Welcome to Oldcastle's Government Relations Website!

Oldcastle Materials, our companies, and our employees are involved in government relations activities at the federal, state and local levels.  We believe good government is crucial to our business.  This Government Relations page provides information on elected officials, candidates and issues of importance to our company, our industry and our business.

We believe strongly that America works best when Americans vote.  According to a study by Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, 23 million Americans contacted an elected official over a two year period, but didn't bother to go vote!  We think something needs to be done.

These pages give you the information and tools you need to make it to the polls and cast an informed vote.  We've included voter registration and absentee ballot information and forms for every state in the union, and the District of Columbia. We've included tools to locate and contact your elected officials. And, as candidates file for office and votes that matter are cast we'll present candidate guides, voting records and issue information.

Throughout these pages we present information to assist you in casting your vote and becoming more involved in the electoral process. But we don't - and won't - tell you how to vote. That decision is up to you.

Thank you for taking the time to be informed and involved!

Key Links & Information:

• How a Bill Becomes a Law
• Interactive Education Tools
• 2008 Election Information
• Tips on Writing to Your Legislator
• Links