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Local Government Elections 1994
“Local Government Elections 1994” is a pamphlet containing reference material regarding the history, structure, and responsibilities of Guyanese local government. Also provided is a list of neighborhood district councils and towns as well as brief descriptions of local democratic organizations.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
How to Vote at 1994 Local Government Elections
“How to Vote at 1994 Local Government Elections” provides illustrated boxes containing step-by-step instructions as to how to vote in the 1994 Guyana local elections. Also provided are the powers of the soon-to-be elected local Council in order to educate Guyanese voters as to what they are voting on and the abilities of their local government. This article also repeatedly encourages the Guyanese people to participate in voting.
Election Material
Ballot
Latvia Parliamentary Election Ballot 1993
Ballot used in the first post-Communist parliamentary elections in Latvia on 5 and 6 June 1993. The major parties in the election were Latvian Way (Latvijas Cels) #22, Latvian National Independence Movement (Latvijas Nacionalas Neatkaribas Kustiba) #11, the National Harmony Party (Saskana Latvijai - Atszimsana Tautsaimniecibai) #19, and the Latvian Farmers' Union (Latvijas Zemnieku Savieniba) #4.
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Civic Education Material
Plebiscito de Ermo/Turvo
“The Referendum in Ermo/Turvo” is a voter handbook, available in Portuguese, issued in 1993 by the Regional Electoral Tribunal of Santa Catarina, in lead up to the September 19, 2003 Referendum in Ermo/Turvo, Brazil. The handbook is meant to provide voters with information about voting and to instruct them, step by step, on how to make use of the electronic voting machine.
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Final Report, Guyana Election Assistance Project, October 1990 to November 1992
This report serves as a summary of IFES’ role in the development of the Guyanese electoral process for the October 1992 national elections. IFES technical support for these elections included the provision of electoral materials, helping with the logistics of the election and civic education.
January 31, 1993
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Civic Education Material
Cidadaos e Politica Quem deve governar?
“People and Politics: Who Should Govern?” is a civic education discussion book, issued in 1992 by the US Kettering Foundation and translated and adapted to Portuguese by the State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil. The handbook is intended to educate voters about the importance of voting and express their opinions through the power of one vote. The handbook explores four options with a series of opinions on how to tighten the relationship between politics and the people. Additionally, in the beginning and the end of the book, there are some questionnaires provided to facilitate the understanding of the people’s overall opinion of their relation with the government.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Directions For Voting
This document entitled “Directions for Voting” provides the complete legislation regarding voting instructions for Guyana and is provided by S.G. Singh, Chief Election Officer. This act is officially known as the Representation of the People Act.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
General and regional elections : Warning
In an article prepared by Chief Election Officer R.A. Jacobs entitled “General and Regional Elections: Warning,” excerpts from sections 78 and 79 of the Representation of the People Act are provided to inform the Guyanese public on the importance of order in polling places. Also mentioned is the treatment of election workers in an effort to keep away violence from voting stations.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Get Ready!
Published in Guyana in 1991 by the National Registration Commission, “Get Ready” is an election advertisement urging Guyanese citizens to register to vote before the May 17th, 1991 deadline. In preparation for the first free and fair elections in 1992, this advertisement argues that every Guyanese citizen over 18 has the civic duty to participate in the voting process.