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San Francisco Voter Information Pamphlet & Sample Ballot
This packet contains a sample ballot and a “Voter Information Pamphlet,” for the upcoming municipal elections on November 5, 1991 in San Francisco, California. The packet contains a glossary of election related vocabulary, a tutorial on how to physically fill out a ballot as well as what propositions and positions will be voted. The “Voter Information Pamphlet” includes candidate profiles and descriptions of the election’s propositions and the arguments for and against them.
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Folleto de Infprmacion y Balota de Muestra para los Electores de San Francisco
“Folleto de Informacion y Balota de muestra para los Electores de San Francisco” compiled by the San Francisco Electoral Register provides candidate information, basic election information, and details on 17 propositions to be voted on in the upcoming November 5th, 1991 municipal elections.
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Conciencia Democratica
“Conciencia Democrática” is the February 1992 13th edition of the “Conciencia Democrática” newsletter, available in Spanish, issued by the Pro-Democracy Center in Panama. The newsletter contains editorials on voluntary projects organized by the Pro-Democracy Center, information about its projects and how to get involved, as well as a range of editorials on democracy and the connection between the community’s participation and the success of democracy.
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Faites votre histoire en Theatre!
“Faites votre histoire en Theatre!” is a pamphlet from 1991, available in French, 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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Citizens and Politics: A View from Main Street America
Written by the Harwood Group in June 1991 for the Kettering Foundation, “Citizen and Politics: A View from Main Street America,” focuses on the premise that the health of American politics is at risk and there must be a greater role for the citizen in American politics. This essay emphasizes citizens’ views on politics, community involvement, political participation, and potential improvements to the political system in order to better incorporate the individual.
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Representation in the Federal Parliament
“Representation in the Federal Parliament” is a Canadian booklet that was published in 1986, an off year for federal elections. The booklet’s object was to describe the “principal of representation” and how the “electoral districts' boundaries are determined and periodically adjusted.” The literature is broken into two sections, the first section discusses the various adjustments to the representation of the ten provinces and two territories of Canada; the second section describes the readjustment process of the electoral districts' boundaries. There are French and English language versions of the booklet.
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Manual de Educacion Civica
“Handbook of Civic Education” is an educative manual, available in Spanish, and published in 1991 by the PARTICIPA Corporation of private law in Chile. The manual is intended to serve as a source of information, for students, on the theory of democracy and the historic analysis of the Chilean institutional system. The book consists of 2 parts divided in 12 chapters, the first part being the theoretical part based on the chapter dedicated to the Human Being and the Human Rights, the Person and the Society, the Political Regimes and so on, while the second part focuses on chapters focused on the historical analysis of the Chilean institutional system. Some of the chapters focus on the following themes: the Constitutional Rights and Guarantees, the Regional Electoral Tribunals, and the Constitutional Reform. Additionally, it includes educational exercise samples after each chapter.
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Votosaurus Casts a Ballot
On April 26th, 1991 Voters of Tomorrow through Education published an official ballot entitled “Votasaurus Casts a Ballot” featuring two dinosaur candidates in order to simplify voting instructions. This ballot appeared in Travis County, Texas and provides both English and Spanish instructions.
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The Insider
This is the spring 1991 edition of “The Insider,” an official publication of the “Board of Election Commissioners” of Missouri. The piece was released in lead up to the April 2, 1991 local elections and was aimed at spurring voter turnout and also covers topics such as re-districting and legislation proposed in 1991.
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Your Returning Officer
“Your Returning Officer” is a 1991 leaflet, available in both English and French copies, with the objective of educating readers on the role and importance of the Returning Officer – the election worker who organizes the election in each district. The document, published by Elections Canada, emphasizes the importance of the returning officer and his duties during Canadian Federal Elections.