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Global Youth Service Day Planning tool Kit
“Global Youth Service Day Planning Tool Kit” is a 2004 publication promoting the fourth annual Global Youth Service Day. The booklet includes chapters on how to fund raise and recruit for Global Youth Service Day activities as well as how to increase your image and impact by incorporating public relations into your day. Also, the packets contain evaluation forms for their Global Youth Service Day day.
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Democracy and Voter Education Initiative
The “Democracy and Voter Education Initiative” published in 1994 by the Institute for Contextual Theology covers topics such as forms of state, electoral systems and democracy. The impetus for the “Initiative” was to educated people in South Africa on political participation in the democratic system and the concept of the vote.
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Early voting in Texas
“Early Voting in Texas” is a voter handbook published in 1994, available in both English and Spanish, by the Elections Division of the Office of the Texas Secretary of State, in lead up to the 1994 Elections in Texas. The guide is meant to provide qualified voters with information about the early voting procedures, such as the time when early voting is conducted, the eligibility of the people who qualify for early voting and other information related to the early voting practices.
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Global Youth Service Day 2005
Youth Service America (YSA) is a resource center that partners with thousand of organizations commited to increasing the quality and quantity of volunteer opportunities for young people in America, ages 5-25, to serve locally, nationally, and globally. The piece includes YSA’s mission statement and goals for youth public service and community stewardship. Some examples of proposed community projects are HIV/AIDs awearness campaigns and neighborhood beautification initiatives.
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Instructions for Election Poll Workers
“Instructions for Election Poll Workers” was released by the St. Louis County Election Board in lead up to the August 8, 2006 primary elections. The piece provides information on how to handle voters with disability, electioneers, “challengers,” and injuries as a poll worker. The piece also provides information on what a typical schedule should be for a poll worker and a tutorial on how to use touch screen voting machines.
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Voters Guide
This “Voter’s Guide” was published for residents of St. Louis City and County, Missouri in lead up to the August 8, 2006 primary election. The piece provides key dates and times, such as the day absentee voting opens, for the upcoming election and provides candidate profiles for all of the upcoming positions as well as the two ballot issues that will be featured in the election.
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Discussion note cards
This series of 12 note cards, published in 2007 in South Africa, were designed to facilitate discussion based workshops. The cards present everyday scenarios involving topics and situations such as urban civics, the workplace and youth in South Africa. Those circumstances are also accompanied by discussion questions that frame the topic and scene with in the context of the South African constitution and civil society.
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1994 Oklahoma Voter's Guide
“1994 Oklahoma Voter’s Guide” is a voter guide published in 1994 by the Resource Institute of Oklahoma, in lead up to the November 8, 1994 Oklahoma State Election and is designed to inform Oklahoma voters about the candidates running for federal offices. The voter handbook was compiled upon the receipt of a questionnaire that was sent to candidates by the Resource Institute of Oklahoma in which they had to express their position on specific topics, such as budget/taxes, education, crime, labor, welfare reform, and health care being among the others. The voter guide presents the positions of each candidate on any of the topics mentioned above.
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A Citizen's Guide to Secretary of State Bob Taft's Office
“A Citizen’s Guide to Secretary of State Bob Taft’s Office” is a brochure, published in 1994 by the Office of the Secretary of State of Ohio, designed to inform its people about the duties and responsibilities held by the Office of the Secretary of State of Ohio. Additionally, the brochure provides a brief biography of Bob Taft, Ohio’s Secretary of State and a brief voter guide intended to instruct electors about basic registering steps and qualifications for voting.