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Electoral reform in local government: alternative systems and key issues [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
The Government plans a full modernisation of local government, including annual elections and a stronger scrutiny role for elected representatives.
Dunleavy, Patrick, Margetts, Helen
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From Open to Secret Ballot: Vote Buying and Modernization [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The secret ballot is one of the cornerstones of democracy. We contend that the historical process of modernization caused the switch from open to secret ballot with the underlying mechanism being that income growth, urbanization, and rising education ...
Aidt, T.S., Jensen, P.S.
core   +2 more sources

To Raise or Not to Raise: An Experimental Test of Community Support for Increasing the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility in New South Wales, Australia

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While research has identified a disconnect between the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) and public perceptions of criminal culpability among young people, no study has examined how offender characteristics influence support for reform using an experimental design. To address this, this study presents the first experimental test of
Cameron T. Langfield   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Electoral Reform Through the Indonesian Constitutional Court: Constitutionality of Presidential Candidacy Threshold in Indonesia

open access: yesJurnal Konstitusi
The Indonesian Constitutional Court has emerged as the electoral reform avenue, substantially changing Indonesia’s electoral governance. After 20 years of the presidential threshold norm existing in Indonesia, the Court issued Decision Number 62/PUU ...
Djayadi Hanan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Electoral Reforms in Israel

open access: yes, 2021
The first four decades after the adoption of general rules of electoral laws in 1949, mainly saw unsuccessful proposals to reform Knesset elections, accompanied by a few minor amendments. The beginning of the 1990s was marked by a substantial change to the electoral system, as a direct election of the prime minister was introduced.
openaire   +2 more sources

Endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multi-party system with two dominant parties [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
We develop a model of endogenous choice of electoral rules in a multiparty system with two dominant parties, in an environment of uncertainty about the outcome of the election.
Matakos, Kostas, Xefteris, Dimitrios
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From Open to Secret Ballot [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The secret ballot is one of the cornerstones of democracy. We contend that the historical process of modernization caused the switch from open to secret ballot with the underlying mechanism being that income growth, urbanization, and rising education ...
Aidt, Toke S., Jensen, Peter S.
core   +2 more sources

Body donor programs in Australia and New Zealand: Current status and future opportunities

open access: yesAnatomical Sciences Education, Volume 18, Issue 3, Page 301-328, March 2025.
Abstract Body donation is critical to anatomy study in Australia and New Zealand. Annually, more than 10,000 students, anatomists, researchers, and clinicians access tissue donated by local consented donors through university‐based body donation programs. However, little research has been published about their operations.
Rebekah A. Jenkin, Kevin A. Keay
wiley   +1 more source

The Election of the Constituent Assembly of 1914. Positions regarding Electoral Reform and Agrarian Reform

open access: yesSfera Politicii, 2018
In this article we explain the main stakes of the electoral campaign held on the elections of 18, 20, 22 May 1914 [Chamber of Deputies] and 24, 26, 28 May 1914 [Senate], identifying the main themes present during the electoral debate.
Vladimir-Adrian Costea
doaj  

Application of the Principles of Electoral District Arrangement and Islamic Political Principles in the Formation of Electoral Districts for the DPRD of North Sumatra Province for the 2024 Election

open access: yesPerspektif: Jurnal Ilmu-ilmu Sosial
This research discusses the application of electoral district structuring principles and Islamic political principles in the formation of North Sumatra Province DPRD Electoral Districts in the 2024 Election.
Agussalam Agussalam   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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