More sites for well-informed voters

Site-seeing with Jan Perry

Tuesday is the big day, and in one last effort to help get as many people to the polls as possible here are a few more sites to help you make up your mind as well as a few for watching the returns roll in online.

http://www.kiddonet.com/index.htm. Let your kids be part of the process. Take them with you when you go to vote and tell them about this site where they can have some fun and learn about our political system at the same time. There's even a race to the White House where answering trivia questions correctly can make your candidate the president.

http://www.mtv.com/nav/introunderl intro_chooseorlose.html. In case you are worrying about what the youths of today are up to, if this MTV site is any indicator they are up to casting an informed vote. More than a million young adults have been registered through the MTV Choose or Lose and Youth Vote 2000 Coalition. Read all about it here.

http://www.ivillage.com/election. This site is aimed specifically at women. The voter's tool kit is a must-visit area. This site offers some serious stuff - but wasn't afraid to add some humor, either. The Flash-animated ''Clean Up The Candidates'' game is cleverly done.

http://www.fec.gov. You hear a lot about the Federal Election Commission these days. Find out what it is and what it really does. Find out what your election financing actually funds and help influence the money flow in the future.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics. This site consistently shows up on the ''best'' lists for political coverage. It also has one of the most comprehensive election return set-ups on the 'Net.

http://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS. With hundreds of stories, articles, polls and political viewpoints expressed, this just may be THE place to be as the polls close.

http://www.nara.gov/fedreg/elctcoll/inde x.html#top. With an election that seems to be going down to the wire and speculation that the winner of the presidential popular vote might not win the election, take a look at the National Archives and Records Administration's Electoral College Home Page.

Jan Perry is a freelance writer. Send questions or suggestions to her at SiteSeer2K@aol.com.