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Canada: The Electoral Participation of Aboriginal People
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This concept paper was written for Elections Canada and reviews and analyzes Aboriginal voter participation.
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Canada: The Electoral Participation of Ethnocultural Communities
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Immigrants and ethnocultural minorities are likely to constitute increasingly larger segments of the electorate in the 21st century. Many studies from Western European countries have shown that naturalized citizens vote at lower rates than the native-born and that eligible voters from some non-European cultural groups are less likely to vote than members of the majority cultural group. This study examines whether Canada’s foreign-born and non-European voters also experienced the same participation disadvantage in the 2000 and 2004 federal elections.
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Costa Rica: Ley de inscripción y cedulación indígena (1991)
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* Ley 7225 correspondiente a la inscripción y cedulación indígena, publicada en la gaceta N° 86 del 8 de mayo del 1991.
* Law for the registration of indigenous people.
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Guidelines to Assist National Minority Participation in the Electoral Process
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Published by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR). Report elaborates on recommendations from the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Public Life (called the “Lund Recommendations”); the argument is made in pages 40-43 of this document that geographic boundaries of electoral districts should facilitate the equitable representation of national minorities.
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United States: Election 2004, the Latino and Asian Vote
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The paper "Election 2004, the Latino and Asian Vote" written by Jeffrey S. Passel, Urban Institute Immigration Studies Program (2004)
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The Electoral Rights of Conflict Forced Migrants (IOM)
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The paper "Electoral Rights of Conflict Forced Migrants: A Review of Relevant Legal Norms and Instruments" by Jeremy Grace (June 2003) is part of the Participatory Elections Project (PEP) of the International Organization for Migrations (IOM)
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Guidelines to Assist National Minority Participation in the Electoral Process (ODIHR IDEA)
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The "Guidelines to Assist National Minority Participation in the Electoral Process" by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in conjunction with the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA) and the OSCE oofice of the High Commissioner on National Minorities.
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United Kingdom: Voting Access for the Disabled (1992)
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A discussion of improving access to the vote for disabled voters. Suggestions include alternative voting mechanisms such as postal voting as well as making polling station layout more user friendly for disabled voters
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Lebanon: Lebanon’s Sunni Islamists: A Growing Force (2008)
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