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A Pre-Election Technical Assessment Report of Capabilities and Needs: July 8, 1991
Following a public revolt in Mali in 1991, IFES was contracted to conduct an in-depth analysis of the country’s progress in developing a new electoral system and drafting a new constitution, assess the interim government’s ability to administer free and fair elections and make recommendations for the elections. This report summarizes the IFES team’s findings.
July 07, 1991
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Speaker's Placards
This document entitled “Speaker’s Placards” from 1997 provides 8 potential designs focusing on aspects of the Mixed Member Proportional system of electing New Zealand’s parliament as well as New Zealand recent election information to be displayed on billboard-type material after approval.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Citizens and Politics: A View from Main Street America
Written by the Harwood Group in June 1991 for the Kettering Foundation, “Citizen and Politics: A View from Main Street America,” focuses on the premise that the health of American politics is at risk and there must be a greater role for the citizen in American politics. This essay emphasizes citizens’ views on politics, community involvement, political participation, and potential improvements to the political system in order to better incorporate the individual.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Representation in the Federal Parliament
“Representation in the Federal Parliament” is a Canadian booklet that was published in 1986, an off year for federal elections. The booklet’s object was to describe the “principal of representation” and how the “electoral districts' boundaries are determined and periodically adjusted.” The literature is broken into two sections, the first section discusses the various adjustments to the representation of the ten provinces and two territories of Canada; the second section describes the readjustment process of the electoral districts' boundaries. There are French and English language versions of the booklet.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Manual de Educacion Civica
“Handbook of Civic Education” is an educative manual, available in Spanish, and published in 1991 by the PARTICIPA Corporation of private law in Chile. The manual is intended to serve as a source of information, for students, on the theory of democracy and the historic analysis of the Chilean institutional system. The book consists of 2 parts divided in 12 chapters, the first part being the theoretical part based on the chapter dedicated to the Human Being and the Human Rights, the Person and the Society, the Political Regimes and so on, while the second part focuses on chapters focused on the historical analysis of the Chilean institutional system. Some of the chapters focus on the following themes: the Constitutional Rights and Guarantees, the Regional Electoral Tribunals, and the Constitutional Reform. Additionally, it includes educational exercise samples after each chapter.
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Kingdom of Nepal: Parliamentary Elections, May 12, 1991
This report summarizes IFES findings from the Nepalese Parliamentary Elections in 1991. Electoral processes, election day observations and voter registry are discussed along with various other IFES activities.
May 31, 1991
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Votosaurus Casts a Ballot
On April 26th, 1991 Voters of Tomorrow through Education published an official ballot entitled “Votasaurus Casts a Ballot” featuring two dinosaur candidates in order to simplify voting instructions. This ballot appeared in Travis County, Texas and provides both English and Spanish instructions.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Insider
This is the spring 1991 edition of “The Insider,” an official publication of the “Board of Election Commissioners” of Missouri. The piece was released in lead up to the April 2, 1991 local elections and was aimed at spurring voter turnout and also covers topics such as re-districting and legislation proposed in 1991.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Your Returning Officer
“Your Returning Officer” is a 1991 leaflet, available in both English and French copies, with the objective of educating readers on the role and importance of the Returning Officer – the election worker who organizes the election in each district. The document, published by Elections Canada, emphasizes the importance of the returning officer and his duties during Canadian Federal Elections.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
General and regional elections : Warning
In an article prepared by Chief Election Officer R.A. Jacobs entitled “General and Regional Elections: Warning,” excerpts from sections 78 and 79 of the Representation of the People Act are provided to inform the Guyanese public on the importance of order in polling places. Also mentioned is the treatment of election workers in an effort to keep away violence from voting stations.