Sun-Times, eVoter Team for Online Election Center - Sun-Times Business
Posted: Tuesday, January 5, 2010 by evoternews [Source]
January 5, 2010 by Sun-Times staff
For the first time, the Sun-Times and its sister papers will provide readers an online election center, through eVoter.com, where they can do everything from check out candidates' backgrounds and endorsements to donate to their campaigns.
Sun-Times Media LLC and eVoter announced a partnership today that links Illinois voters to election information, candidate profiles and organization endorsements in preparation for Illinois’ Feb. 2 primary election.
EVoter allows voters to locate their polling place, generate and print a customized ballot, access an absentee ballot, look up endorsements from registered organizations, and donate to campaigns.
In addition to the voter tools, candidates can purchase and customize an online profile, and organizations can publicize their candidate endorsements for a fee.
Searches on the co-branded sites will highlight candidates endorsed by the editorial staffs of the Sun-Times Media’s newspapers.
EVoter.com said the nonpartisan site is the first online destination where voters, candidates and endorsing organizations make direct connections. Visitors can view all the races for which they can vote, including governor and U.S. Senator, county officials and even precinct committeeman in the suburban and Downstate counties where such party positions are on the ballot.
Through the partnership, Sun-Times Media will provide direct links from each of its newspaper Web sites to co-branded voter information services powered by eVoter. During the campaign season, eVoter will power a search field on each of Sun-Times Media’s Web sites that allows voters to search for more information quickly on a specific candidate or race.
“Now, when voters turn to any of Sun-Times Media’s Web sites to catch up on the latest local election news, they’ll also have easy access to the powerful election resources provided by eVoter,” said Adam Kravitz, CEO of Political Technologies LLC, owners and operators of eVoter. “This is an exciting new service that is unique to voters in Illinois.”
Illinois is the first state where eVoter is available. Political Technologies plans to provide the service in more than a half-dozen states by the 2010 general election and all 50 states by 2012.
