In a high-interest election year, "more people are searching for independent unbiased information and the Internet offers a way for them to acquire that information," says Jeffrey Roberg, associate professor of political science at Carthage. "The more information we can help people have access to, and the more we can get people involved in this election season, the better."

With that in mind, Carthage's political science department is offering a one-stop location for accurate, unbiased election information at www.carthage.edu/election

"We [the Political Science Department] don't care how folks vote, but we want them to cast informed votes," Prof. Roberg says.

The website provides several useful links, starting with information on where to register and where to vote on Nov. 4. Those visiting the site can find links to the official sites of candidates for president, and for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 1st Congressional District, as well as see candidates’ positions on issues. There are also links to help voters learn where candidates are getting contributions, and how accurate claims in political advertisements really are.

Prof. Roberg points out that fewer voters are getting their political information from newspapers or traditional broadcast news programs while more voters , "are consuming biased information from political advertisements and from late-night talk shows."

"The need for reliable information is why we created this website," Prof. Roberg says.

Among the links on the site are such nonpartisan, unbiased websites as projectvotesmart.org, which posts candidates' Congressional voting records; and factcheck.org, which analyzes the accuracy of claims in candidates’ advertisements and speeches.

Prof. Roberg created a similar website for the 2004 election. He is currently team-teaching a course titled "Campaigns and Elections" with communications and digital media professor Jon Bruning. Prof. Roberg has created this website to provide Carthage students, faculty, staff and the general public with reliable electoral information so that voters can make informed choices this electoral season.