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How to run for Political Office
“How to Run for Political Office” is a second edition manual of elective politics for Philadelphia published in 1981 by the Committee of Seventy and it is intended to inform Philadelphians of how to run for public offices. The manual offers official guidance on the responsibilities and duties of the office, the qualifications necessary to hold the office, as well as unofficial information and unwritten rules and practices when running for a public office. Some of the topics covered are: the job descriptions on City Offices in Philadelphia, State Offices in Philadelphia, State Offices in Pennsylvania and Party Offices, as well as information on the practices to get on the ballot, filling the statement of Financial Interests and Financing a political campaign among others.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The What Where and When Guide of Voter Information for 1981 Elections
“The What Where and When Guide of Voter Information for 1981 Elections” is a voter handbook prepared in 1981 by Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr., the Secretary of State of Ohio, in lead up to the November 3, 1981 General Election. The guide is meant to provide voters with information about registering and voting, absentee voting including the armed services absentee voting, to inform them about their rights as voters and the procedures that lead to a correct exercise of voting. Additionally, it includes a list of the offices that the Ohio voters will elect during the General Election in 1981.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Title 2 Elections and Referenda
Title 2 Elections and Referenda
Election Material
Ballot
Uganda National Assembly Ballot 1980
Ballot used in the 1980 Ugandan general election. The elections were the first in Uganda since the overthrow of Idi Amin, making them the first elections in independent Uganda. The main parties in the election were the Democratic Party and the Uganda People's Congress.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Registration of Electors Act, No. 44 of 1980
Registration of Electors Act, No. 44 of 1980
Election Material
Ballot
United States (HI) Ballot 1980
Voters in Hawaii participated in primary elections on 20 September 1980. This ballot was used to select nominees for the Democratic Party to participate in the general election in November. The ballot was used by a Tagalog-speaking resident of Hawaii.
Election Material
Ballot
United States (IA) Primary Election 1980
Ballot used for the primary election in Polk County, Iowa on 3 June 1980. In the primary election, voters would vote for their preferred candidate for office in the November 1980 general election.
Election Material
Ballot
United States (ID) Judicial Nomination Ballot 1980
Ballot used in Idaho on 27 May 1980 to choose candidates for the Justice of the Supreme Court. Two seats had opening, and only Charles R. DONALDSON and Allan G. SHEPARD filed to run.
Election Material
Ballot
United States (ID) Primary Ballot 1980
Ballot used for primary elections held in Idaho on 27 May 1980. Voters from the American, Libertarian, Democratic, and Republican Parties voted to select their preferred candidates for the November 1980 general election.