Resources and Further Information

AIGA’s Design for Democracy Project
Established in 1998, AIGA Design for Democracy applies design tools and thinking to increase civic participation by making interactions between the U.S. government and its citizens more understandable, efficient and trustworthy. Independent, pragmatic and committed to the public good, Design for Democracy collaborates with researchers, designers and policy-makers, from professional, governmental and academic communities, in service of public sector clients on a nonprofit basis. Design for Democracy has focused on election design since the 2000 presidential election, publishing both national ballot design guidelines on behalf of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC) and Marcia Lausen' Design for Democracy: Ballot and Election Design (jointly with University of Chicago Press) in 2007

Center for Citizen Media
Welcome to Principles of Citizen Journalism. In this special outline of principles, the goal is to detail the bedrock foundations of journalism to help citizen reporters grasp the fundamentals of the craft in a networked age. This website is a project by the Center for Citizen Media for the Knight Foundation's new Citizen News Network.

Creative Commons
Creative Commons is a Massachusetts-chartered 501©(3) tax-exempt charitable corporation. Creative Commons uses private rights to create public goods: creative works set free for certain uses. Like the free software and open-source movements, Creative Commons’ ends are cooperative and community-minded. Specific information about Creative Commons Licenses can be found here.

New Voters Project
The New Voters Project is a nonpartisan effort to register young people and get them to the polls on Election Day. The site includes many resources, including finding your polling place state-by-state and a list of state election offices.

State Primary Dates & Registration Deadlines
The National Associate of Secretaries of State publishes the most up-to-date calendar of information on primaries and voter registration for the 2008 elections.

Video The Vote
Video the Vote is a non-partisan project of citizen journalists strengthening democracy by observing elections and sharing the results through video.