Editing Vote Smart (section)

{{Short description|US non-profit, non-partisan organization}}
{{Distinguish|text = [[Smart Voting]] in Russia}}
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| leader_title             = President
| leader_name              = Kyle Dell
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'''Vote Smart''', formerly called '''Project Vote Smart''', is an American [[non-profit]], [[non-partisan]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/campus-election-engagement-project/nonpartisan-issue-guide-f_b_2065227.html | work=Huffington Post | title=Virginia US Senate Race: Nonpartisan Issue Guide for George Allen Vs Tim Kaine | date=November 2, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://moody.utexas.edu/strauss/projectvotesmart|title=About Project Vote Smart - Moody College of Communication}}</ref> research organization that collects and distributes information on candidates for public office in the United States. It covers candidates and elected officials in six basic areas: background information, issue positions (via the Political Courage Test), voting records, [[Campaign finance in the United States|campaign finances]], [[interest group]] ratings, and speeches and public statements. This information is distributed via their web site, a [[toll-free phone number]], and print publications. The founding president of the organization was [[Richard Kimball]]. Kimball became president emeritus in 2022, when Kyle Dell was announced as the new president of Vote Smart.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vote Smart Board Announces Next-Generation Leadership |url=https://www.blog.votesmart.org/post/vote-smart-board-announces-next-generation-leadership |access-date=16 June 2022 |work=pvs-blog |publisher=Vote Smart |date=9 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

PVS also provides records of public statements, contact information for state and local election offices, polling place and [[absentee ballot]] information, ballot measure descriptions for each state (where applicable), links to federal and state government agencies, and links to [[political parties]] and issue organizations.