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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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Materiales de Divulgacion de la cultura Politica Democratica y de promocion del voto
“Materials for the Distribution of the Democratic Political Culture and the Promotion of the Vote” is a brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1994 by the Federal Electoral Institute in Mexico, and which comprises the leaflets produced as part of the civic education materials distributed for the promotion of the democratic political culture among Mexicans.
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Civic Education Material
Mexico's Political and Electoral Reform
In preparation for the August 21st, 1994 general elections in Mexico, the Instituto Federal Electoral (IFE) provided this booklet entitled “Mexico’s Political and Electoral Reform.” According to the IFE, the objectives of these reforms focus on increasing the transparency and credibility of elections, strengthening political plurality, providing more spaces for political participation, and giving full jurisdictional authority to the Federal Electoral Court.
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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.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
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
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Transitional Executive Council (Draft) Bill
Transitional Executive Council (Draft) Bill
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill