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Democracy and Electoral Processes

SSRN Electronic Journal, 2009
As the law governing the political arena transitioned from first-order participation concerns to the integrity of the democratic process itself, legal scholarship looked in part to political science and public choice theory for guidance in structuring the oversight of the political process.
Samuel Issacharoff, Laura Miller
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Women and the Electoral Process

2005
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The Electoral Process

2004
It may seem slightly perverse to start a discussion of Swiss political processes with elections, given the stress normally, and rightly, put on federalism and direct democracy as defining characteristics of Swiss popular sovereignty. However, Switzerland is a representative as well as a semi-direct democracy, so elections are as frequent and widespread
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Vallières and the Electoral Process

Monthly Review, 1972
Many readers of MR are familiar with Pierre Vallieres's White Niggers of America and no doubt appreciated the keen libertarian revolutionary flavor of the book, as well as Vallieres's solid social analysis of the Quebec struggle. After being underground for a time, Vallieres announced his rejection of "armed agitation" in Quebec and stated that he ...
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Independence in Electoral Management: Electoral Processes Primer 1

2021
Elections are the cornerstone of democratic political processes, serving as a mechanism for political parties or candidates to compete for public office under equal conditions before the electorate. For an election to be credible, the competition must be fair, requiring impartial management of the process.
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Electoral Law and Process

This textbook is designed for students studying electoral law and the electoral process. Some topics may be of interest to students studying political science and political analysis. It examines the theoretical foundations of electoral systems, modern electoral systems, electoral systems in Russia, and the historical traditions of electoral law in ...
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nechaev, Maria Ivanovna Rosenko, Elena Vladimirovna Skrabets   +2 more
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INEC and the Electoral Process

2010
Three elections were conducted in the redemocratization period of 1999–2007 in Nigeria: in 1999, 2003, and 2007. Each of these elections was very controversial, with the 2007 elections leading the pack. The degree to which the essential goals of any election—that is, to register voter preferences among competing parties and individuals, to ensure an ...
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Malaysia’s Electoral Process

2017
Malaysia’s electoral process is among the most extensively manipulated in the world. In nearly every aspect, the process is biased towards the dominant UMNO-led coalition and towards the narrow segment of the electorate from which UMNO draws much of its electoral support. This has had the effect of entrenching single-­party dominance.
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Electoral law, electoral process and technology

The textbook highlights issues characterizing the electoral law, the electoral process, the institutions of elections and referendums, electoral technologies, legal liability for violation of citizens' electoral rights, electronic voting and blockchain technology.
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Policy Issues and the Electoral Process

Western Political Quarterly, 1972
ALTHOUGH it is variously formulated, one of the recurring themes in the voting literature centers on the sophistication, rationality, ideological adequacy, or political intelligence of the average citizen.' In whatever form the question is posed, the answer is seldom very flattering to the man on the street. The authors of The American Voter approached
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