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The Cycle of Corruption: Elections and the Abuse of State Resources
In many ways, elections are a central component in cycles of systemic corruption. IFES conducted a two-year research project to develop an assessment methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of a given country’s framework for addressing the abuse of state resources in election campaigns. The final product of this project is a detailed methodology that specifically examines three categories of state resources: state personnel; state funds and physical resources; and official government communications to the public.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Republica de Colombia, Consejo Nacional Electoral y la Registraduria Nacional del Estado Civil
“Republic of Colombia. National Electoral Organization. National Electoral Council. National Registrar of Civil Status” is a flyer/certificate, available in Spanish, issued in 1997 by the National Electoral Organization, and is intended to serve as a certificate of participation for children involved in the first youth elections.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voto Por la Paz, la Vida Y la Libertad
“Vote for Peace, Life and Freedom” is an info flyer, available in Spanish, issued in 1997 in Colombia, and is intended to encourage voters to support the international humanitarian rights and to become promoters of peace and social justice and put an end to any war featured occurrences.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Comunicado de Prensa
“Press Release” is a press statement, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by Orlando Abello Martinez-Aparicio from the National Registrar of Civil Status, Colombia. The press statement comes to inform about a civic education program involving a youth initiative proposal by the Electoral Organization of Colombia.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Democracia para los jovens
“Democracy for the Youth” is a youth voter informative booklet, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the National Electoral Council of Colombia, and intended to help the Colombian youth understand the meaning and implications of a democratic society and why one should prefer it over the other forms of government; to learn about the separation of the three branches of power, as well as how to integrate oneself into a political party or movement. The booklet is meant to trigger the youths’ desire to participate in the building of a more democratic Colombia by educating them to fully understand the importance of having a democratic society and its attributes.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Corporacion Excelencia en la Justicia
“Corporation of Excellence in Justice “is an informative brochure, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the Corporation of Excellence in Justice, Colombia. The brochure is intended to inform readers of the origins, the objectives, the mission and the structure of the project “Excellence in Justice”, as well as it provides a membership application as “citizen’s commitment to justice.”
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Gobernabilidad y Sistema Electoral Por Gabriel Murillo Castano
Gobernabilidad y Sistema Electoral Por Gabriel Murillo Castano
Publication
Report/Paper
Colombia 1994 Elections: Election Technology Assessment Report, March 24, 1995
This report assesses the level and us of technology in Columbia during to the 1994 municipal and departmental elections. The report provides a historical background of elections and democracy in Columbia and an in-depth discussion of the Columbian Electoral System. Sample ballots and electoral diagrams appear in the document. The report ends with various methods of voter education, results transmission and dissemination.
March 23, 1995
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Report/Paper
Brazil 1994 Election: Technology Assessment Report, February 28, 1995
This Election Technology Assessment from the 1994 elections in Brazil details IFES’ audit of the vote tabulation software used in Brazilian elections. The report focuses on the technological innovations in Brazilian electoral administration, the future direction of its modernization, and the applicability of the concepts and technologies involved to election administration in other countries.
Specifically,
IFES conducted studies on the Brazilian development of a cost-effective indigenous election technology which could be applied to other developing countries.
February 27, 1995
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Plebiscito de Ermo/Turvo
“The Referendum in Ermo/Turvo” is a voter handbook, available in Portuguese, issued in 1993 by the Regional Electoral Tribunal of Santa Catarina, in lead up to the September 19, 2003 Referendum in Ermo/Turvo, Brazil. The handbook is meant to provide voters with information about voting and to instruct them, step by step, on how to make use of the electronic voting machine.