Tools & Resources
Filter by
Type
Publication date
Language
Type
Publication date
Language
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Referendum, Plebescito, e Inicativa Popular
“Referendum , Plebiscite and Popular Initiative” is an informative guidebook, available in Spanish, issued in 1999 by the Electoral Council of the State of Jalisco in Mexico, and it is intended to inform citizens about the mechanisms of direct democracy that were adopted in Jalisco with the constitutional approval of the referendum, the popular initiative and the promulgation of the Citizen Participation Law in 1998. The guidebook explains the concepts and characteristics of referendum and popular initiative.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Supreme expression of the power of the nation is free elections
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Power of your vote
“The Power of your vote” was published in 1999 on the eve of the South African national elections. This Independent Electoral Commission publication urged the South African electorate to continue strengthening the democratic process by voting. Graphic illustrations, including comic strips, were used to augment voter efficacy and overall democratic awearness.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voter education programme
Project Literacy’s "Voter Education Programme” is a lesson plan geared at educating the South African public on South Africa’s path to democracy. Included in the 1999 literature are sections on the South African bill of rights, the three tiers of government and the voting process. Also provided are discussion questions aimed at creating a discourse on such topics as “how laws have changed since South Africa became a democratic country.”