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How Students Elected a president
In May of 1996, Altay Kozhaev wrote this article in the New Generation, entitled “How Students Elected a President,” which discusses a political game played by Kazakh first and second graders in a local school. Kozhaev explains the game, conducted in the frame “Days of Political Science,” and continues to present the election process of these students as a serious one, emphasizing to the Kazakh people the importance of political education in Kazakh youth. This article is provided in both English and Russian.
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Democracy in Action
Democracy in Action is the Journal of the Institute for Democracy in South Africa. This volume published in March 1996 includes articles on local government, democracy, and human rights.
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Yo Quiero a mi Guatemala en Paz
“I Want my Guatemala to be at Peace” is a civic reader, available in Spanish, issued in 1996 by the “Vamos al Cambio” group in Guatemala. The document educates citizens on the country’s government, their rights, patriotic symbols, political parties, provinces, and presidential history. Additionally, it contains a map of each province in Guatemala.
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Local Government Elections in the Metro & TLC Areas
This flier informs citizens in South Africa about the 1996 local government elections in the metro and TLC areas. It addresses what citizens are voting for in the local elections, what they need to vote, and how to vote in both English and Zulu.
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Thukela Local Government Election 29 May 1996
In preparation for the Thuleka local government elections on May 29th 1996, this newsletter was distributed in order to educate Thuleka residents to participate and vote. Information such as voting rules and instructions and functions of the offices up for election are supplemented with illustrations reinforcing this basic elections knowledge. This newsletter was published by the Institute for Democracy in Africa in 1996 and is written in both English and Zulu.
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We do not want to be non-political
“We do Not Want to be Apolitical” is an article, originally available in Russian and translated into English, written in 1996 by Natalya Vorobtsova, Aliya Rustemova in the “Kazakhstanskaya Pravda” newspaper in Kazakhstan and which briefly describes a political science game organized by Gulnara Kanapievna in Kazakhstan. The article also touches on the importance of having young people actively participate and understand the political life of the country.
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Election news for regional councils 3 and 4
Election news for Regional Councils 3 and 4 in South Africa focuses on the 1996 regional council elections. In this issue, election day procedures, the ballot paper, results process, proportional representation, and the composition of regional elections are all covered in English and Dutch.
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Constitution
Political Constitution From The Republic of Guatemala
Constitution of the Republic of Guatemala (1985) with the amendments of 1993.