Political Communities Online Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet World political parties: Politics One's comprehensive listing The Living Room Candidate is an archive of U.S. presidential television campaigns from 1952 to the present. Links about Political Activism on the Internet Association for Progressive Activism/Institute for Global Communication They call it "Hacktivism":  computer hackers as activists (and another link about the pre- and post-911 hacktivists) Political Empowerment Resources (pretty ugly, but with some good material, if you can read it) Using the Internet to ensure accountability by government agencies Links about online voting/balloting/eDemocracy VoteNet (eBallot) -- bills itself as the #1 in Online Voting Democracies Online: DoWire.org offers news, views, and general info A U.K. service for Online elections at Everyone Counts And there is a site that is pushing very hard to ensure we keep hard-copy ballots for verification purposes Other useful links The eGovernment handbook out of the UK is a resource for LDCs interested in moving toward eGovernment Beaucoup is the search engine about government information Some excellent commentary and resources appear at the Cyber Soc. site. Political Advertising links (Texas & national) Politics Online (political fund raising and online tools) Companion web site to the PBS show "the :30 Second Candidate" -- even lets you design your own ad One of the best things the CIA ever did for us was to craft the World FactBook, with information about all of the world's nations, now online. InterZone Virtual Republic:  Renouncing Citizenship in Geographically-based nations   This page created and maintained by Dr. Deb Geisler Department of Communication and Journalism Suffolk University Boston, MA  02108 Last updated 13 September 2007