Register to Vote!
*All students enrolled at the University of Maryland can register to vote in College Park*

To register to vote in Maryland: http://www.elections.state.md.us/citizens/registration/students.html

To register to vote in your home state: http://www.terpimpact.umd.edu/election_offices.asp



Election Guide 2008
The NY Times has published a great deal of information about the candidates and the Election of 2008.
View Website

CNN Election Center 2008
Get up to date information on the candidates, issues, money and debates. Plus, check out Election 101.
View Website

Post Politiics
Check out the Politics section of the Washington Post for Election Information.
View Website

The Washington Times Election Section
Get up to date information on the Election of '08!
View Website

VoteGopher.com
Created by students at Harvard, this website strives to focus on issues facing the candidates in order to inform young voters. Compare candidates by issue or simply browse the issues or the candidates.
View Website

Declare Yourself
Declare Yourself is a national nonpartisan, nonprofit campaign to empower and encourage every eligible 18-year-old in America to register and vote in the presidential primaries and 2008 presidential election. Using the power of strategic media partnerships, celebrity spokespeople, the sports arena, and most importantly, mobile and Internet technology, Declare Yourself's campaign blankets the landscape of popular culture, as well as universities and high schools, with a simple, clear message: REGISTER and VOTE!
View Website

Campus Vote Initiative
Campus Compact has launched this initiative to encourage higher education institutions to help educate and empower students and to make the process of staying engaged easier throughout the sometimes confusing election season.
View Website

STARS – Politics
Politics subsection for groups on campus, including
College Democrats
College Park Libertarians
College Republicans
For full list, see (View by --> Political)
View Website

Maryland Votes
Voter registration group on campus. To learn more, register, or get help out, visit their website.
View Website

Center for Political Communication and Civic Leadership
Unites research, education, and public engagement to foster democratic communication by a diverse people. Housed in the Department of Communication here at Maryland.
View Website

Political Internships
Please see Interships section for list of political internships.


The Political Engagement Project
The Political Engagement Project (PEP) addresses the serious problem of political disengagement in young people and advocates a dramatic increase in college and university efforts to strengthen student interest in politics.
View Website

Rock the Vote
Political power for young people.
View Website

New Voters Project
A nonpartisan effort to register young people and get them to the polls on Election Day.
View Website

Project Vote Smart
Information about elected officials and candidates.
View Website

Democracy Matters
Change elections. Change America.
View Website

Student Association for Voter Empowerment S.A.V.E
S.A.V.E is a non-profit, non-partisan, student-led organization under the guidance of our nation’s most distinguished leaders, including senators, congressional representatives, governors, mayors, journalists and academics.
View Website

National Political Parties
Democratic National Committee http://www.dnc.org/
Republican National Committee http://www.rnc.org/
Libertarian Party http://www.lp.org/
Green Party http://www.gp.org/


Center for Politics
The Center for Politics is an interdisciplinary, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to the proposition that government works better when politics works better and its corollary that politics works better when citizens are informed and active participants.
View Website

Politico
Learn more about political news with special interest in the young voters of 2008.
View Website