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Alliance for Animals - Madison-based organization promotes humane treatment of animals and works to prevent animal abuse.

Barry, Jonathan - Candidate for State School Superintendent.

Bioenergetics Press - Sells books and audiotapes about men's issues, mostly authored by Roy Schenk, who became locally famous a few years back by advocating that men get women to sign contracts agreeing to sex before going out on a date.

Burmaster, Elizabeth - Candidate for State School Superintendent.

Center for Media and Democracy - Non-profit, public-interest organization dedicated to investigative reporting on the PR industry.

Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger - CSWAB wants to stop water sources (including private drinking water wells and the Wisconsin River) around the Badger Army Ammunition Plant from being poisoned with cancer-causing chemicals.

College Republicans of UW-Madison - Politically conservative college students.

Cross, Linda - Candidate for State School Superintendent.

Dane County Right to Life - Anti-abortion site.

Dane County Watchdog - connected site - Government Watchdog and Dane County information.

The Data Farm - Vendor of political data bases.

Democratic Party of Dane County -

Democratic Party of Wisconsin -

Department of Natural Resources - Wisconsin DNR.

Evers, Anthony - Candidate for State School Superintendent.

Falk, Kathleen, for Dane County Executive - Kathleen Falk's campaign site.

Feingold, Russ - U.S. senator.

Freedom from Religion Foundation - Activist organization for church-state separation. Publishes Freethought Today, a newspaper for the nonreligious.

Gagnon, Dean - Candidate for State School Superintendent.

International Socialist Organization, Madison chapter - The ISO is another group that helps make Madison unique. Their anti-capitalism newspaper, the Socialist Worker, is on sale on streetcorners or through a subscription. They take checks, cash or money orders...

Klug, Scott - The home page for Wisconsin's 2nd District Congressman (House of Representatives).

KlugWatch - Calls itself: "Watchdog of Wisconsin's own Newt-wanna-be."

Kohl, Herb - U.S. senator.

Konkel, Brenda - City Council candidate.

League of Women Voters -

Loehe, Rex - City Council candidate.

Madison NOW Chapter - Local National Organization for Women.

Madison Urban Ministry - From the mission statement: "We are the catalyst helping spiritual communities and community organizations stand with the hurting while planting the seeds of change."

Midwest Treaty Network - Madison-based group supporting Native American sovereignty.

National Motorists Association - Locally-based national organization advocates individual rights for North American motorists.

National Victims' Constitutional Amendment Network - Local site for national movement to adopt an amendment to the U.S. Constitution to guarantee certain rights to crime victims.

Our Voice - Weekly online polls about politics, movies and more. Based in Madison.

People's Art District - A forum for the artist-at-large community to get involved with the direction of the Overture Foundation project.

The Progressive Magazine - A Madison-based national publication devoted to political causes left of center.

Slack Online - Political 'zine, used to be published on paper.

United Council of UW Students - This group works for the rights and interests of university students at member campuses.

Urban League of Greater Madison, Inc. - Works to improve the social and economic conditions of African Americans, other racial minorities, and the disadvantaged.

UW Students for a Free Tibet - Information on the group's efforts to get the Chinese government out of Tibet; includes text from speeches of the Dalai Lama.

Wisconsin Campaign Finance Reform - Seeks to rid the political process of special-interest money.

Wisconsin Crime Victims' Homepage - Now the "official" site from the AG's Office.

Wisconsin GoverNet - This reference to finding out information about state representatives was produced by the UW student newspaper, the Daily Cardinal.

Wisconsin Initiative on Smoking and Health - Offers a free dining guide with more than 1,100 smoke-free restaurants in the state.

Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce - The WMC is a statewide non-profit business association, best known lately for its lobbying activities.

Wisconsin State Legislature -

Wisconsin Stewardship Network - A union of environmentalists and conservationists working for political change. Wisconsin Environmental Decade Institute. The site has multiple versions to best support different browser set ups.