Sunday, October 19, 2008

AJC's election guide

One of the sections that stuck out on the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's website is the Election Guide.

It features a bunch of interactive features, including a continuous countdown timer until election day, a link to Politico.com's top stories, and a Twitter feed.

The coolest feature, though, has to be the Georgia Voter Guide. You enter basic address information and it generates a sample ballot for where you live. I would love that feature around here, so I could see what the issues and races are that I can vote on.

Another useful feature is the area at the bottom with election resources like factcheck.org and a political donation tracker.

The articles included are pretty well organized, but the section could use more videos and photos.

There's a link to the section and a couple top stories on the home page, but the link to the section page is on the bottom of the page and I think it could use to be farther up given the importance of the elections.

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