voting frustration

I received my absentee ballot in the mail yesterday. I opened the envelope and looked at the ballot sheet. I had no idea there were 9 teams up for presidential election. I've never heard of anyone other than the two major candidates and Ralph Nader... and I don't even know what he stands for! Looking up information on candidates for state and local offices proved to be fruitless. I couldn't find anything more than where they're from, the schools they attended and the career positions they've held. What I really want to know is what issues they stand for and what their moral values are. Where can I find such unbiased information?? It was so frustrating to be voting for people I don't know anything about.
In the end, I went ahead and voted for the presidential candidate I was originally going to vote for without finding information on the other unknown candidates. When my husband asked why, I told him that if I voted for an unknown candidate it wouldn't help in keeping a certain known candidate out of office... to which he agreed.
Who do we even contact to demand non-biased information on candidates view points and moral values?? I am outraged that I had to make these decisions with little to no information on the people I was voting for. I am greatly discouraged by the voting process and now realize why I never made an effort to make a vote previous to this year's presidential election. I don't mean to discourage anyone from voting because this will be a huge election year. Please, PLEASE, do whatever research you can before election day so you go into the voting booth informed about the people and issues on the ballot!