Recommended resources for reviewing candidates for federal, state, and some local offices:

• Newspapers and News Sources available through Stanford Libraries;
• VOTE411, from the League of Women Voters;
• Sample Ballot Tool from Ballotpedia, a wiki site for American politics;
• CSPAN: Campaign 2024, a nonprofit news organization created and supported by cable television; and
• VoteSmart, a nonprofit, nonpartisan voter education organization.

The National Conference of State Legislatures estimates that 150 measures will be on the ballot for the 2024 general election. Access the complete database below.

Understand the important issues in your state:

• States Newsroom, "the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization," which also produces News From the States and Stateline;
• The State of the States, a policy and research tool produced by the London School of Economics; and
• Open Data & Democracy Tools through PluralPolicy.com (formerly Open:States from the Sunlight Foundation).

Recent books on state politics available through Stanford University Libraries:

To search Stanford's many news-oriented databases, see the guide on Newspapers and News Sources, Searching News Databases. Recent stories from national news organizations and voter education organizations about voting and state rule changes are listed below.

Alexander, A., Robertson, G.D., & Cassidy, C.A. (2024, March 1). North Carolina is among GOP states to change its voting rules. The primary will be a test. AP News. https://apnews.com/article/voting-laws-voter-id-republicans-north-carolina-1c2d5b033620244a7ea5012adf669b30

Brennan Center for Justice. (2024, May 17). Voting laws roundup: May 2024. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-may-2024

Clark, D.B. (2024, August 27). Officials voted down a controversial Georgia election rule, saying it violated the law. Then a similar version passed. ProPublica. https://www.propublica.org/article/georgia-election-rule-violates-state-law-experts-say

Hagan, V. (2024, May 8). Which states passed new election laws in 2024? Check to see if your state made changes. USA Today. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/05/08/new-election-laws-2024-states/73612150007/

Hurley, L. (2024, October 7). The threat of election chaos looms as the Supreme Court returns to action. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/threat-election-chaos-looms-supreme-court-returns-action-rcna172228

Marley, P. (2024, April 8). New voting laws in swing states could shape 2024 election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/04/08/voting-laws-swing-states-2024/

Wang, H.L. (2024, August 23). Supreme Court grants GOP bid to require citizenship proof for some Arizona voters. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2024/08/22/nx-s1-5084146/voter-registration-arizona-supreme-court-citizenship