Each month, the Atlantic County Library Reference staff prepares this BookNews eNewsletter to familiarize our patrons with theLibrary's EXPLORE pages. This month we highlight election-related links found in our TIMELY TOPICS section.  For questions about using the links featured in this e-Newsletter, please call the Reference Center at (609) 625-2776, ext. 6310. Remember, you can find these and other useful links on the the Library's EXPLORE pages.   If you search Timely Topics, you will find we have added some shortcuts to websites which may answer any political questions you may have over the next two months. Election information from the federal down to the municipal level can be found at the NJ VoterInfo.org website, which is a non-profit, non-partisan site dealing with elections and public affairs issues affecting New Jersey.  It is published by the highly respected Eagleton Institute of Politics, housed at Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. GO TO NJVOTERINFO.ORG   Registration forms can be found online at the New Jersey Division of Elections website.  They must be received 21 days before the election or in this year’s case by 10/14/08 before the general election which is on 11/4/08. Voter registration forms can be found in English, as well as Spanish, Cantonese, Korean, Mandarin & Gujarati.  You can also find out about filing an absentee ballot. GO TO NJ DIVISION OF ELECTIONS The website for the independent Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, known for its exactness and thoroughness, surveys residents in New Jersey and surrounding states about political issues. Their polls are regularly featured in the Washington Post, New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal, as well as other national publications. Poll releases can be searched over the past two years. GO TO QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY POLLING INSTITUTE                                                    The Democratic Party and the Republican National Committee websites can be found on our Timely Topics page, as well as links to the Atlantic County Democratic Committee and the Atlantic County Republicans.  Pictures and biographies of candidates campaigning for office, as well as the various issues and talking points, can be found on these sites.  In addition, you can also find out how to become involved or make a contribution supporting a political party.  GO TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY GO TO REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE   GO TO ATLANTIC COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE     GO TO ATLANTIC COUNTY REPUBLICANS