Media Literacy Election Toolkit
An informed citizenry is key to democracy and peacemaking. At MWEG, our goal is to help you find good information so you can make educated choices on Election Day. We hope this media literacy election toolkit will help you as you navigate 2024’s information landscape!
Election-related information
These are trusted, reliable sources of information about voting provided by either government or non-profit, nonpartisan organizations.
Vote411
Ballotpedia
Federal Election Commission
National Conference of State Legislatures
Fact-checking sites
These sites can be helpful in verifying election-related news stories or social media posts. They are all reliable and either politically neutral or slightly left of center.
AP News Fact Check
Reuters Fact Check
FactCheck.org
PolitiFact
MWEG resources
Election questions: If you’re wondering how elections and campaigns function or how to address some specific claims that have come up this election cycle, the resources below will help answer a wide range of election-related questions.
6 Questions About Mail-in Voting
Let’s Talk About Voter Roll Purges and Challenges
6 Questions (and Answers) About Noncitizen Voting in the U.S.
Let’s Talk About Project 2025
Immigration Mythbusting
An Introduction to Federal Campaign Finance
A Deeper Dive: Citizens United, Super PACs, and Dark Money
The Life of a Ballot
Who Runs Our Elections?
Counting Every Ballot
How to Track Your Ballot
What Is Ballot Harvesting?
Critical thinking: If you want to strengthen your critical thinking skills to help you parse all the campaign messages and rhetoric coming your way this election season, take a look at some of the resources below.
What is Confirmation Bias and How Can We Avoid It?
Let’s Talk About the Dangers of Black and White Thinking
Let’s Talk About Negativity Bias
What Are Logical Fallacies?
Finding good information: Finding reliable, high-quality sources of information can be difficult, so we’ve compiled a few resources to help you navigate this and know how to tell which information is the most reliable.
6 Tips for Finding Quality Local News
Let’s Talk About Political Polls
Let’s Talk About Influencers
How to Spot a Manipulated Image
Before You Share a Meme, Tweet, or Story, SIFT
Misinformation prevention: Just as important as knowing how to find reliable information is knowing how to spot misinformation. The resources below can help you be aware of what to look for to ensure you’re not falling prey to misinformation campaigns.
6 Reasons Why Disinformation is Harmful to Democratic Processes
Let’s Talk About AI & Political Campaigns
5 Questions to Ask About Campaign Ads
Are You Prepared for an October Surprise?
Navigating Political Ads: How to be an Informed Citizen When Lying is Legal
5 Tips to Stop the Spread of Misinformation
What Is Propaganda?
Peacemaking: Navigating political conversations can be difficult, especially when extreme views and/or misinformation come into the conversation, so we’ve compiled some resources to help you handle polarization and misinformation in a peacemaking way.
How Social Media Affects Polarization
6 Tips for Reducing Polarization
How to Address Someone Who Believes or Spreads Misinformation
How to Set Personal Boundaries When Addressing Misinformation
