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Voter Information Guide for 1990 Elections
“Voter Information Guide for 1990 Elections” is a voter handbook prepared in 1990 by Sherrod Brown, the Secretary of State of Ohio, in lead up to the May 8, 1990 Primary Election and the November 6, 1990 General Election. The guide is meant to provide voters with information about registering and voting, absentee voting including the armed services absentee 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 offices for which Ohio voters will express their votes.
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Voter rights and registration resource guide
“Voter Rights and Registration Resource Guide” is document produced in 1990 by the Texas Young Lawyers Association and designed to stimulate the voter turnout of eligible voters in Texas. The document is intended to help educate Texans about the importance of voting as well as the correct ways to exercise this right. Included in the document are important historical dates and brief descriptions of the events in the development of National Voter Rights under the U.S Constitution and a number of case studies on voting rights and the decisions involved. Additionally, after a brief description of the state voter registration, the document provides important information on Texas’s voter registration, voter qualifications, and the women’s suffrage movement.
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Voters Education (1)
“Voter Education (1)” is a 1990 pamphlet which provides information on how to vote in the upcoming the Nigerian Local Government Elections in December 1990. The document, published by the National Electoral Commission, explains to readers the importance of voter registration, lists the political parties running for office and provides a brief overview of polling agents and other election officials.
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Haiti Municipal Ballot 1990
Ballot used in municipal elections in 1990 in Haiti. This ballot was used in the Delma constituency of the Department of Lwes for members to the Kasek, or communal governments.
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Haiti Mayor Ballot 1990
Ballot used for mayoral elections in Gran Rivye Dino, Haiti in 1990.
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Los ninos y la democracia
“Children and Democracy” is a periodical article, available in Spanish, published by Marcia Gilbert de Babra in the “El Telegrafo” in Ecuador. The author agrees with the innovative idea of holding child elections but only as being complementary to other methods that a society must commit in respect of children’s rights. She questions and criticizes that anything durable will be achieved by holding these elections and if children would actually benefit from it.
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Preguntas y Respuestas Sobre las Elecciones Infantiles
“Questions and Answers about Child Elections” is an informative document, available in Spanish, issued in 1990 by the Supreme Electoral Tribunal and the Central Bank of Ecuador through its “Child Worker Program” in lead up to 1990 organized child elections. The document describes the meaning of child elections, the way they will be carried out and identifies the groups involved in hosting the elections. Additionally, the document contains a list of the locations for voter registration and sets the terms for registering.
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Students Learn About Voting Through Election Rally
“Students Learn about Voting through Election Rally” is a news release by the DC Board of Elections and Ethics from April 20th 1990 that informs the reader of a student election rally to elect the Student Member of the D.C. Board of Education and the Citywide Student Council set to happen on April 24th 1990. The goal of this program is the increase the participation of youth in D.C. Elections through exposure to voting in school.
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The Meaning of Citizenship … in America and in the world
The research packet entitled, “The Meaning of Citizenship” prepared by Dr. Jeffrey B. Burnham and provided by the Council for the Advancement of Citizenship in 1990, provides teachers, community leaders, and other civic educators with suggestions on how to incorporate the idea of citizenship into the education system. This packet includes selected readings on the definition of citizenship and world citizenship; curriculum ideas and discussion questions geared towards all levels of education, and further suggested readings on the issue.