1. General Government Information
2. Politics & Elections
3. Tax Information
4. Voter Information

General Government Information

City of Akron home page

http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/

All kinds of information concerning the city of Akron, such as government departments and personnel, city facts and attractions, news releases, and tax filing.

Congress.org

http://congress.org/

An easy-to-use site for information on Congress, status of bills, legislative process, and political candidates.

County of Summit- Government Home Page

http://www.co.summit.oh.us/

Listing of Summit County executive offices, courts, council, elected officials, boards, agencies, and commissions.

Federal administrative decisions and other actions

http://www.lib.virginia.edu/govdocs/fed_decisions_agency.html

Links to various government agencies and their electronic reading rooms, directives, policies, etc.

GovSpot- Resources for citizens and government employeees

http://www.govspot.com/

A user-friendly site with a multitude of information. It includes links to government entities, world affairs, science, travel, taxes, money matters, justice, military, humanities, current news and humor.

GPO Access

http://www.gpoaccess.gov/index.html

This is the site of the Government Printing Office, with links to executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the government. You can access the Code of Federal Regulations, Federal Register, U.S. Code, Supreme Court Decisions, Administrative decisions, and others. This site also includes a collection of historical documents important to U.S. democracy.

Official Federal Government Web Sites

http://www.loc.gov/rr/news/fedgov.html

This site is divided between the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial branches. The Executive section offers links to the various government agencies, including the independent ones. The Legislative portion has links to the U.S. Code, current legislation, roll-call votes, bills, etc. The Judiciary page offers the latest news from the federal courts with a search option.

Ohio Capitol Connection

http://www.rotundacollection.com/Desktopdefault.aspx

Great one-stop site for those interested in Ohio government and/or politics. There is information available on the state legislative proceedings, including members, agendas, schedules, committees, and the status of bills. There are also links to Ohio agencies, Ohio Revised Code, Ohio Administrative Code, and various other Ohio and Federal legal/government websites.

Ohio Government Infomation & Services

http://www.ohio.gov

This Ohio website provides access to government agencies, legislative and legal information (including the Ohio Revised Code.) It also has information on Ohio travel, employment, business, schools, tax information, and factual information about the state of Ohio.

Unclaimed Funds

http://www.com.state.oh.us/unfd/

Maintained by the Ohio Division of Unclaimed Funds, this site allows you to enter your name in the "online treasure hunt" to see if you have any money coming to you.

US Courts

http://www.uscourts.gov

This site provides links to the different levels of federal courts (U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Courts of Appeals, U.S. District Courts, U.S. Bankruptcy Courts) as well as information about the US court system, electronic access, defender searches, federal rulemaking, and probation & pretrial services.

Vital Records

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/howto/w2w/w2welcom.htm

This site from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides addresses and price information for obtaining vital records (birth, death, marriage and divorce certificates) from all 50 states. There are also guidelines for what to include with a request to ensure it is processed properly.

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Politics & Elections

Administering and Enforcing Federal Campaign Finance Laws

http://www.fec.gov/index.shtml

This Federal Elections Commission site contains information about campaign finance laws. Contains a searchable database of contributors to campaigns for federal offices.

CNN AllPolitics

http://cnn.com/POLITICS

This news oriented site offers up-to-date information and articles on current political happenings.

Contacting the Congress

http://www.visi.com/juan/congress/

This site is an up-to-date database of congressional contact information. Includes email addresses and homepages for the 540 members of the 109th Congress.

Directory of U.S. Political Parties

http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm

Provides information on and links to the two major United States political parties, followed by an alphabetical directory of the third parties, including a link to their home pages, and brief history of each.

FactCheck

http://www.factcheck.org/

Under the motto "Holding politicians accountable," this site from the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania seeks to determine the facts behind the campaign ads and news stories. Articles are sourced and linked to the original statements or data.

League of Women Voters of the United States

http://www.lwv.org/

Information pertaining to voting and elections, such as registration, the issues, and debates.

League of Women Voters of the Akron Area

http://www.lwvaa.org/

The local League of Women Voters site which includes their most recent voter's guide for Summit County.

 

Political Advocacy Groups

http://www.vancouver.wsu.edu/fac/kfountain/

A directory of lobbying organizations in the United States. Includes a subject index, links to a group's website, and indicates number of times that group has appeared in the news, and if that particular group rates members of Congress.

Political Graveyard

http://www.politicalgraveyard.com/

An interesting site that has information on politicians, judges, and diplomats who have passed on.

Politicians of the World

http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/swallowtail/408/addresses.htm

A directory of mailing addresses for every nation's leaders and provincial governors. E-mail addresses included for some heads of state.

Project Vote Smart

http://www.vote-smart.org/

A comprehensive site listing all background information on candidates, poll results, election schedules and results.

Summit County Board of Elections

http://www.summitcountyboe.com/

The website for the Summit County Board of Elections provides election results for Summit County and links to the Ohio Secretary of State and the Federal Elections Commission. It also has a feature to find your polling place, as well as information about Ohio election statutes.

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Tax Information

Cities (other than Akron) Income Tax Information

http://tax.ohio.gov/divisions/municipalities/

Links to the State of Ohio site where all available city forms can be found.

City of Akron Income Tax Division

http://www.ci.akron.oh.us/1040/

Although the City's Income Tax Division "strongly encourages" the use of the preprinted forms mailed to taxpayers at the end of the tax year, this homepage of the City of Akron Income Tax Division offers forms for both city and JEDD filing.

Cleveland's Division of Taxation

http://www.ccatax.ci.cleveland.oh.us/mframe.asp

Links to all cities whose income taxes are collected through Cleveland's Division of Taxation.

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Program of Akron

http://www.ascainc.org/financial.html

The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Program of Akron is a program administered by Akron Summit Community Action, Inc. The EITC Program of Akron provides free tax preparation to working low-income individuals and families by trained and certified volunteers through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program.

IRS Forms and Publications

http://www.irs.gov/formspubs/index.html 

Internal Revenue Service page for forms and publications.

Ohio Department of Taxation Home Page

http://www.tax.ohio.gov

The main Ohio tax page, this site has information releases, tax rules, tax publications and forms, and tax assistance.

R.I.T.A. -- Regional Income Tax Authority

http://www.ritaohio.com

RITA provides services to collect income tax for 110 municipalities in Ohio. This website is designed to assist taxpayers with filing and paying their income tax.

State Tax Forms

http://www.taxadmin.org/fta/link/forms.html

Need a tax form from another state? Try this site.

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Voter Information

Federal Elections Commission

http://www.fec.gov/

 

League of Women Voters of Ohio

http://www.lwvohio.org/

 

Ohio Secretary of State

http://www.sos.state.oh.us/

 

Project Vote Smart

http://www.votesmart.org/

 

Summit County Board of Elections

http://www.summitcountyboe.com/

 

The Democratic Party

http://www.democrats.org/

 

The Republican National Committee

http://www.rnc.org/