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Let's Vote: Everything you should know about the 1994 election
Let's Vote is a comprehensive voter's guide to everything about the 1994 election in South Africa. It includes information on voter eligibility, voter identification, ballot secrecy, and polling stations among other topics. The guide conveys this information in a storyboard format and encourages citizens to vote throughout.
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Voting is easy
“Voting is Easy” was distributed in lead up to the 1994 South African Election; the historical '94 election was the first to have universal adult suffrage. The seven page pamphlet delves into the voting process, what one needs to bring to be able to vote and provides a mock ballot. The literature was put together and distributed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa.
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Why Should We Vote
“Why Should We Vote” is a brief advertisement that appeared in South Africa’s “The Star” in 1994. The piece addresses questions about the importance of local government, who can vote and how one can register. This advertisement was released in lead up to the 1994 South African election's, the first to feature universal adult suffrage.
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Will you be allowed to vote?
“Will You Be Allowed to Vote?” was published during the run up to the 1994 South African presidential election. The article explains who may vote, who the candidates are, what the ballots look like and how the physical process of voting works. This article is significant because the 1994 election was the first election that featured universal adult suffrage and many South African's were voting for the first time.
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Women Vote for Your Freedom Now
This flyer urges women to vote in the 1994 election. The flyer indicates that issues such as better health care, maternity leave, affordable housing, and protection for one’s children are all relevant matters that can be addressed through voting and the democratic process. The flyer is also available in Zulu and Afrikaans.
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You Your Vote and the Elections
“You Your Vote and the Elections” was published in 1994 in the lead up to the first elections in South Africa to have universal adult suffrage. The booklet, published by Black Slash and the Independent Forum for Electoral Education (IFEE), describes the structure of the new South African parliament and constitutional assembly, as well as, who can vote and how the process of voting works. The booklet was aimed at filling the knowledge gap that existed around the electoral process as a significant portion of South African’s had previously been denied voting rights.
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Our Time to Choose
“Our Time to Choose” is a comic book style story that follows South African’s as they learn about the voting process and get ready to cast their ballots in the upcoming 1994 national elections. The story’s aim is to energize and educate the public as to the concept of the vote and open elections. As this was the first election to feature universal adult suffrage, education material such as this was requried in order to fill the knolwege gap that existed in regards to the electoral process.
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Prepare your people to vote
Published by the Evangelical Fellowship of South Africa, this letter entitled “Prepare Your People to Vote” provides voter education with a Christian bias in preparation for the upcoming 1994 elections in South Africa that marked the end of apartheid. The first edition of this letter, which also defines democracy and the biblical reasons for favoring democracy, was published in September of 1993.
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Preparing our churches for the elections
“Preparing our Churches for the Elections” is a pamphlet published by the Natal Church Leaders’ Group written to church leaders in order to educate them on the common questions of the citizens and to provide them with the proper questions to ask of political parties in order to better inform the public as to who to vote for. Also included are other ideas to prepare for the South African upcoming elections and resources used in the publishing of this document. The date of publication is not provided.
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Election and Political Party Law
Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993
Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993