(And if you haven't already, you'd better run.)
Hopefully this year won't be a repeat of 2000 where this information could become the stuff of current-events civics lessons, and I'm sure most of my readers (o ye vast hordes) already have their favorite news-vulture spots online, but just in case... this is a short bookmark list I put together for work (if you're not interested, click through the link at the bottom for a fun bonus):
Directory:
Elections 2004 (UMichigan Documents Center)
Issues and Candidate Profiles:
League of Women Voter's DemocracyNet (Congress.org)
Politics1
Project Vote Smart
Public Agenda
The Electoral Process:
U.S. Electoral College (National Archives)
270 to Win
2004 Election News:
CNN.com: America Votes 2004
Yahoo! News - Presidential Election
Political Resources Online: Sec'ys of State and Election Boards (for state election results)
And as promised, a cure for your Election Day blues-- movies with which to entertain yourself when you're not glued to the poll returns:
Absolute Power
Air Force One
The American President
Bob Roberts
Bulworth
Canadian Bacon
Chasing Liberty
The Contender
Dave
Guarding Tess
Head of State
In The Line of Fire
Independence Day
The Manchurian Candidate (or the remake)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
My Fellow Americans
The President's Analyst
Speechless
Welcome to Mooseport
"The West Wing"
Wag The Dog