FECInfo allows visitors to rummage through financial data filed with the Federal Election Commission. Some of the material cataloged includes individual candidate financial reports and scanned itemized receipts for individual contributions which list the contributor's name and address, employer's name, amount and date the contribution was filed. The site also contains a congressional directory with biographies, photos, committee assignments and listings of staff members. Locally, the Bay County Board of County Commissioners' Web site acts as an online guide to the commission's activities and agenda. The site provides meeting schedules and information on proposed public policies and issues.
Visitors can also contact commissioners and read brief biographies of current commissioners.
Additional information on individual candidates and their issues can be found using a search engine and through newspaper and media Web site archives. Although online voting is not yet a reality, new Internet voting technology tentatively will be released during the next three years - possibly signaling the birth of a new digital democracy.