Each election season, candidates and campaigns want to define the issues for you. But an election is an opportunity for you to think about the issues you care about and then vote for the candidate whose position on the issue best reflects your own.

Start with your issue and see what the candidates have to say about it. Your June 3 State Primary ballot may have candidates for U.S. Representative, State Senator or State Assemblyperson, depending on the election districts you live in. Click here to go to the nonpartisan LWVC website, smartvoter.org, and enter the candidate's name to read their positions on the issues you care about.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to vote for President in the November 4, 2008 General Election. Here are some websites designed to help you compare the positions of the 2008 Presidential candidates. Our goal is to give you convenient nonpartisan sources, but we cannot guarantee that these web sites are completely balanced:

Issues That You Care About	Find Out Where the 2008 Presidential Candidates Stand
Education	Candidate Views on Education
Health Care	Candidate Views on Health Care (in brief) Candidate Views on Health Care (in depth)
Environment & Natural Resources	Candidate Views on the Environment   Climate Change
Immigration	Candidate Views on Immigration
War in Iraq	Candidate Views on War in Iraq
Abortion	Candidate Views on Abortion
Iran	Candidate Views on Iran