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Political Participation of Immigrants in Korea, National Election Commission (2011)
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This document was drafted and released by Jong-Woo Lee, Secretary-General of the National Election Commission of the Republic of Korea. This paper studies the participation of immigrants in different types of elections in the country: national and local elections, as well as referenda. The paper also makes a comparison with rules and regulations applied in other countries.
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ELECTIONS EYE, NID (2009)
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Elections Eye is a monthly electronic newsletter covering the upcoming elections as part of Namibian civil society elections observation programme. Elections Eye asked different media houses how they go about covering political parties for the elections. And this is how they responded.
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Canada: The Electoral Participation of Young Canadians (2006)
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This paper has been prepared to help Elections Canada refine its elector outreach strategies with respect to young Canadians. It first reviews recent literature on the electoral participation of young people and identifies significant research gaps. It then describes outreach strategies
targeted at young electors in other jurisdictions and identifies applicable lessons for Canada.
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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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Perú:Cuadernos para el diálogo N°16- "Cultura política democrática en el Perú" (2007)
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Publicación realizada por la Escuela Electoral y de Gobernabilidad del Jurado Nacional de Elecciones conjuntamente con el Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset de España. Autor: Martín Tanaka
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Cambodia: Participation of Youth in Elections (2007)
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This article describes the limited attention paid to youth and youth influence in the election process in Cambodia.
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Tajikistan: Poster showing ballot papers (Tajik)
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Civic education poster
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Tajikistan: Parliamentary Election Poster (2005)
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A poster describing how to vote (in Tajik)
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Tajikistan: "A Political Vision for Tajikistan" (2005)
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Civic education poster
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Tajikistan: Poster VOTE! (2005)
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A civic education poster from the 2005 Parliamentary election (in Tajik)
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Proposal for Production of Political Party Information for the Parliamentary Election in Timor-Leste 2007
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This is a proposal for production of political party information for the 2007 parliamentary election in Timor-Leste.
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Letter and Attachment to Party Presidents - Inviting and Specifying Content for Production of Political Party Information
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This is a letter and attachment to party presidents, inviting and specifying content regarding production of political party information for the 2007 Parliamentary Election in Timor-Leste.
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Timor-Leste: Handout from Production of Political Party Information for the 2007 Parliamentary Election in Timor-Leste (2007)
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This is a handout from the production of political party information for the 2007 parliamentary election in Timor-Leste.
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United Kingdom: Y Vote Mock Elections
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"Y Vote Mock Elections" Pack by the Hansard Society aim to engage students with the political, social and moral issues of the world around them by giving them the opportunity to stand as party candidates, speech writers and canvassers in a mock election (for more details, see: www.mockelections.co.uk).
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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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Tuning In To Democracy:Challenges of Young People’s Participation and Civic Education
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Keynote speech at "Engaging Youth in Modern Democracy" International Symposium, opened by the Governor-General of Australia. By Andrew Ellis Acting Director of Operations and Head of Electoral Processes International IDEA. University of Sydney
12 October 2006.
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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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South Africa: Constitution of the Republic of South Africa (1996)
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Constitution of the Republic of South Africa with Sixteen Amendment Acts.
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Lebanon: Lebanon’s Sunni Islamists: A Growing Force (2008)
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Canada: Why do municipal electors not vote?, Canadian Journal of Urban Research (2006)
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This paper examines through telephone surveys, the reasons why electors did not exercise their right to vote at the municipal level and Voter turnout in Canada has declined in the last several decades and is now among the lowest in the western world. When non-voters were asked why they did not vote, the most frequent reason was lack of information about candidates and the poor quality of the candidates. The person most likely to vote is a senior, upper income, born outside Canada, owning their own home, and politically and community involved. These results are not dissimilar to those in a recent survey of federal electors.
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Argentina: El fantasma de la abstención (2010)
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Artículo escrito por Hugo Passarello Luna estudiando comparativamente la abstención electoral producida en Francia y Argentina en sus elecciones recientes.
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Public opinion in Tajikistan 2010; findings from an IFES survey
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The survey covers: Socio-Political and Economic situation; Democracy and Institutions; Elections and Voting; Opinions and Attitudes on political parties; Opinions of Identity and Citizenship, Opinions on Religion; and Media Usage and Opinions.
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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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EU: Go-ahead given to the European citizens' initiative, Council of the European Union (2011)
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The Council of the European Union adopted yesterday a regulation that will make it possible for EU citizens to call for legislative proposals on a specific issue. The European Citizens' Initiative requires support from one quarter of EU member states. The number of required signatures from each of these countries is the number of Members of the European Parliament elected in each member state multiplied by 750. The proposed initiative must fall under EU competence and the organisers have 12 months to collect the signatures (in paper form or electronically). The regulation on Citizens' Initiative will be applicable in February 2012 giving member states and the Commission time to take the necessary measures.
implement it
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Perú: Nuevas Elecciones Municipales 2010 (2010)
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Estadísticas del proceso donde se detalla la partcipacion de las organizaciones políticas, los ditrito donde se realizará el proceso. Además, los datos son desagregados por sexo y rango de edad.
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Assessing the Quality of Democracy: A Practical Guide (2008)
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This Practical Guide presents International IDEA’s State of Democracy (SoD) assessment Framework. Developed for public use around the world, the SoD Framework has been applied in some 20 countries worldwide since its first launch in 2000.
The Framework is different from other methodologies because its comprehensive assessments are led and owned by local actors, and move away from the practice of ranking democratic performance and making external judgements. It combines a commitment to the principles of democracy with dialogue, and looks beyond the formal existence of democratic institutions and focuses, more importantly, on their performance.
The Practical Guide also links assessment to reform and in doing so, highlights achievements and challenges as well as lessons learnt from previous assessment teams’ experiences.
Others seeking to apply the Framework in their countries stand to benefit greatly from the experiences, lessons and insights shared from the State of Democracy Network--a community of practice that has applied the SoD assessment Framework in their countries and regions. The Practical Guide also offers guidance on sources and standards of good practice.
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Guam: Act Ensuring Absentee Voters Voting During Runoff Elections and Empowering the Guam Election Commission to Adopt Emergency Regulations for the 2000 Elections and for Other Purposes (2000)
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This Law aims to ensure the participation of voters casting an absentee vote.
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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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Election Campaign picture
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Vote! 5th April 2009
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الانتخابات البرلمانية العراقية 2010 ، أذاعة العراق الحر (2010)
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مخطط يبين توزيع المقاعد النيابية لمجلس النواب العراقي (البرلمان) وخرائط توضح التحالفت بين الكتل النيابية و نسب المشاركة من الجنسين في مختلف المحافظات اضافة الى نسبة المشاركة في الخارح وحسب الدول .
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Argentina: Afiche - Elecciones Primarias y Generales (2011)
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“Deadwood” or “Driftwood”? Voter Turnout in Romania: the Myth of the Vanishing Voter and the Reality of a Disenfranchised Electorate (2010)
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This paper analyzes the electoral voter participation in Romania. In particular, the author researches the presence of two phenomenons: the "deadwood" (people who have registered, but are no longer eligible because they have moved or died) and the "driftwood" (people who emigrated and are being systematically disenfranchised).
In trying to analyze the reasons behind the low voter turnout in Romania, the author argues that the "driftwood" phenomenon is the real problem in the country.
Concluding that the constantly decreasing voter turnout is the result of miscalculations and disenfranchisement.
Finally, the author concludes with a series of recommendations and possible solutions.
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Guam: Act Relative to Increasing Voter Participation Through Allowing for Early Voting by the People of Guam, and Further Requiring that Sufficient Public Notification Be Provided in Each Election on the Availability of Such Services (2007)
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This act aims to increase voter's participation at the Guam elections by allowing more time for early voting.
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Public attitudes towards elections in Georgia: Results of a July 2010 survey carried out for NDI by CRRC (2010)
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This power point presentation concerns public attitudes towards elections in Georgia and summarizes the results of a July 2010 survey carried out for NDI by CRRC.
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Engaging the new Pan-Africanism: Strategies for Civil Society
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A joint publication of ActionAid International-Southern Africa Partnership Programme and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa, in partnership with Centre for Policy Studies, Mwelekeo wa NGO, Southern Africa Regional Poverty Network, World Alliance for Citizen Participation, and Southern African Development Community-Council of Non-Governmental Organisations.
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Afghan election commission reports new evidence of serious fraud, The Miami Herald (2010)
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This article reports on the Independent Election Commission's reports of electoral fraud in last week's election. The IEC found new evidence of serious fraud, which delineates a pattern of widespread intimidation, vote rigging and violence. On the southern districts the voter turnout exceeded 100%: in one district in the Paktika province, there was a 626% turnout.
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Argentina: El voto y los presos
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Estudio de caso que describe la primera vez en la historia de argentina que los presos sin condena puedan ejercer su derecho ciudadano de elegir a sus representantes en las elecciones nacionales del 28 de octubre del 2007 (Autor: Hugo Pasarello Luna)
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Guia de Participación Ciudadana del Perú (JNE,2008)
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Georgia: CEC Reports of 49% Voter Turnout, Civil.ge (2010)
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The article writes that 1,740,642 voters cast their ballot in May 30 local elections, making the voter turnout 49%, according to the Central Election Commission (CEC) of Georgia. In capital city Tbilisi, voter turnout was 46.64%.
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Democracy at the Local Level (2001)
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In today’s globalizing world, there is growing emphasis on local democracy. More than ever, cities need new ideas for ways of managing the political challenges and opportunities that arise from increased urbanization and globalization. Governing effectively at the local level is all the more urgent as vigorous local civic engagement builds the foundation for a strong and more enduring national-level democracy.
Organized in six chapters and written by experts from around the world, this International IDEA Handbook offers:
Practical suggestions for designing systems of local governance
Principles and policies for managing culturally diverse cities
Choices for enhancing local elections and representative democracy
Options for expanding citizen participation
Recommendations for the international community for enhancing local democracy.
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Colombia: Boleta para las Elecciones de Autoridades Locales (2011)
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Diseño de la boleta que se utilizará en las Elecciones de Autoridades Locales 2011 en Colombia. La presente boleta corresponde a la ciudad capital de Bogotá.
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Guam: Act to Repeal and Re-enact and Amend of Title 3 of the Guam Code Annotated, Relative to the Conduct of Election (1998)
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This act changes the opening time of the polls on election day from 8:00 am to 7:00 am in order to allow more people to cast their vote.
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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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Images of Iraq’s Election, IWPR (2010)
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Iraqis voted in national elections this week in polls set to shape the country’s future ahead of the planned United States withdrawal from the country later this year. In Baghdad, where a series of attacks killed at least 37 people on voting day, the official 53 per cent turnout was one of the lowest in Iraq. Elsewhere, there was a turnout of around 62 per cent as people appeared to favour issues of services and the economy over sectarian bias.
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Jordan: Attitudes among Jordanians toward participation in the upcoming parliamentary elections 2010 - executive summary, Identity Centre (2010)
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This executive summary on a study which is a part of Identity Center’s project “Enhancing Political Participation among Jordanian People” , implemented with support from the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Jordan, in cooperation with the Ministry of Political Development; the Identity Center released on the 6th of September 2010, the study titled “Attitudes among Jordanians toward Participation in the Upcoming Parliamentary Elections”
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الاردن: ملخص تحليلي - أتجاهات المواطنين نحو المشاركة في الانتخابات النيابية القادمة "المجلس السادس عشر" ، مركز هوية (2010)
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ملخص تحليلي باللغة العربية للدراسة الموسومة " أتجاهات المواطنين نحو المشاركة في الانتخابات النيابية القادمة "المجلس السادس عشر" ، والصادر عن مركز هوية بتاريخ 9 أيلول 2010 ، ضمن مشروع "تعزيز المشاركة السياسية لدى الشعب الاردني" بدعم من سفارة المملكة الهولندية وبالتعاون مع وزارة التنمية السياسية .
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