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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: Potential Impacts of Extended Advance Voting on Voter Turnout
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The purpose of this study is to identify the likely impact of Bill C-55 (Extended Voting Opportunities; 39th Parliament, 1st Session) on voter turnout in Canada.
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Initiatives to Raise Voter Turnout
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This document assembles links and short descriptions of several initiatives undertaken in Slovakia, the US, Canada and the UK to raise declining voter turnout.
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Liberia: Voter Turnout for 2005 Elections
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Presentation by the National Elections Commission of Liberia on voter turnout for the November 2005 elections
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United Kingdom: Understanding the 1997 British Election: A Gender-Generation Gap?
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Chapter eight: "A Gender-Generation Gap?" of the book "A CRITICAL ELECTION? UNDERSTANDING THE 1997 BRITISH ELECTION IN LONG-TERM PERSPECTIVE"
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United States: Voter Turnout Among Young Women and Men CIRCLE (2005)
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This fact sheet presents information on one measure of civic engagement, voter turnout, across women and men. It also highlights some of the similarities and
differences between young women and young men in their attitudes towards
voting in The United States
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Engaging the Electorate: Initiatives to Promote Voter Turnout from Around the World (IDEA 2007)
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Engaging the Electorate: Initiatives to Promote Voter Turnout from Around the World is an International IDEA publication. This book seeks to inspire those who believe that strong participation in elections and referendums helps to build confidence in democratic institutions to engage in networking and information sharing.
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Challenges of Young People’s Participation
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A presentation by Andrew Ellis, Head of Operations at International IDEA, presented at the Global Electoral Conference (GEO) hosted by IFES in Washington D.C. in March 2007. The presentation is about voter turnout and that affect electoral participation.
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United Kingdom: Report on Voter Turnout (2005)
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A report from the UK Electoral Commission on voter turnout. Voter turnout at the 2005 general election in the UK was 61.4%. While this represented an improvement on 2001 (with 59.4%), there was otherwise little consolation in the figures...
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Lost Voters: Participation in EU elections and the case for compulsory voting, CEPS (Centre for European Policy Studies)
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An article by Anthoula Malkopoulpou, analyzing the trend of declining voter participation in the context of European Parliament elections. The paper explores compulsory voting systems in a number of developed democracies worldwide and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of introducing such a measure in the EU.
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The report of Power: an independent Inquiry into Britain's democracy
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The report tries to find answers to why disengagement from formal democratic politics in
Britain has grown in recent years. The report also suggest methods and approaches that could be used in order to reverse the trend.
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Elections Canada Voter Turnout Study by Age Group
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The Chief Electoral Officer of Canada has a mandate to make the electoral process better known to Canadians, particularly to those who might experience difficulty in exercising their right to vote. For this reason, Elections Canada is carrying out research on how people participate in elections. This study is one of the initiatives aimed at better understanding the dynamics of electoral participation, chiefly among the youngest voters.
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Elections Canada Estimation du taux de participation par groupe d'âge
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