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CityScene
“CityScene” is a newspaper issue from November 1993 aimed at the citizens of the City of Fairfax. It is made up of short articles about local news, a calendar of community events, and on the first page is a political advertisement reminding readers to cast their ballot on November 2nd 1993 to vote for state officers and decide on a referendum.
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Voter Guide -- Manhattan General Election
“Voter Guide-Manhattan General Elections” is a voter handbook, available in both Spanish and English, published in 1993 by the New York City Campaign Finance Board, in lead up to the November 2, 1993 New York General Election. The guide is meant to provide voters with information about voting, to inform them about their rights as voters and the procedures that lead to a correct exercise of voting. It also provides short descriptions of each one of the local offices for which candidates were running for and the profiles of candidates in the Manhattan general races. Moreover, it includes a chapter on the NYC Campaign Finance Program and the Ballot Proposals along with the statements prepared by the board for and against the Term Limits ballot proposal.
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Voter Guide -- Manhattan Primary Election
“Voter Guide-Manhattan Primary Elections” is a voter handbook, available in both Spanish and English, published in 1993 by the New York City Campaign Finance Board, in lead up to the September 14, 1993 New York General Election. The guide is meant to provide voters with information about voting, to inform them about their rights as voters and the procedures that lead to a correct exercise of voting. It also provides short descriptions of each one of the local offices for which candidates were running for and the profiles of candidates in the Manhattan primary races. Moreover, it includes a chapter on the NYC Campaign Finance Program.
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Political Advertising
“Political Advertising” is a brochure released in April 1993 by the Public Disclosure Commission of Washington State. The document outlines the requirements candidates must follow for political advertising in their campaigns. These requirements for written advertisements include areas such as sponsor identification, candidate affiliation, independent expenditures and placement and size of identifications. The brochure does not indicate whether these requirements concern a specific election in the USA.
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City of Fairfax Community Handbook
The City of Fairfax’s annual community handbook provides residents with an alphabetically organized glossary of terms such as Tourism Information, Senior citizens, Elected Officials, and Community development and planning and the significance of those terms in regards to the city of Fairfax. City contact information as well as a statistical profile of the city is also provided in this 1993 edition, published in April of that year.
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Tell it to Washington: A Guide for Citizen Action Including Congressional Directory 1993-1994
“Tell it to Washington: A Guide for Citizen Action Including Congressional: Directory 1993-1994” is a 1993 pamphlet from the League of Women Voters Education Fund that explains to readers how to reach out to elected officials in order to have their voices heard. The pamphlet serves as a guide for effective communication with members of Congress and their staff: how to make personal visits, place phone calls and write letters. The document describes different branches of government that citizens can reach out to and how to do so; yet the bulk of the pamphlet is a directory of names of elected officials for the USA.
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Sample Ballot - County of Fairfax
“Sample Ballot – County of Fairfax” is a sample ballot for the County of Fairfax from the November 2nd 1993 General and Special election where voters elected a candidate for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, Member of the House of Delegates as well as more local offices and questions. The ballot was authorized by the Fairfax County Electoral Board.
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Make a difference -- register to vote in '93!
“Make a difference register to vote in ’93!” is a piece of civic education material that includes information on how to register and also provides contact information for local registration centers. The piece was directed at spurring voter turnout for that years local elections in Florida’s Broward County. This flyer also includes information about changing party affiliation and absentee voting.
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National Voter Registration Act of 1993
This pamphlet, published in Alabama in 1993, explains the “National Voter Registration Act.” The act, as summarized, was intended to facilitate the voter registration process by making it more accessible to citizens. The piece describes “motor voter” registration, postcard voter registration and agency based voter-registration.
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New Registrations -- Motor Voter vs Mail-in 1989 to 1993
“New Registrations – Motor Voter vs. Mail-in 1989-1993” is a graph provided by the District of Columbia Board of Elections and Ethics in 1993 that highlights the disparity between DC residents using the Motor Voter Act to register to vote against those who used mail-in registration. The comparisons are broken down by month and show statistics from the years 1989 to 1993.