Nationwide protest planned:

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2006 Congressional
Election Information


Election Day is November 7, 2006. Before then, state parties will have held conventions and many states will have held major-party primaries and perhaps even runoffs. In addition to candidacies and
candidate fund-raising that commence in 2005, the earliest filing deadlines begin in December 2005 in Illinois, unless state law is changed.

Announcements of incumbent members’ plans and of challengers can occur early. As of March 2005, four representatives and one senator had announced their intention to run for a different office,
and two representatives and two senators had announced their retirements from Congress.

The methods by which major-party and independent- or third-party candidates get their names on the general-election ballot are different in each state. Minimally, registration dates will differ from state to state, and congressional primary dates in some states are different in years in which the state holds a presidential primary than in the non-presidential election years. In addition, between each general election, some number of states amend their election laws.

The web sites of the secretaries of state’s election divisions or the independent state election boards provide a variety of information: important dates for registration and primaries, links to state
and federal laws, past election statistics, and candidate lists, among other election-related information and links. For the reader’s convenience, a telephone number for each state’s election authority is
provided below, in addition to each state’s election authority’s web site.

Alabama 800-274-7476 http://www.sos.state.al.us/election/index.cfm

Alaska 907-465-4611 http://www.gov.state.ak.us/ltgov/elections

Arizona 602-542-8683 http://www.azsos.gov/election

Arkansas 501-682-3419 http://www.arelections.org

California 916-657-2166 http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections.htm

Colorado 303-894-2680
http://www.sos.state.co.us/pubs/elections/main.htm

Connecticut 860-509-6100 http://www.sots.state.ct.us/ElectionsDivision/ElectionIndex.html

Delaware 302-739-4277 http://www.state.de.us/election

District of Columbia 202-727-2525 http://www.dcboee.org

Florida 850-245-6200 http://election.dos.state.fl.us

Georgia 404-656-2871 http://www.sos.state.ga.us/elections

Hawaii 808-453-8683 http://www.hawaii.gov/elections

Idaho 208-334-2300 http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/eleindex.htm

Illinois 217-782-4141 http://www.elections.state.il.us

Indiana 317-232-3939 http://www.state.in.us/sos/elections

Iowa 515-281-5823 http://www.sos.state.ia.us

Kansas 785-296-4561 http://www.kssos.org/elections/elections.html

Kentucky 502-573-7100 http://www.kysos.com

Louisiana 225-922-0900 http://www.sec.state.la.us/elections/elections-index.htm

Maine 207-624-7734 http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec

Maryland 410-269-2840 http://www.elections.state.md.us

Massachusetts 800-462-8683 http://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eleidx.htm

Michigan 517-373-2540 http://www.michigan.gov/sos/0,1607,7-127-1633—-,00.html

Minnesota 651-296-9217 http://www.sos.state.mn.us/election/index.html

Mississippi 601-359-6368 http://www.sos.state.ms.us/elections/elections.asp

Missouri 573-751-2301 http://www.sos.mo.gov/elections

Montana 406-444-5346 http://sos.state.mt.us/css/ELB/Contents.asp

Nebraska 402-471-3229 http://www.sos.state.ne.us/elec

Nevada 775-684-5793 http://sos.state.nv.us/nvelection

New Hampshire 603-271-3242 http://www.sos.nh.gov

New Jersey 609-292-3760 http://www.state.nj.us/lps/elections/electionshome.html

New Mexico 505-827-3620 http://www.sos.state.nm.us/elect.htm

New York 518-474-8100
http://www.elections.state.ny.us/portal/page?_pageid=
153,42096,153_53293&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL

North Carolina 919-733-7173 http://www.sboe.state.nc.us

North Dakota 701-328-3660 http://www.state.nd.us/sec/Elections/Elections.htm

Ohio 614-466-2585 http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos//elections/index.html?
http://www.sos.state.oh.us/sos//election_services.htm

Oklahoma 405-521-2391 http://www.state.ok.us/%7Eelections

Oregon 503-986-1518 http://www.sos.state.or.us/elections/elechp.htm

Pennsylvania 717-787-5280 http://www.dos.state.pa.us/DOS/site/default.asp

Rhode Island 401-222-2345 http://www.elections.state.ri.us

South Carolina 803-734-9060 http://www.state.sc.us/scsec

South Dakota 605-773-3537 http://www.sdsos.gov

Tennessee 615-741-7956 http://www.state.tn.us/sos/election/index.htm

Texas 512-463-9871 http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/index.shtml

Utah 801-538-1041 http://governor.state.ut.us/lt_gover/elections/elections.html

Vermont 802-828-2304 http://www.vermont-elections.org/soshome.htm

Virginia 804-864-8901 http://www.sbe.state.va.us

Washington 360-902-4180 http://www.secstate.wa.gov/elections

West Virginia 304-558-6000 http://www.wvsos.org/elections/main.htm

Wisconsin 608-266-8087 http://elections.state.wi.us

Wyoming 307-777-3573 http://soswy.state.wy.us/election/election.htm

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1. Kickola...

Great post, great info!

Thanks!

[babylonsister]

2. Kick-great info-bookmarked! nt

[SouthernDem2004]

3. Aww I was hoping you were talking about Nationwide Insurance.

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4. kick ...n/t