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What is MMP?
Published in 1993 by the Electoral Reform Coalition in New Zealand, “What is MMP?” advocates for the implementation of the Mixed Member Proportional system of electing New Zealand’s members of parliament. This leaflet provides five reasons for advocating the MMP system and includes a space for donations to the ERC in order to fund the implementation of MMP.
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What is PR? What is MMP?
This brief brochure entitled “What is PR? What Is MMP?” was published in 1993 by the Electoral Reform Coalition in New Zealand. It highlights the differences between the Proportional Representation and the Mixed Member Proportional systems of electing New Zealand parliamentary members. These differences arise in areas such as fairness, simplicity, and effects on stability in the government and in national policy.
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Why you should vote for MMP
“Why you should vote for MMP” is a leaflet produced by the Electoral Reform Coalition in New Zealand in 1993 that provides 5 reasons to vote for the implementation of the Mixed Member Proportional system of electing New Zealand’s members of parliament. Reasons include fairness of the system, equal worth of each vote, and greater individual influence on the election result.
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Women and MMP
“Women and MMP” is a leaflet produced in 1993 by the Women’s Electoral Lobby and the Electoral Reform Coalition arguing that the new Mixed Member Proportional proposed system of electing members of the New Zealand parliament is beneficial to women candidates. In this leaflet, graphs are shown supporting the assertion that women have a greater role both as voters and as candidates under a Mixed Member Proportional system.
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Non/Oui Referendum '92
“Non/Oui Referendum '92” is a political pamphlet, available in French, distributed in 1992 by the Director General of Elections in Quebec which provides information on the Referendum vote in Quebec that will take place October 26th 1992. The document contains two separate pamphlets, the first explaining to citizens why they should vote no, the other giving arguments for voting yes. The referendum will decide whether or not the Canadian constitution should be changed in order to honor the Charlettetown agreement. The last part of the pamphlet for “yes” is in English.
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The Guide to the Electoral Referendum
“The Guide to the Electoral Referendum” was published by the Electoral Referendum Panel in 1992 and regards the September 19th 1992 vote in which a system of elections will be chosen to challenge the existing voting system. In addition to a brief history of New Zealand’s electoral history and a voting procedure outline, this guide outlines the different potential electoral system and provides their implications on New Zealand politics. These systems are the Mixed Member Proportional System, the Preferential Voting System, the Supplementary Member System and the Single Transferable Vote System.
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The Referendum Question
“The Referendum Question” is a 1992 booklet, published by Elections Canada, which makes the referendum question available in French, English and several Aboriginal languages. Although the question will only appear in French and English on the official ballot to be voted on in the Referendum of 1992 which decides whether the Canadian Constitution should be renewed, aboriginal voters will be able to bring this booklet to the polls with them.
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Your History as Theatre!
“Your History as Theatre!” is a pamphlet from April 1992, made in joint production by the National Assembly, the Director General of Elections in Quebec and the Minister of Education in Quebec, that provides plans for theatre activities to celebrate the 200 year anniversary of the Parliamentary Institutions in Quebec, coming up in 1992. The pamphlet is aimed at middle and high school students in the hope that this ‘historic theatre’ activity will raise awareness of the government system in Quebec.
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Report of the IFES Delegation Studying the Evolution of the Electoral Process in the Russian Federation, March 25-26, 1992
This document is based on a report by the IFES delegation studying the evolution of the electoral process in the Russian Federation from March 1992.
March 31, 1992
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Nouvelle liste electorale: Du 5 au 10 septmbre, c'est le recensement
“Nouvelle liste electorale: Du 5 au 10 septmbre, c'est le recensement” is a flyer in French, published by the Director General of Elections in Quebec in 1992, which warns the public of a revision to the voter list happening in September 1992. Election officials will go door to door in order to register eligible citizens to the new list so they may vote in the upcoming 1992 Referendum Vote and Municipal Elections in Quebec, Canada.