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Boletin de Automizacion
“Bulletin of Automation” is an informative bulletin, available in Spanish, issued in 1998 in Venezuela in an effort to familiarize voters with the benefits of having an automated voting system. The document covers the information on the automation of voting system in Venezuela.
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Voter Information Guide
This 1998 “Voter Information Guide” was produced by the Commonwealth of Kentucky’s State Board of Elections in lead up to that year’s primary and general elections. The piece provides answers to many frequently asked questions such as who can register to vote and where one can register to vote; it also addresses topics such as absentee ballots and basic voting procedures, including the operation of voting machines. The November 3 general elections would be the final congressional elections of Bill Clinton's two term presidency.
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Voter information sheet, list of candidates and sample ballots
“Voter information sheet, list of candidates and sample ballots” is a 1998 pamphlet published by the Commission on Elections which provides information on the polling place and voting in the May 1998 National and Local Elections in the Philippines, as well as a list of candidates running for various offices including president.
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World Cup 98 Booklet
“World Cup Booklet 1998” is a World Cup Soccer calendar, issued in 1998 by the National Electoral Council in Venezuela. Along with the schedule for the soccer world cup, the calendar advertises the phone number where citizens can call with any voting-related inquiries.
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ya es tiempo … IA vivar en democracia!
“The Time has Arrived…To live in Democracy” is a training ballot, available in Spanish, issued in Paraguay in 1998 by IFES and USAID in lead up to the 1998 Paraguayan General Elections. The training ballot is meant to familiarize voters with the ballot to be used for the election of the president and vice-president of the republic.
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Young Texas Voters
“Young Texas Voters” is a voter handbook issued in 1998, available in both English and Spanish, by the Election Division of the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, in lead up to the November 3, 1998 General Election in Texas. The guide is meant to provide voters with information about voting, the voter registration process, and the procedures that lead to a correct exercise of voting. Additionally, it contains an Election Calendar with the most important dates of the November 3, 1998 General Election in Texas.
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Register as Electors Practise a High Degree of Autonomy
This pamphlet distributed by the First Legislative Council Elections of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region provides Hong Kong residents with the information necessary to register as an elector. These electors would play a role in the upcoming 1998 elections for the First Legislative council. This pamphlet is provided both in English and Chinese.
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Truth Talk
This November 1997 edition of South Africa’s “Truth Talk” addresses the work of the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission." The magazine specifically looks at the Commission’s five point plan for reparations and rehabilitation. Furthermore, the implication, facilitation and future of reparation, rehabilitation and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission programs for South African’s are also covered.
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Daraja Update
This November 1997 issue of “Daraja” touches on the struggle to achieve civic elections in Kenya and promoting democracy and good governance in Africa. The lead article focuses on the effort to enhance civic education and elections in the midst of executive governmental power that is not in favor of promoting political participation or expanding democracy. The second major piece describes the pathway to achieving peace in Africa and six major impediments to achieving strong democracy in the region. The challenges presented by the article to developing democracy in Africa are overcoming violence, sound democracy development managment, enhancing the role of civil society, mainstreaming women into politics, increasing the capacity of African institutions that allow for democracy development and developing an ownership of democratic reforms in order to bring about demcoracy that fits the region and culture that it will be governing.