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Citizens and Politics: A View from Main Street America
Written by the Harwood Group in June 1991 for the Kettering Foundation, “Citizen and Politics: A View from Main Street America,” focuses on the premise that the health of American politics is at risk and there must be a greater role for the citizen in American politics. This essay emphasizes citizens’ views on politics, community involvement, political participation, and potential improvements to the political system in order to better incorporate the individual.
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Representation in the Federal Parliament
“Representation in the Federal Parliament” is a Canadian booklet that was published in 1986, an off year for federal elections. The booklet’s object was to describe the “principal of representation” and how the “electoral districts' boundaries are determined and periodically adjusted.” The literature is broken into two sections, the first section discusses the various adjustments to the representation of the ten provinces and two territories of Canada; the second section describes the readjustment process of the electoral districts' boundaries. There are French and English language versions of the booklet.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Manual de Educacion Civica
“Handbook of Civic Education” is an educative manual, available in Spanish, and published in 1991 by the PARTICIPA Corporation of private law in Chile. The manual is intended to serve as a source of information, for students, on the theory of democracy and the historic analysis of the Chilean institutional system. The book consists of 2 parts divided in 12 chapters, the first part being the theoretical part based on the chapter dedicated to the Human Being and the Human Rights, the Person and the Society, the Political Regimes and so on, while the second part focuses on chapters focused on the historical analysis of the Chilean institutional system. Some of the chapters focus on the following themes: the Constitutional Rights and Guarantees, the Regional Electoral Tribunals, and the Constitutional Reform. Additionally, it includes educational exercise samples after each chapter.
Election Material
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Suriname Ressort Council Ballot 1991
Ballot used for the general election held in Suriname on 25 May 1991. This ballot was used in the Kiesdistrikt X (Distrikt Sipalwini). The main candidates in the election were the New Front for Democracy and Development, the National Democratic Party and the Democratic Alternative '91-Pendawa Lima.
Election Material
Ballot
Suriname National Assembly Ballot 1991
Ballot used for the 25 May 1991 general election in Suriname. This ballot was used in the Paramarimbo district, and the main candidates in the election were the New Front for Democracy and Development, National Democratic Party, and the Democratic Alternative '91-Pendawa Lima.
Election Material
Ballot
Suriname Ressort Council Ballot 1991 (Cancelled)
Ballot prepared for the Ressort Council elections in Suriname on 25 May 1991. The original election was cancelled due to a lack of candidates, and were rescheduled for 3 August 1991.
Election Material
Ballot
United States (OR) Special Election Ballot 1991
Ballot used for the special election held in Medford County, Oregon on 21 May 1991. This special election was held to vote on whether the school district should issue bonds to build, improve, and refinance school facilities.
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Ballot
Suriname Council Ballot 1991
Ballot used in the Kiesdistrikt IX (Districkt Brokopondo) for the Surinamese general election held on 21 May 1991. The main parties in the election were the New Front for Democracy and Development, the National Democratic Party, and the Democratic Alternative - '91-Pendawa Lima.
Election Material
Ballot
Cyprus Parliamentary Ballot 1991 #1
Ballot used for Parliamentary elections held in Cyprus on 19 May 1991. This ballot was used in the Famagusta constituency.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Votosaurus Casts a Ballot
On April 26th, 1991 Voters of Tomorrow through Education published an official ballot entitled “Votasaurus Casts a Ballot” featuring two dinosaur candidates in order to simplify voting instructions. This ballot appeared in Travis County, Texas and provides both English and Spanish instructions.