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Let's Vote: Everything you should know about the 1994 election
Let's Vote is a comprehensive voter's guide to everything about the 1994 election in South Africa. It includes information on voter eligibility, voter identification, ballot secrecy, and polling stations among other topics. The guide conveys this information in a storyboard format and encourages citizens to vote throughout.
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Voting is easy
“Voting is Easy” was distributed in lead up to the 1994 South African Election; the historical '94 election was the first to have universal adult suffrage. The seven page pamphlet delves into the voting process, what one needs to bring to be able to vote and provides a mock ballot. The literature was put together and distributed by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa.
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Civic Education Material
Will you be allowed to vote?
“Will You Be Allowed to Vote?” was published during the run up to the 1994 South African presidential election. The article explains who may vote, who the candidates are, what the ballots look like and how the physical process of voting works. This article is significant because the 1994 election was the first election that featured universal adult suffrage and many South African's were voting for the first time.
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Civic Education Material
Our Time to Choose
“Our Time to Choose” is a comic book style story that follows South African’s as they learn about the voting process and get ready to cast their ballots in the upcoming 1994 national elections. The story’s aim is to energize and educate the public as to the concept of the vote and open elections. As this was the first election to feature universal adult suffrage, education material such as this was requried in order to fill the knolwege gap that existed in regards to the electoral process.
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Civic Education Material
Prepare your people to vote
Published by the Evangelical Fellowship of South Africa, this letter entitled “Prepare Your People to Vote” provides voter education with a Christian bias in preparation for the upcoming 1994 elections in South Africa that marked the end of apartheid. The first edition of this letter, which also defines democracy and the biblical reasons for favoring democracy, was published in September of 1993.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993
Independent Electoral Commission Act, 1993
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Transitional Executive Council (Draft) Bill
Transitional Executive Council (Draft) Bill
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
Final Draft of the Independent Media Commission Bill
Election Material
Civic Education Material
Voter education
“Voter Education,” published in 1993, describes democracy, free and fair elections, and the process of voting in the context of the upcoming 1994 South African elections. The 1994 elections were the first in which universal adult suffrage was permitted. The literature is interactive and requires the reader to participate in exercises testing his or her knowledge of the electoral process and voter participation.
Election Material
Election and Political Party Law
Independent Broadcasting Authority Bill
Independent Broadcasting Authority Bill