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Ensuring Free and Fair Elections
This pamphlet entitled “Ensuring Free and Fair Elections” was published by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in 1999 prior to the June 2nd, 1999 South African general elections. This pamphlet provides an illustrated description of the voting procedure as well as important dates, contact information for voting stations, and voter registration guidelines for South African voters.
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County Boards of Elections
This one page document provides important voter information related to the 1998 Maryland elections; the piece was released by Maryland’s “board of supervisors of Elections.” The page contains information on election dates for in-person and absentee voting as well as information for the 24-hour tapeline. The November 3, 1998 races would feature a state governor race as well as Congressional and Senate races.
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Your Vote Your Voice
“Your Vote Your Voice” is a 1999 publication by the National Association of Independent Colleges. The Booklet address voter education, coalition building, “get out the vote,” and the time table for the 2000 presidential election. The publication was created in part to provide solutions to the apathy expressed by younger voters towards the electoral process.
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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.
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The Youth Vote
This document analyzes trends in youth voting from 1971 onward. The piece purposely picks 1971 as it was the year which the 26th amendment was passed. That amendment moved the age for universal suffrage from 21 to 18 years of age. This 1999 study provides statistical breakdowns of youth voting figures as well as an analysis of what the data suggests. Also included is a chapter on why youth don’t vote; that section also acknowledges that voter turnout has been on the decline since the 1960s.
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Voter 1999
“Voter 1999” was produced in St. Louis County, Missouri by the city’s Board of Election Commissioners in lead up to that year’s general elections. The piece goes over voter identification, registration, absentee voting and also provides voters with a synopsis of key dates in the election season. The pamphlet also covers information related to registering if you have recently changed your name or domicile.
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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.”