Parties And Candidates

United States: Application for Place on Primary Ballot (Texas)

Application for a place on the Republican Party general primary ballot, Texas

Afghanistan: Procedures for Accreditation of Political Parties and Party Agents

This file contains the procedures for the accreditation of political parties and party agents set by the "Joint Electoral Management Body" of Afghanistan

United States: Ballot Access Restrictions and Candidate Entry into Elections (2004)

Research Paper by Thomas Stratmann (2004) about Ballot Restrictions in the United States

United States: Party Nomination Form Primary Elections (California)

Qualifications and Requirements for Partisan Nomination for the Office of United States Senator for the March 2, 2004 Primary Election, State of California, US

Australia: Candidate Nomination Forms

Australian Electoral Commission: Candidate Nomination Forms for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives

Croatia: Political Party Quotas in the Social Democratic Party, by Karolina Leakovic in "The Implementation Of Quotas: European Experiences", IDEA (2004)

Case Study by Karolina Leakovic in "The Implementation Of Quotas: European Experiences"

Brazil: Quotas for Women in the Brazilian Legislative System (2003)

Case Study by Clara Araujo in "The Implementation of Quotas: Latin American Experiences".

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Application of Quotas - Legal Reforms and Implementation

Case Study by Besima Boric in "The Implementation of Quotas: European Experiences"

Poland: Gender Party Quotas

Case Study by Renata Siemienska in "The Implementation of Quotas: European Experiences"

Rwanda: Quotas in Practice - The Challange of Quota Implementation and Enforcement

Case Study on Legislated Quota System for Women in Rwanda

Serbia and Montenegro: Implementing Quotas - Legal Reform and Enforcement

Case Study of European Experiences with Legislated Quotas for Women

South Africa: Political Party Quotas

Case Study by Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

Comparative Studies of Electoral Gender Quotas (2003)

Paper by Drude Dahlerup presented at the International IDEA workshop "The Implementation of Quotas: Latin American Experiences", Lima, Peru 23-24 February 2003.

United Kingdom: Explanatory Notes on Donations for Candidates

Guidance note published by the UK Electoral Commission illustrating responsibilities for party candidates in handling and reporting donations.

Canada: Election Campaign and Party Financing in Canada (2004)

Case Study by Anthony Sayers and Lisa Young, University of Calgary on new legislation on party funding in Canada and elections expenditure

Bosnia and Herzegovina: Election Law

 

Suriname: Electoral Law (1987)

A copy of the electoral law of Suriname from 1987. Article 137,2 covers procedures in case of death, removal or resignation of a candidate before an election

Cambodia: Code of Conduct for Political Parties (1992)

Code of Conduct for Political Parties, as annex of the United Nations Electoral Law for Cambodia, 1992

Ethiopia: Law on Registration of Parties

1993 Law on Registration of Political Parties (Proclamation 46/1993)

International Electoral Standards: Guidelines for reviewing the legal framework of elections (2002)

IDEA’s book on International Electoral Standards sets out the basic legal components governing elections for the purpose of reviewing, drafting or amending electoral legislation. It aims to contribute to promoting uniformity, reliability, consistency, accuracy as well as professionalism in elections.The book covers a range of areas including boundary delimitation, electoral management bodies, voter registration, campaign finance and expenditure, balloting, vote counting, complaints and the role of parties and candidates.

Matrix of Political Finance Laws and Regulations

The Matrix of Political Finance Laws and Regulations is a preliminary collection of information on political finance laws at the national level in 111 countries in the world. The study covers the areas of regulatory system, enforcing body, disclosure of and ceilings on income, bans on types of donations, disclosure of and ceilings on expenditure, direct public funding and indirect public funding.

Mauritius: Coalition Politics under the Tropics: office seekers, power makers, nation building (2003)

A case study of Mauritius by Ramakrishna Sithanen presented at the EISA Roundtable "Political party coalitions - Strengthening Democracy through Party Coalition Building" in Cape Town, 19 June 2003.

ARTICLE19 Election Reporting Guidelines

Guidelines for broadcast coverage of election campaigns in transitional democracies

Brazil: Law on Election Broadcasting (2006)

The document presents the Law on Election Broadcasting of Brazil (note: the size of this file is very big: 46MB)

United Kingdom: Decision of Broadcasting Standards Commission (1)

complaint case against British National Party Election Broadcast

Namibia: Form for Withdrawal of Candidate Nomination (1994)

Nomination Form and Withdrawal of Nomination of Candidate for Elections, 1994

Money in Politics: A Study of Party Financing Practices in 22 Countries (2005)

Money in Politics: A Study of Party Financing Practices in 22 Countries, published in 2005, contains a comparative analysis across all the countries as well as individual profiles of party finance laws, practices and challenges in each country studied. Twelve of the countries in the study are in Africa.

Canada: Party Constitution of the NDP in Ontario (2004)

The Constitution of the New Democratic Party (NDP) of Ontario as amended during the party Convention in 2004. It includes the creation of "Ethnic Committees" and a "youth wing" inside the party structure.

United Kingdom: Party Election Campaigning in Britain: The Labour Party (2002)

Research paper by Paul Whiteley and Patrich Seyd, presented at the workshop "Local Campaigning in Comparative Perspective". The paper outlines the main features of the Labour's election campaign for the 2001 elections.

Building Political Parties: Reforming legal regulations and internal rules (2004)

An elaborate introduction to the existing discourse on external regulations and internal function of political parties is a report "Building political parties: Reforming legal regulations and internal rules" commissioned by IDEA in 2004 from Pippa Norris at Harvard University.

Australia: Funding and Disclosure Handbook for Political Parties

Australia 2004

Code of Conduct for Political Parties: Campaigning in Democratic Elections (1999)

A brief report which highlights how parties can negotiate a consensus on the text of the code of conduct and recommendations of core prescriptions that should be included. An International IDEA publication.

Common Arguments For and Against Quotas

A comparative table describing advantages and disadvantages in the use of quotas.

Australia: Party Registration Form Australia

Application to Register a Political Party for House of Representatives and Senate Elections

United States: Report Form of Receipts and Disbursements of a (Campaign) Committee for elections (2003)

A copy of the Report Form of Receipts and Disbursements of a Political Party of the US Federal Election Commission.

Australia: Research Note about Floor Crossing in Australia 1950-2004 (2005)

Research Note about floor crossing practices in Australia between 1950-2004

South Africa: Application to Register a Political Party

Application for registration by a party in terms of section 15 or 15a of the electoral commission act, 1996 (ACT NO. 51 OF 1996

Legislated and Voluntary Party Candidate Quotas

A comparative table providing arguments in favor or against legislated and voluntary party candidate quotas

Table of Financial Requirements for Parliamentary Ballot Access (2006)

This table compiles financial requirements for candidates to gain ballot access for parliamentary elections, such as fees and monetary diposits.

Ticket-Splitting and Strategic Voting in Mixed Electoral Systems (2003)

Working paper by Thomas Gschwend, Mannheimer Zentrum fuer Europäische Sozialforschung

Tanzania: Media Code of Conduct (2000)

media code of conduct for election reporting 2000

Floor-crossing in South Africa and its Effect on Democracy (2002)

A paper on floor-crossing in South Africa, written by Thomas S. Knirsch and Elisabeth Schwab (2002). In german. Original title: Floor-Crossing – Parteiuebertritte in Südafrika und ihre Auswirkungen auf die junge Demokratie.

South Africa: Voters vote for people and parties

Symposium on floor-crossing in South Africa. Centre for Policy Studies.

South Africa: Floor Crossing is Bad News for Democracy (2005)

Article on Floor-Crossing by Jonathan Faull, Idasa. September 12, 2005.

Notes on Nominator Validity Sampling for Elections

 

Canada: Introduction to Handwritten Signature Verification

 

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