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Constitution

• Constitution of the United States of America (GPO Access) includes links to:
  • Analysis and Interpretation: Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States
  • Constitution of the United States of America as Amended, Unratified Amendments, Analytical Index  [PDF] (GPO Access)

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Executive

• U.S. Federal Election Commission: Laws and Regulations
• U.S. National Archives and Records Administration: Electoral College
  • Frequently Asked Questions on the Electoral College
  • A Procedural Guide to the Electoral College
  • State Laws and Requirements
  • U.S. Election & Voting Resources
• National Association of Secretaries of State

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Judicial

• Florida Election Cases (U.S. Supreme Court)
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit - Opinions (U.S. Ct. App. 11th Cir)
• Documents in the Presidential Election Cases (Florida Supreme Court)
• Presidential Election Law: Lawsuits and Documents (JURIST)

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Legislative

• U.S. House of Representatives. Clerk of the House. Election Information
• U.S. Senate. Virtual Reference Desk: Elections
• Elections and Voting (National Association of Secretaries of State)
• U.S. Code, Title 3, Chapter 1 - Presidential Elections and Vacancies (Cornell Legal Information Institute)
• U.S. House of Representatives. Committee on the Judiciary
• U.S. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary

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Legal Guides

• A Century of Lawmaking: U.S. Congressional Documents and Debates: Presidential Elections and the Electoral College (Library of Congress, National Digital Library / Law Library)
• CNN.com America Votes
• Election 2000 (Stanford Law School Law Library)
• Election Law Guidebook, 2000 [PDF] (U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration)
• Election Resources (Law Library of Congress) 
• FindLaw Legal News: Politics (FindLaw)
• FindLaw's Writ: Legal Commentary (FindLaw)
• JURIST Presidential Election Law (JURIST: The Legal Education Network) includes legal commentary
• Memorandum: Overview of Electoral College Procedure and the Role of Congress  [PDF] (Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service; via U.S. House Committee on House Administration)
• National Commission on Federal Election Reform Final Report
• Nomination and Election of the President and Vice President of the United States, 2000, Including the Manner of Selecting Delegates to National Party Conventions [PDF] (U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration)
• Research Election Campaigns & Elections Online (Julia Taylor, via LLSDC) 

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Other

• American Memory: "I Do Solemnly Swear ...": Presidential Inaugurations (Library of Congress. National Digital Library)
• American Memory Learning Page: Elections...the American Way. (Library of Congress. National Digital Library)
• Ben's Guide to Government for Kids (9-12): Election Process (U.S. Govt. Printing Office)
• Constitutional Rights Foundation WebLessons: Election Central
• Elections 2006 (U.S. Dept. of State. International Information Programs)
• Elections 2006 (University of Michigan Documents Center)
• Election Index (American Library Association Government Documents Roundtable)
• Google Candidates and Campaigns
• Grolier: The American Presidency: The Electoral College
• Internet Archive: Election 2000 (Alexa Internet/Library of Congress Minerva)
• Internet Archive: Election 2002 (Alexa Internet/Library of Congress Minerva)
• New York Times 2006 Election
• New York Times Learning Network: Election 2006
• New York Times Learning Network: Presidential Elections 1896-1996
• Online NewsHour Vote 2006 (PBS)
• Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
• Polling Report
• Subject Bibliography: Voting and Elections (U.S. Govt. Printing Office)
• Washington Post OnPolitics: Elections 2006
• Washington Post KidsPost: College Knowledge
• Yahoo News: Full Coverage: Election 2006

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