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Promote the Vote: Maine Voter Guide 1996
“Promote the Vote: Maine Voter Guide 1996,” is a pamphlet that was prepared by Bill Diamond, Maine’s Secretary of State, in lead up to the November 1996 elections. The literature included sections on how to register to vote, when the next statewide election will occur and how to mark a ballot properly. The November 5, 1996 elections featured the presidential race between Democratic incumbent Bill Clinton and Republican nominee and former senate majority leader from Kansas, Bob Dole. Clinton would win Maine’s four electoral votes on his way to a second term.
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be voted on at the November 5, 1996 Special Election
“Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be voted on at the November 5, 1996 Special Election” is a voter handbook issued in 1996 by the State Board of Elections in Virginia, in lead up to the November 5, 1996 Special Election and intended to familiarize voters with the proposed constitutional amendments in the November 5, 1996 Special Election. Some of the proposed constitutional amendments include the public employees retirement system, the rights of victims of crime, voting and voter registration, being among the others.
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Qualifications for Public Office in the District of Columbia
“Qualifications for Public Office in the District of Columbia” is a memo, published by the D.C. Board of Elections and Ethics in 1996, which lists and briefly describes the qualifications needed to hold various offices in the District of Columbia, USA. The offices listed are specific to the District of Columbia, most of them local positions, and candidates may be elected through a general or special election.
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Rapport du KMF/CNOE
“Rapport du KMF/CNOE” is a report from November 3rd 1996, available in French, by the National Council for the Observation of Elections (“Conseil National pour l’Observation des Elections” – CNOE) listing various observations about the First Round of the 1996 Presidential Elections in Madagascar. As well as describing the process of the election, the report also gives feedback and possible recommendations for further rounds of the Presidential Election such as revisions to the electoral code.
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Nu votezi= Nu vorbesti
“No Voting=No Speaking” is a voter pamphlet, available in Romanian, issued in 1996 by the Pro Democracy Association in lead up to the 1996 Parliamentary and Presidential Elections in Romania. The pamphlet is intended to stimulate people to express their right to vote. The pamphlet depicts a person having his mouth zipped up, thus the title of the pamphlet.
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participa de la democracia
“Participate in the Democracy” is a flyer/poster, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Decidamos” public expression group in Paraguay in lead up to the 1996 Paraguayan Municipal Elections. The flyer is a voter motivation material that says “Use Your Power.”
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Participar
“Participate: is a civic education brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Decidamos” group in Paraguay and intended to stimulate participation among voters. The brochure includes a situation followed by questions, as well as it shows the ways citizens can participate in promoting the citizenship values.
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Peuple Congolais!
“Peuple Congolais!” is a flyer from 1997, available in French, which reminds citizens of Congo (Brazzaville) that they must be registered in order to vote in the Presidential Elections of 1997 as this will ensure a fair election. No source listed for the document.
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Picture Yourself in Local Government
“Picture Yourself in Local Government: A Student Guide to California Local Government” was published in 1996 by California's Instituted for Local Self Government. The piece has chapters on the history, structure, players, services, finances of local government as well as citizen participation in local government. The booklet’s target audience was Californian youth and it also contains a glossary of political and electoral terminology. “Picture Yourself in Local Government” was released in lead up to the November 5, 1996 general and local elections.
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Political Parties
This two page flyer provides summaries of the various political parties in the United States. The piece includes what the parties’ platform and goals were in lead up to the November 5, 1996 local elections and presidential Election between incumbent Democrat Bill Clinton and Republican Nominee Bob Dole.