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Joven Nicaraguense
“Nicaraguan Youth” is a voter guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the Supreme Electoral Council in Nicaragua in lead up to the February 25, 1990 Nicaraguan Parliamentary Elections. The brochure contains instructions on the electoral registration process to take place before the elections. The brochure is specifically intended to young Nicaraguans to encourage and familiarize them with the registration process.
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Kids Voting: Could It Make a Difference
This booklet is a summary of the “Kids Voting: Could It Make a Difference,” program. The program was aimed at making young children interested in the voting process in hopes that they would grow up to be more engaged in politics. The program also hoped to have a positive impact on the children’s parents’ voter participation. One aspect of the program was to allow parents to bring their children to the polling stations. The results indicated a 70.3% turnout in “Kids Voting” precincts, an average of 2.7% higher than precincts that did not implement the program. This program was conducted in 1988, the year of the presidential election between George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis held on November 8th.
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La Democracia es responsabilidad de todos
“Human Rights and Democracy” is a Civic Education Discussion Guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by PARTICIPA, Chile. The guide gives a detailed explanation about the evolution of human rights, describes its characteristics and its classification, as well as it exposes how human rights have been categorized throughout the years. The handbook illustrates the connection between the government and civil rights, its guarantees as well as the obligations the citizens have in connection to the respect of human rights. Additionally, the guide encloses the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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Los C.E.C. de Nande Rapera
“The Committees of Civic Education of Ñande Raperã” is a civic education program description, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the Ñande Raperã civic group in Paraguay. The document explains and describes the structure and the objectives of the Ñande Raperã civic group, engaged in promoting democracy through civic education. It describes the steps to be taken in order to achieve the proposed objectives.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
P.I.E.L. = Partido Intergro Estrdiantil por la Lucha
“Student Integral Party for the Fight” is an informative brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the student body of the Student Integral Party for the Fight (“Partido Integro Estudantil por la Lucha”). The brochure describes the student government’s object activities, action plans, the material and human resources, as well as the deadlines of accomplishing the targeted objectives. The brochure is intended to familiarize students with the program offered by this particular student party when running for the student government elections.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Practicas electorales entre los estudiantes
”Electoral Practices among Students” is an electoral exercise article, part of the Civic-Electoral Culture Program in Chile, available in Spanish. The document was issued in 1989 and it describes student electoral exercises while including examples of these. Through these electoral practices among students the coordinators of the program are trying to emphasize the role of the voting process in any elections and to stimulate participation of the future eligible voters.
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Programa Muchacho Trabajador
“Project “Working Child”” is an informative brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the Central Bank of Ecuador, intended to describe the social movement project “Working Child,” aimed at improving the quality of life for children and youth qualifies as “high risk.” The brochure contains information on the general and specific objectives of the project, as well as a description of who would qualify as “beneficiary.” Additionally, the brochure contains several quotes from socially-vulnerable children.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Que es la democracia?
“What is Democracy?” is a Civic Education Discussion Guide, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by PARTICIPA, Chile in lead up to the December 14, 1989 Chilean Presidential Election. The guide describes in details the characteristics of democracy, offering to the reader a thorough description of its main values and features. Additionally, the guide contains a set of interactive activities that contain questions about democracy.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Sample Ballot with parties MOTA and MAE
“Sample Ballot with Parties MOTA and MAE” is a sample ballot, available in Spanish, issued in 1989 by the Student Electoral Tribunal, in lead up to the student government elections. The ballot contains the names, photos and list of members of the two student political parties running for office.