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Elections 98
This is a series of web pages from Kentucky’s League of Women Voter’s website. The pages predominately are focused on the senate race between Republican Jim Bunning, Democrat Scotty Baesler and Reform candidate Charles R. Arbegust. The piece contains information on nine topics including Tobacco, welfare reform, campaign finance reform, education and reproductive choice. Bunning would go on to win the November 3, 1998 election and serve two terms as Kentucky’s Junior Senator.
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In the Hospital? Don't Forget to Vote!
The document was published in 1998 by Maryland’s “Board of Supervisors of Elections” in lead up to that year’s general elections held on November 3rd. The document provides answers to voters who are will be in the hospital during the election. The piece also provides information regarding absentee and emergency application voting as well as a timeline for that year’s midterm elections.
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Judge of Election Handbook
This piece describes the voting and election process, for the November 3, 1998 elections, to “election judges” from Chicago, Illinois. The piece provides sections on how to properly set up a polling station, what to do after the polls close as well as what the Judges’ overall duties are. The piece also provides a glossary of election related vocabulary.
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Vote 3-6 Speak Out
This document was released by the Illinois State Board of Elections in 1998. The piece was intended to energize the electorate and spur a high voter turnout for that year’s mid-term congressional and local elections and for future elections to come. The literature covered sections on absentee voting, election-day procedures, and how to close the polls.
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A Guide to Conducting a Successful Voter Education Drive
A Guide to Conducting a Successful Voter Education Drive” is a voter handbook issued in 1998 by the Election Division of the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, in lead up to the 1998 General Election in Texas. The brochure is part of the secretary of State’s voter registration drive program designed to increase participation in the election process through registering new voters and encouraging voter turnout. Its aim is to provide guidelines for businesses, associations, schools, and other organizations that wish to plan and implement a voter registration/education drive. Additionally, it contains a list of the voter registrars by county and an Election Calendar with the most important dates of the 1998 General Election in Texas.
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Proposed Constitutional Amendments to be voted on at the November 3, 1998 Special Election
Authorized by Virginia State Board of Elections Secretary M. Bruce Meadows, this document provides information on five proposed constitutional amendments that appear on the November 3rd 1998 Special Election ballot. For each proposed amendment the ballot question, explanation, present constitution and background, as well as the proposed change are provided.
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The DC Wise Guide
“The DC Wise Guide” is a guide issued in 1998 by the League of Women Voters in the District of Columbia with the objective of providing background information about the government of the District of Columbia, USA, and how to participate in its politics by either running for local office or by voting in the upcoming elections. Descriptions of different positions such as Mayor of D.C. or Member of the Board of Education are given as well as contact numbers for members of these teams. Finally, the dates for the Primary and General elections in 1998 are made known to the reader.
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Sample Ballot
This Virginia Sample Ballot in preparation for the November 3rd, 1998 General and Special Elections was authorized by the Electoral Board of the County of Fairfax. It includes the race between Thomas M. Davis III and C.W. “Levi” Levy for the House of Representatives Member from the 11th District, five constitutional amendments, and two Fairfax county proposed bonds.
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League of Women Voters of Kentucky
This is a print out from the website of Kentucky’s chapter of the “League of Women Voters.” The printed pages contain information about voter registration and candidate forums. This information was posted in lead up to the November 3, 1998 elections that would feature local and congressional candidates as well as amendments to the Commenwealth of Kentucky's Constitution.