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Your Last Chance to Register
“Your Last Chance to Register” is a political flyer intended to remind South Africans that April 28th 1995 is the last day to register to vote in local elections. The flyer indicates how to register as well as what the positive and negative aspects of voting are. One example of a positive reason to vote is the ability to support the “RDP,” the African National Congress’ Reconstruction and Development Programme. A version in Afrikaans is also provided.
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Brazil 1994 Election: Technology Assessment Report, February 28, 1995
This Election Technology Assessment from the 1994 elections in Brazil details IFES’ audit of the vote tabulation software used in Brazilian elections. The report focuses on the technological innovations in Brazilian electoral administration, the future direction of its modernization, and the applicability of the concepts and technologies involved to election administration in other countries.
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IFES conducted studies on the Brazilian development of a cost-effective indigenous election technology which could be applied to other developing countries.
February 27, 1995
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Civic Education Material
Eleicao Municipal de Xaxim
“Municipal Election of Xaxim” is a flyer, available in Portuguese, showing a sample of the keyboard used by the microcomputer in the electoral cabin for the February 12, 1995 Municipal Election in Xaxim, Brazil. The flyer was issued in 1995 by the Regional Electoral Tribunal of Santa Catarina, Brazil and intended to familiarize voters with the voting procedure inside the electoral cabin.
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Register Today!
This brief flyer reminds South African voters that April 28th 1995 is the last day to register for the November 1st local elections. Also included is a registration form. This literature was part of an effort to inspire high voter turnout for the 1995 local election.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voters' Roll Registration Form for Community Elections
This document contains a voter registration form for the 1995 South African community election as well as a flyer encouraging South African’s to register to vote. The one page flyer also mentions issues that elected community officials will deal with.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Let's Vote Again
Let's Vote Again is a publication focusing on voter registration prior to the 1995 local government elections in South Africa. Made available by the Task Group for Local Government Elections, this document emphasizes the need for citizen's to register to vote to make sure their communities have a chance to be adequately represented at the local level. Information is presented in a storyboard format and key messages are in English as well as 5 local languages.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Local Government Elections
Published by Y Press in 1995, this brochure explains the significance of local government in South Africa in regards to the individual and the importance of voting in them. “Local Government Elections” also provides basic voter registration information to encourage South Africans to participate in the upcoming October 1995 local government elections.
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Mpumalanga Province Report
A Technical Resources Group (UK) provincial resource officer named Barbara Miller wrote this “Mpumalanga Province Report” that highlights her role in the province as well as how her team functioned with the Communication and Voter Education Task Team she was assigned with in South Africa. The report, which covers the days from March 20th 1995 to November 6th 1995, provides details on Miller’s preparations for the upcoming November 1st, 1995 local government elections.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Election Watch
This issue of Election Watch in South Africa analyzes voter registration in depth prior to the 1995 local government elections. It includes a section focusing on the province of Kwazulu Natal, and considers measures to combat low voter registration.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Next Step: Why are we voting again
The Next Step features a dialogue between two families in order to highlight the prevailing needs of South Africans in advance of the 1995 local government elections. The document also provides basic information about the role and functioning of the Reconstruction and Development Program and an overview of national, provincial, and local government.