Voters' Guide for 2008 Elections

1. All qualified presidential candidates were invited to provide biographical information and responses to five issue specific questions. Candidates were qualified if they met the following criteria: 1) the candidate must have made a public announcement of her/ his intention to run for her/his Party’s nomination for President; and 2) the candidate must have met the Presidential Election Campaign Fund Act’s minimum contribution threshold requirements for qualifying for matching funds, based on the most recent data publicly available on the FEC Web site as of October 5, 2007. 2. Responses were limited to 50 words and truncated after the 50th word. 3. If a candidate did not respond by the deadline, “No Response Received” is printed.