Amy and Nathan break down the many ways you can research political candidates & elected officials, from their Social Media accounts to Federal Election Commission & State Campaign Finance reports to voting records. Plus rant (and cuss) about people who don't do their research before hitting the voting booth.

We are not endorsed or sponsored by any of the organizations listed below. The websites mentioned in this episode are ones we have used ourselves to stay informed about local/state politics.

For non-partisan ballot & voting record research:

Ballotpedia: https://ballotpedia.org

VoteSmart: https://justfacts.votesmart.org

Info on candidates, voting records, legislative issues:

League of Women Voters (2 sites): https://www.lwv.org and https://www.vote411.org

Indivisible Tennessee (partisan, Democratic leaning): http://indivisibletn.org

Campaign Fiance:

Federal election campaign finance reports (U.S. Senate & U.S. Representative): https://www.fec.gov

State of Tennessee campaign finance reports: https://apps.tn.gov/tncamp

News outlets covering East TN local & state politics:

The TN Holler: https://tnholler.com (progressive leaning)

Knoxville News Sentinel: https://www.knoxnews.com * a subscription is required to view some content

Compass Knox: https://compassknox.com  *Subscription is required to access all content, that includes daily emails about local/state government and events.

Be sure to follow the Social Media accounts of the news outlets & voting/candidate/issue info orgs as well. Links will be on their websites.

You can email questions to us at [email protected], if there's a topic you'd like more info on in future episodes. We might even do an AMA at some point.