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Spoilt Vote

Author : Fouad Sabry

Publisher : One Billion Knowledgeable

Page : 434 pages

File Size : 44,15 MB

Release : 2024-10-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN :

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"Spoilt Vote" is an insightful addition to the "Political Science" series, exploring the deliberate act of spoiling a vote and its significance in democratic processes. Challenging traditional views on voting, this book delves into civic engagement through the lens of abstention, providing essential perspectives for professionals, students, and enthusiasts of political science. Chapters overviews: 1: Spoilt Vote - Defines spoiling a vote and its impact on democratic participation. 2: Voting - Examines voting’s role in voter choice and democratic legitimacy. 3: Voting Machine - Investigates how technology affects voting and the occurrence of spoilt votes. 4: Protest Vote - Analyzes using spoilt votes as a form of protest in elections. 5: Voter Turnout - Explores the relationship between voter turnout and spoilt votes. 6: Absentee Ballot - Examines absentee voting’s impact on spoilt votes. 7: Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail - Highlights the role of paper trails in vote verification. 8: Undervote - Investigates the impact of undervoting on electoral outcomes. 9: Overvote - Discusses how overvoting affects election integrity. 10: Instant-Runoff Voting - Explores alternative voting systems that reduce spoilt votes. 11: Bush v. Gore - Analyzes the impact of spoilt votes in historical electoral controversies. 12: 2000 US Presidential Election Recount in Florida - Highlights the role of spoilt votes in a key election. 13: Electoral System of Australia - Discusses how Australia manages spoilt votes. 14: Electoral Fraud - Examines the relationship between electoral fraud and spoilt votes. 15: 2004 US Election Voting Controversies - Analyzes controversies around spoilt votes in the 2004 US election. 16: Abstention - Compares abstention and spoilt votes as forms of political expression. 17: Donkey Vote - Examines donkey voting and its impact on spoilt votes. 18: Group Voting Ticket - Discusses group voting and its influence on spoilt votes. 19: Optional Preferential Voting - Explores how preferential voting affects spoilt votes. 20: Optical Scan Voting System - Investigates optical scan systems’ role in reducing spoilt votes. 21: Langer Vote - Explores the Langer vote and its impact on electoral legitimacy. "Spoilt Vote" offers a comprehensive exploration of electoral dynamics and the nuanced role of civic participation. From historical elections to modern voting systems, this book provides the critical insights needed to understand the impact of spoilt votes on democratic processes. Equip yourself with essential knowledge to navigate the complexities of electoral integrity.



Spoilt Ballots

Author : Matthew Blackman

Publisher : Penguin Random House South Africa

Page : 481 pages

File Size : 43,9 MB

Release : 2022-02-08

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 177609638X

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If you paid even a moment’s attention during high-school history class, you probably know that 1910 brought about the Union of South Africa, that the 1948 general election ushered in apartheid, and that the Rainbow Nation was born when Madiba triumphed in the country’s first democratic elections in 1994. Spoilt Ballots dishes the dirt on these pivotal turning points in our history. But it also sheds light on a dozen lesser-known contests, starting with the assassination of King Shaka in 1828 and ending with the anointing of King Cyril at Nasrec in 2017. Spoilt Ballots dishes the dirt on these pivotal turning points in our history. But it also sheds light on a dozen lesser-known contests, starting with the assassination of King Shaka in 1828 and ending with the anointing of King Cyril at Nasrec in 2017. Spoilt Ballots is as much about the people who voted in some of our most decisive elections as it is about those who didn’t even get the chance to make their mark. It explains why a black man in the Cape had more political rights in 1854 than at any other point in the ensuing 140 years and how the enfranchisement of women in 1930 was actually a step back for democracy. The book will leave you wondering if Oom Paul Kruger’s seriously dicey win in the 1893 ZAR election might have paved the way for the Boer War and whether ‘Slim Jannie’ Smuts really was that slim after all. It’ll explain how the Nats managed to get millions of English-speakers to vote for apartheid and why the Groot Krokodil’s attempt to co-opt coloureds and Indians into the system backfired spectacularly. Entertaining and impeccably researched, Spoilt Ballots lifts the lid on 200 years of electoral dysfunction in our beloved and benighted nation.





Securing the Vote

Author : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Publisher : National Academies Press

Page : 181 pages

File Size : 23,7 MB

Release : 2018-09-30

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 030947647X

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During the 2016 presidential election, America's election infrastructure was targeted by actors sponsored by the Russian government. Securing the Vote: Protecting American Democracy examines the challenges arising out of the 2016 federal election, assesses current technology and standards for voting, and recommends steps that the federal government, state and local governments, election administrators, and vendors of voting technology should take to improve the security of election infrastructure. In doing so, the report provides a vision of voting that is more secure, accessible, reliable, and verifiable.



The Price of Victory

Author : Derek Da Cunha

Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies

Page : 168 pages

File Size : 45,70 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9789813055889

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In the months leading up to the 1997 Singapore General Election, many observers were already billing it in terms of a "watershed" election that would chart the course of Singapore politics well into the 21st century. The ruling People's Action Party had seen its popular vote slide in the previous three successive elections and was determined to stem, if not decisively reverse, that slide. On the other hand, the opposition parties were determined to hand the ruling party a fourth successive reduction in its vote and, through that, establish a long-term trend in decline in support for the PAP. The outcome of the election, which was bitterly fought, will indeed have major implications for Singapore politics well into the new millennium. This book analyses the significant aspects of the election campaign, provides a host of interpretations for the election results, sets out alternative explanations to certain political phenomena given by other observers, and details some of the key implications the outcome of the elections will have for the Singapore body politic, in particular, and society at large, in general.



Government Gazette

Author : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

Publisher :

Page : 1286 pages

File Size : 27,56 MB

Release : 1906

Category : Cape of Good Hope (South Africa)

ISBN :

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Recent Social Trends in Quebec, 1960-1990

Author : Simon Langlois

Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

Page : 620 pages

File Size : 21,71 MB

Release : 1992-02-05

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 0773563172

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Readers will follow an intense period of social change in Quebec, during which there was a remarkable increase in the level of modernization. They will note a massive entry of women into the labour force and a growing service sector that now constitutes seventy percent of all economic activity. They will observe also that the Québécois have dramatically increased their television viewing and that, while they express a generally high level of satisfaction with life, the Québécois must contend with escalating crime and suicide rates.



Electoral Systems and Voting in the United Kingdom

Author : Chris Robinson

Publisher : Edinburgh University Press

Page : 224 pages

File Size : 43,62 MB

Release : 2010-07-13

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 0748631542

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A key feature of the New Labour government's constitutional reform agenda has been the introduction of a number of alternative methods of voting for both existing elections and for those to new political institutions. This book examines the workings of these various systems of elections, looking specifically at how they operate within the United Kingdom and their direct impact on representation and governance. It also considers voting behaviour in the UK, with reference to the context of the electoral system being used. In conclusion there is an attempt to discover the extent to which the introduction and operation of different electoral systems has affected voter behaviour.



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