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Zaire: Joint Pre-Election Assessment Mission, September/October 1996
This report assesses progress in elections preparations and highlights issues that needed to be addressed in Zaire prior to the 1997 elections. The report is designed to highlight needed areas of focus for elections in the country. The report considers governmental institutions, political parties and civil society and the roles they play in elections.
October 31, 1996
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Accessible Facilities: How to Make Voting More Accessible
“Accessible Facilities: How to Make Voting more Accessible” is a guide from 1996, available in a French and English copy, meant to help election officials make the polling sites more accessible to handicapped voters so they may vote in the upcoming Federal Elections. The document, published by Elections Canada, gives advice on how to make the sites more accessible by setting up ramps, special parking and adapted doors and entrances. The document includes diagrams.
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Congo: 1995 Technical Assessment
This report was completed as a technical assessment of the electoral system in the Republic of Congo in 1995 in preparation for the presidential elections held in 1997. The report is broken into three parts; Congolese Society and Democratic Transition, Administration of Voter Registration and Elections and Citizen Identification, Census Activities and Voter Registration.
July 31, 1996
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Role and Structure of Elections in Canada
“The Role and Structure of Elections in Canada” is a May 1996 report of Canada’s electoral system, available in both French and English, meant to provide professional advice and assistance to countries in the Caribbean region that are in the process of developing democratic institutions. The document gives an overview of the legislation behind the Canadian electoral system, explains the access to elections and voting, and states the mission and goals of the Elections Canada organization – who originally published the document.
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Toward Credible and Legitimate Elections in Kenya: Recommendations for Action
This report summarizes IFES efforts to reform Kenya’s voter registration procedures prior to the 1997 general elections.
March 31, 1996
Election Material
Civic Education Material
The Register of Electors Project
“The Register of Electors Project” is a report from March 1996, published by Elections Canada, which summarizes the research and results of the Register of Electors Project where the possibility of setting up an automated national register of electors in Canada was examined – the report concludes that the project is both feasible and cost-effective.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Fiches Pedagogiques a L'Usage des Animateurs de la Culture Democratique
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Zaire Vote : Dix Recommandations
“Zaire Vote: Dix Recommendations” is a booklet from 1996, available in a French and Kituba, which gives 10 recommendations on the subject of voting in the Democratic Republic of Congo followed by a brief explanation on why this is important in order to ensure free and fair elections. The document, published by LINELIT (National League of Free and Fair Elections), touches on the topics of the secrecy of the vote, bribing and the objectives of political parties.
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Droits et Promotion de la Femme
“Droits et Promotion de la Femme” is a pamphlet from 1996, available in French, which seeks to explain why women in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been discriminated against and gives possible solutions in order to give women more rights and better their position in society and the economy. The document is published by a Christian group called l’Epiphanie and also touches on women’s place in the Church and spiritual solutions to the problem. Overall, the pamphlet makes the point that as democracy becomes important in Africa, countries should try and increase women’s rights in order to hold true to the values of democracy.