Appendix to EXERTING INFLUENCE
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APPENDIX
One website that should do it all: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
Find your US Representative: www.house.gov/representatives/find/ pool
Find your US Senator: http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/aboutus/ncslservice/statelegislative-websites-directory.aspx
Law Librarians Society of Washington DC list of State Legislatures, Laws, and Regulations: www.llsdc.org/state-legislation
Ballotpedia, a free political encyclopedia online. This is a good place to look up almost anything related to influencers and elections: https://www.ballotpedia.org
League of Women Voters—another good place to look up almost anything about politics: http://www.lwv.org
Law Library of Congress—the Library of Congress' compendium of laws:
https://www.loc.gov / law /
FindLaw—a good compendium of legal information: www.findlaw.com
Good information on general legal issues, especially civil law. This site may be very good for people who wish to file civil cases without hiring a lawyer: http://www.nolo.com/
Another good source of information is your local state University, especially law schools in your state. One of the oldest in the nation is the Yale University (private) law library: http://library.law.yale.edu/.
If you go to your local law school, the friendly librarian there may be able to set you up with a free temporary access account with LexisNexis, the firm which maintains the national database of laws and court judgments. You may also be able to obtain some access from your own computer at home. Their home page is at www.lexisnexis.com and you can try to contact them at http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lexis-advance.page
Alphabetical list of states, by ZIP Code abbreviation, which are NOT in alphabetical order:
(Hint: The code word for "laws" in many states is "Code" as in "Georgia Code")
AL
General link for Alabama State Legislature, includes links to find your state representative and senator. The Legislature convenes in regular annual sessions on the first Tuesday in February. www. legislature . state . al .us/ *
Laws of Alabama: http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/coatoc.htm
AK
General site for Alaska laws and legislators. You must look at this page all the way to the bottom to find certain things, like links to your legislator: http://akleg.gov/index.php
AZ
General website for the Arizona state legislature with a good assortment of links for specific information: http://www.azleg.gov/
Laws of Arizona: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/arizonarevisedstatutes.asp
AR
Complete page with links to all legislative and law information:
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/2016F/Pages/Home.aspx
CA
Basic Legislative information: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/
California laws and Constitution: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/research_and_publications/laws_and_constitution/laws_and_ constitution.html
(The spaces around the three repetitions of “and” are actually underscores, not spaces)
CO
One of the most comprehensive state websites, with laws maintained by LexisNexis:
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/cslFrontPages.nsf/HomeSplash?OpenForm
CT
General Connecticut legislative information: https://www.cga.ct.gov/
Laws of Connecticut: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/titles.htm
DE
General legislative information. One of the worst websites in the country—click on the
General Assembly on the left to find your legislators: http://legis.delaware.gov/
Delaware laws—with downloadable pdf files and e-books in 2 formats: http://delcode.delaware.gov/
DC
DC is unique, because it is not a state, so it has no governor, and no legislature per se. If you live here, start with this site and research extensively: http://dccouncil.us/legislation
FL
South Florida is more populous, and tends to be very conservative, with many wealthy retirees and even many of the Hispanics, being conservative. So they tend to elect the governor, and enough representatives to make life hell for the rest of us. The principal legislative website is at: https://www.flsenate.gov/senators/find
Here is a more general site with links to almost anything in the state government: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
GA
Very comprehensive site for Georgia. Look under GEORGIA CODE link for the laws of the state: http://www.legis.ga.gov/en-US/default.aspx
HI
Comprehensive Hawaii page. There's a lot information here, you may have to read carefully to find what you are looking for: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
ID
Idaho statutes are front and center, links to legislators are on the left:
https://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/TOC/IDStatutesTOC.htm
IN
General legislative site: https://iga.in.gov/
Laws of Indiana—this site changes name every year: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2016/ic/
IA
Very comprehensive all access site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/
KS
Kansas legislators’ information is at: http://kslegislature.org/li/
Kansas Laws are listed at: http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2014/b2013_14/statute/
(The two open spaces around “2014/b2013” are actually underscores, not spaces)
KY
A Very comprehensive site for Kentucky: http://lrc.ky.gov/
LA
Very comprehensive site for Louisiana: http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/home.aspx
ME
Basic Maine Legislature site: http://legislature.maine.gov/
Maine Statues: http://legislature.maine.gov/ros/meconlaw.htm
ME lookup site: http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
(That is an underscore between “voter” and “lookup”, not a space.)
MD
Very comprehensive site for Maryland: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frm1st.aspx? tab=home
MA
Find your legislator: https://malegislature.gov/People/Search
This is a subsite of the main webpage but this site also has links to the statutes and such.
MI
Very poorly designed site, but there are links to everything here, you just have to find them: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(qgurpwh2kj3bgwflvgejf5by))/mileg.aspx?page=home
MN
Very comprehensive site that is easy to navigate: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/
MS
One of the worst sites in the country, with no real way to figure out who your legislators are, but there is a link to the statutes: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/
MO
Pretty good single site with links to almost everything: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/
MT
Not as intuitive as I'd like, but the links are all there: http://leg.mt.gov/css/default.asp
NE
This gives access to laws, but you have to click on "For Citizens" on the left to find your legislators: µ http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/laws.php
NV
Another one of the worst sites in the country. The information is all there, but you could spend a day finding what you want: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/
NH
Incredibly poorly designed website. You have to click the government link, then the state government link, to find your legislator: https://www.nh.gov/index.html
NJ
Decent site with a full list of links down the left side: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
NM
The home page doesn't look like much, but the links are there, and fairly intuitive: https://www.nmlegis.gov/
NY
Another unimpressive home page, but fairly intuitive links: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/
NC
Another website where you will have to study hard to find everything, but the links are there: http://www.ncleg.net/
ND
HINT...The most important links are at the bottom of the page: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
OH
Nice site with more than one way to find the most important links: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/
OK
Nice simple site with links to everything: http://www.oklegislature.gov/
OR
Very nice website with a lot of information and intuitive links:
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws
PA
Another good website with more than one link to important pages: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
RI
Basic site with relatively intuitive links: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/legislation/
SC
Surprisingly good website with obvious links to everything: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/
SD
One of the better sites—very simple with obvious links to anything important: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/
TN
Good legislative site: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
Incredibly, I could not find a state-owned website detailing the laws of TN. This is the best I could find: http://statelaws.findlaw.com/tennessee-law.html
TX
Not the easiest to follow, but everything is there and available: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/
UT
Very simple site with links to everything: https://le.utah.gov/
VT
Very easy site to use with well-defined links: http://legislature.vermont.gov/
VA
Decent site with good links: http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/
WV
Simple site, not terrible: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
WI
General legislative info with links to laws: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/
WY
Good site with links to everything you need:
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LSOWEB/Default.aspx
One website that should do it all: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
Find your US Representative: www.house.gov/representatives/find/ pool
Find your US Senator: http://www.senate.gov/senators/contact/
National Conference of State Legislatures: http://www.ncsl.org/aboutus/ncslservice/statelegislative-websites-directory.aspx
Law Librarians Society of Washington DC list of State Legislatures, Laws, and Regulations: www.llsdc.org/state-legislation
Ballotpedia, a free political encyclopedia online. This is a good place to look up almost anything related to influencers and elections: https://www.ballotpedia.org
League of Women Voters—another good place to look up almost anything about politics: http://www.lwv.org
Law Library of Congress—the Library of Congress' compendium of laws:
https://www.loc.gov / law /
FindLaw—a good compendium of legal information: www.findlaw.com
Good information on general legal issues, especially civil law. This site may be very good for people who wish to file civil cases without hiring a lawyer: http://www.nolo.com/
Another good source of information is your local state University, especially law schools in your state. One of the oldest in the nation is the Yale University (private) law library: http://library.law.yale.edu/.
If you go to your local law school, the friendly librarian there may be able to set you up with a free temporary access account with LexisNexis, the firm which maintains the national database of laws and court judgments. You may also be able to obtain some access from your own computer at home. Their home page is at www.lexisnexis.com and you can try to contact them at http://www.lexisnexis.com/en-us/products/lexis-advance.page
Alphabetical list of states, by ZIP Code abbreviation, which are NOT in alphabetical order:
(Hint: The code word for "laws" in many states is "Code" as in "Georgia Code")
AL
General link for Alabama State Legislature, includes links to find your state representative and senator. The Legislature convenes in regular annual sessions on the first Tuesday in February. www. legislature . state . al .us/ *
Laws of Alabama: http://alisondb.legislature.state.al.us/alison/codeofalabama/1975/coatoc.htm
AK
General site for Alaska laws and legislators. You must look at this page all the way to the bottom to find certain things, like links to your legislator: http://akleg.gov/index.php
AZ
General website for the Arizona state legislature with a good assortment of links for specific information: http://www.azleg.gov/
Laws of Arizona: http://www.azleg.state.az.us/arizonarevisedstatutes.asp
AR
Complete page with links to all legislative and law information:
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2015/2016F/Pages/Home.aspx
CA
Basic Legislative information: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/
California laws and Constitution: http://www.legislature.ca.gov/research_and_publications/laws_and_constitution/laws_and_ constitution.html
(The spaces around the three repetitions of “and” are actually underscores, not spaces)
CO
One of the most comprehensive state websites, with laws maintained by LexisNexis:
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/cslFrontPages.nsf/HomeSplash?OpenForm
CT
General Connecticut legislative information: https://www.cga.ct.gov/
Laws of Connecticut: https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/titles.htm
DE
General legislative information. One of the worst websites in the country—click on the
General Assembly on the left to find your legislators: http://legis.delaware.gov/
Delaware laws—with downloadable pdf files and e-books in 2 formats: http://delcode.delaware.gov/
DC
DC is unique, because it is not a state, so it has no governor, and no legislature per se. If you live here, start with this site and research extensively: http://dccouncil.us/legislation
FL
South Florida is more populous, and tends to be very conservative, with many wealthy retirees and even many of the Hispanics, being conservative. So they tend to elect the governor, and enough representatives to make life hell for the rest of us. The principal legislative website is at: https://www.flsenate.gov/senators/find
Here is a more general site with links to almost anything in the state government: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/
GA
Very comprehensive site for Georgia. Look under GEORGIA CODE link for the laws of the state: http://www.legis.ga.gov/en-US/default.aspx
HI
Comprehensive Hawaii page. There's a lot information here, you may have to read carefully to find what you are looking for: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/
ID
Idaho statutes are front and center, links to legislators are on the left:
https://legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/TOC/IDStatutesTOC.htm
IN
General legislative site: https://iga.in.gov/
Laws of Indiana—this site changes name every year: http://iga.in.gov/legislative/laws/2016/ic/
IA
Very comprehensive all access site: https://www.legis.iowa.gov/
KS
Kansas legislators’ information is at: http://kslegislature.org/li/
Kansas Laws are listed at: http://www.kslegislature.org/li_2014/b2013_14/statute/
(The two open spaces around “2014/b2013” are actually underscores, not spaces)
KY
A Very comprehensive site for Kentucky: http://lrc.ky.gov/
LA
Very comprehensive site for Louisiana: http://www.legis.la.gov/legis/home.aspx
ME
Basic Maine Legislature site: http://legislature.maine.gov/
Maine Statues: http://legislature.maine.gov/ros/meconlaw.htm
ME lookup site: http://www.maine.gov/portal/government/edemocracy/voter_lookup.php
(That is an underscore between “voter” and “lookup”, not a space.)
MD
Very comprehensive site for Maryland: http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frm1st.aspx? tab=home
MA
Find your legislator: https://malegislature.gov/People/Search
This is a subsite of the main webpage but this site also has links to the statutes and such.
MI
Very poorly designed site, but there are links to everything here, you just have to find them: https://www.legislature.mi.gov/(S(qgurpwh2kj3bgwflvgejf5by))/mileg.aspx?page=home
MN
Very comprehensive site that is easy to navigate: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/
MS
One of the worst sites in the country, with no real way to figure out who your legislators are, but there is a link to the statutes: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/
MO
Pretty good single site with links to almost everything: https://www.leg.state.mn.us/
MT
Not as intuitive as I'd like, but the links are all there: http://leg.mt.gov/css/default.asp
NE
This gives access to laws, but you have to click on "For Citizens" on the left to find your legislators: µ http://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/laws.php
NV
Another one of the worst sites in the country. The information is all there, but you could spend a day finding what you want: https://www.leg.state.nv.us/
NH
Incredibly poorly designed website. You have to click the government link, then the state government link, to find your legislator: https://www.nh.gov/index.html
NJ
Decent site with a full list of links down the left side: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
NM
The home page doesn't look like much, but the links are there, and fairly intuitive: https://www.nmlegis.gov/
NY
Another unimpressive home page, but fairly intuitive links: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/
NC
Another website where you will have to study hard to find everything, but the links are there: http://www.ncleg.net/
ND
HINT...The most important links are at the bottom of the page: http://www.legis.nd.gov/
OH
Nice site with more than one way to find the most important links: https://www.legislature.ohio.gov/
OK
Nice simple site with links to everything: http://www.oklegislature.gov/
OR
Very nice website with a lot of information and intuitive links:
https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws
PA
Another good website with more than one link to important pages: http://www.legis.state.pa.us/
RI
Basic site with relatively intuitive links: http://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/legislation/
SC
Surprisingly good website with obvious links to everything: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/
SD
One of the better sites—very simple with obvious links to anything important: http://www.scstatehouse.gov/
TN
Good legislative site: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
Incredibly, I could not find a state-owned website detailing the laws of TN. This is the best I could find: http://statelaws.findlaw.com/tennessee-law.html
TX
Not the easiest to follow, but everything is there and available: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/
UT
Very simple site with links to everything: https://le.utah.gov/
VT
Very easy site to use with well-defined links: http://legislature.vermont.gov/
VA
Decent site with good links: http://virginiageneralassembly.gov/
WV
Simple site, not terrible: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
WI
General legislative info with links to laws: https://legis.wisconsin.gov/
WY
Good site with links to everything you need:
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LSOWEB/Default.aspx