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Voter Prep 101 presents some great resources to get more information about candidates at the top of the election ballot. But what about those races further down the ballot? Who are all those justices and judges we’re voting for? Where do we find more information about the people running for county offices? And what about the candidates for school board and water district elections?
It is often difficult to find in-depth unbiased information about the candidates for local elections. There usually isn’t the media coverage for local races that there is for national and statewide races. And candidates for local elections often don’t have the financial resources that state and national candidates have.
Here are a few suggested resources for gleaning more information, however. A page with links to candidates’ campaign websites, or at least contact information where available, is located at Voter Information 2008: Bexar County, Texas.
The LexisNexis Academic database (available to the St. Mary’s University community) provides access to an archive of full-text articles from newspapers and newswire stories, including articles from the San Antonio Express-News, the Associated Press and Business Wire.
Of course one can search for individual candidates via the Google search engine. Results will sometimes turn up entries from local blogs, such as the WalkerReport, as well as scattered articles from local online news sources. A list of area media with a web presence is included in the San Antonio Media Sources Guide, including newspapers and magazines.
It is often difficult to find in-depth unbiased information about the candidates for local elections. There usually isn’t the media coverage for local races that there is for national and statewide races. And candidates for local elections often don’t have the financial resources that state and national candidates have.
Here are a few suggested resources for gleaning more information, however. A page with links to candidates’ campaign websites, or at least contact information where available, is located at Voter Information 2008: Bexar County, Texas.
The LexisNexis Academic database (available to the St. Mary’s University community) provides access to an archive of full-text articles from newspapers and newswire stories, including articles from the San Antonio Express-News, the Associated Press and Business Wire.
Of course one can search for individual candidates via the Google search engine. Results will sometimes turn up entries from local blogs, such as the WalkerReport, as well as scattered articles from local online news sources. A list of area media with a web presence is included in the San Antonio Media Sources Guide, including newspapers and magazines.
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