2000 and 18% said that in 2004. For campaign 2004, the overall figures related to uses of the internet for politics were: The Internet and Campaign 2004: The internet was a key force in politics last year as 75 million Americans used it to get news, discuss candidates in emails, and participate directly in the political process http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/150/report_display.asp   (391 words)      CNN.com - Democrats gather for first debate in accelerated presidential campaign - May. 2, 2003 The debate takes place five days after a new South Carolina poll was released showing nearly half the state's Democratic voters remain undecided about which presidential candidate to support. Previously, the presidential debate that took place earliest in a campaign cycle occurred July 1, 1987, when all seven Democrats vying to challenge then-Vice President George Bush faced off in Houston. Democrats' decision to hold their first debate in South Carolina also reflects how much candidates are rethinking the traditional primary calendar in which New Hampshire and Iowa have played starring roles. http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/05/02/democratic.debate   (391 words)      The Free Press -- Independent News Media - Election Issues Meanwhile, Blackwell escalated his own campaign for Governor of Ohio, to be decided in primary and general elections he would administer as Secretary of State. Amidst the bitter controversy that was voiced in Ohio's post-election public hearings, unprecedented national attention began to focus on what may or may not have happened here. In Ohio, Secretary of State Blackwell issued an order in the weeks following the election that all 2004 election records, paper and electronic, were to be sealed from public access and inspection. http://www.freepress.org/departments/display/19/2005/1318   (5136 words)      Politics1 - Guide to the 2004 Peace & Freedom Party Presidential Candidate Native American activist and convicted murderer (or political prisoner, depending on your views) Leonard Peltier won 57% of the vote in the PFP Presidential primary in March 2004 -- even though he was serving his life sentence in Leavenworth Federal Penetentiary at the time. In Summer 2004, Peltier formally won the nomination at the PFP Presidential Nominating Convention -- winning 17 of the 30 delegate votes (Nader, who attended the convention, was second with 8). The US Court of Appeals denied Peltier's latest appeal in November 2003. http://www.politics1.com/pfp04.htm   (5136 words)      2004 Presidential Election - Academic Info "Its primary purpose is to sponsor and produce debates for the United States presidential and vice presidential candidates and to undertake research and educational activities relating to the debates. Sections include: Presidential Race ; Campaign Buzz ; In The Field ; General Election ; Morning Grind ; The President ; CNN Election Express ; Campus Vibe. "...is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to energize and empower a new movement of young voters to participate in the 2004 presidential election." http://www.academicinfo.net/poliscius2004.html   (5136 words)      Bill Clinton - Free Online Library After a long primary process, Clinton was nominated as the Democratic presidential candidate. Clinton managed two important political campaigns – that of George S. McGovern, the Democratic Presidential nominee in 1972, and then Governor Jimmy Carter's run for the Presidency in 1976. He attended Yale University, earned a law degree, and then returned to Arkansas to teach law at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. http://clinton.thefreelibrary.com   (5136 words)      2004 Presidential Election President Bush and Sen. John Kerry, for example, raised a total of nearly half a billion dollars in private contributions during the presidential primary season. Their decision (and that of Howard Dean, who also rejected matching funds) helped to make this presidential election the most expensive in history. They did so under increased contribution limits mandated by the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act. http://www.opensecrets.org/presidential   (207 words)      WallBuilders Resources Sample Letters to the Editor However, this is no surprise since the U. Department of Education claims that only 5 percent of high schools graduates know how to examine primary source documentation. In a recent letter, the writer took the same position as Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) and parroted AU's offensive mantra, associating a theocracy or theocratic state with the “Religious Right.” Such claims are patently false. First, to have a theocracy in America, the Constitution must be replaced with a totalitarian dictator who speaks on God's behalf (i.e., a revival of “the Divine Right of Kings” doctrine). http://www.wallbuilders.com/resources/search/detail.php?ResourceID=29   (1401 words)      "I Do Solemnly Swear...": Presidential Inaugurations A key objective of this online presentation is to make accessible to the public, many of the treasures and other important primary source materials held by the Library of Congress as well as by other institutions. The selections are drawn from the Presidential Papers in the Manuscript Division and from the collections of the Prints and Photographs Division, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Music Division, and the General Collections of the Library of Congress. The collection has been organized chronologically by presidential inauguration and an effort has been made to offer a balanced number of items for each inaugural event. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html   (1401 words)      CBS News What Could Go Wrong: Part I October 29, 2004 13:09:42 ES&S also defends its technology, saying in statements on its Web site that it has "successfully supported over 30,000 elections worldwide during the past decade" and that in the March 2004 presidential primary in Florida, "no major problems were reported" with the 5,000 machines it operated in Broward County. But few denied there were massive problems in the last presidential race. The law spurred states to look to new voting technology, especially touchscreen voting systems. http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/10/22/politics/main650884.shtml   (1486 words)      The Presidential Debate at the University of Miami - History of Debates Presidential candidate Ross Perot, center, addresses the audience and Democratic candidate Bill Clinton, right, as Carol Simpson, the debate moderator, and President George Bush listen. It is the first academic institution in the state selected to host a presidential debate, and the 2004 presidential debates are the first ever held in South Florida. The Commission on Presidential Debates was established in 1987 to ensure that debates, as a permanent part of every general election, provide the best possible information to viewers and listeners. http://www.miami.edu/debate04/debatehistory.html   (1486 words)      Bush To Claim Victory As Kerry Concedes - Forbes.com Yesterday, the President won Florida, which he won in 2000 only after a court fight and a U.S. Supreme Court ruling, by a margin of five percentage points. Although the electoral vote tracked that of the 2000 election, the issues this year were dramatically different. Elsewhere, yesterday's vote closely tracked the vote in the 2000 election. http://www.forbes.com/work/careers/2004/11/03/cx_da_1103outcome.html   (1033 words)      The UNOFFICIAL Kerry/Edwards 2004 webring A blog site maintained by a Kerry supporter who had the privilege of getting to see the Iowa caucuses up close and maintains not only did the Democrats choose the best candidate in their primary, but John Kerry will beat George Bush in the general election in the fall. The first site of brazilian citizens that endorse the candidature of John Kerry for President of the United States. Commentary on why John Kerry would be the best candidate for Democrats to nominate for President in 2004. http://q.webring.com/hub?ring=unofficialjohnfk   (2301 words)      C-SPAN: Presidential & Vice-Presidential Debates 2000 • Judicial Watch Third Party Presidential Debate Friday, October 20, 2000 All four debates were sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates. Also find Primary Campaign debates featuring the candidates. http://www.c-span.org/campaign2000/presdebates.asp   (2301 words)      CJR Daily Home In other news, the latest rumor is that the Republican Party in Florida is trying to woo TV host Joe Scarborough to run against Rep. Katherine Harris in the 2006 Senate primary race. During the 2004 presidential campaign, we frequently called the press out for writing stories in which the elephant in the room -- the press itself -- went unacknowledged. That would be the same Times, by the way, that also today printed a story supplied to it by Judicial Watch, a conservative legal advocacy group, and another story based on an interview with a veteran Army intelligence officer arranged for the Times and Fox News by conservative congressman Curt Weldon. http://www.campaigndesk.org   (2301 words)      Primary Information Open primary: Registered voters can go to a polling place and request a ballot for the presidential primary of any (but only one) party, regardless of their party leanings. Closed primary: Voters must pre-register in a particular party to vote in that party's presidential primary. Open primary: According to state law, a party's presidential primary is open to "each registered voter of the Commonwealth" -- regardless of their party affiliation. http://www.votewomenshealth.org/primaries.htm   (1582 words)

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