CNN announced this morning that its “America Votes 2006″ section has had new features added to it…

With the 2006 mid-term elections less than a week away, CNN.com has enhanced its multi-faceted “America Votes 2006” special section with additional features and information designed to provide its users with even more ways to participate in and understand the U.S. political system.

In addition to the ongoing political information and news coverage that CNN.com provides online users with America Votes 2006, users can now gauge their own personal platforms and then share those platforms and thoughts on political issues with other CNN.com readers through the recently launched “Community Caucus” section. Also, through a special election edition of CNN Exchange, CNN.com’s destination for user-generated content, users can share their own comments, photos, editorial cartoons, articles and video of the midterm election season.

America Votes 2006 also provides CNN.com users with detailed information about Senate, House and gubernatorial races going on in their own backyards through individual state pages. These pages feature candidate bios, election guides for individual states and news from the campaign trail as Election Day nears.

Located at www.CNN.com/elections, America Votes 2006 provides an in-depth look at the political arena, featuring on-going political information and news coverage supplemented with polls, maps, user feedback, expert analysis, quizzes, streamed video and podcasts. “America Votes 2006” culminates on Election Night, Nov. 7, with real-time results of contested races and ballot measures and a “Balance of Power” display.