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- Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress
- This report provides an overview of selected campaign finance policy issues that have received recent legislative attention, or have otherwise been prominent, and which could receive attention during the 111th Congress.
- Afghanistan: Elections, Constitution, and Government
- This report discusses the political situation in Afghanistan, more specifically it discusses the recent elections, newly formed constitution and the elected government.
- Taiwan’s 2008 Presidential Election
- This report discusses Taiwan's 2008 presidential elections.
- Campaign Finance: An Overview
- This report gives an overview of the concerns related to financing Federal election campaigning. The contents include Campaign finance practices and policy options to address campaign issues
- Contingent Election of the President and Vice President by Congress: Perspectives and Contemporary Analysis
- This report provides an examination of constitutional requirements and historical precedents associated with contingent election. It also identifies and evaluates contemporary issues that might emerge in the modern context.
- Azerbaijan’s 2005 Legislative Election: Outcome and Implications for U.S. Interests
- This report discusses Azerbaijan's democratization progress as evidenced by its 2005 legislative election.
- Automated Political Telephone Calls (“Robo Calls”) in Federal Campaigns: Overview and Policy Options
- This report provides an overview of how automated political calls are used in federal campaigns.
- Guatemala: Political Conditions, Elections, and Human Rights
- This report presents political conditions, elections, and Human Rights of Guatemala.
- The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress
- The report discusses selected litigation to demonstrate how those events have changed the campaign finance landscape and affected the policy issues that may confront Congress, but it is not a constitutional or legal analysis. Finally, campaign finance data appear throughout the report.
- The Electoral College: Reform Proposals in the 109th Congress
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- The Help America Vote Act and Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
- This report provides the overview and issues of the Help America Vote Act and elections reform.
- Disqualification, Death, or Ineligibility of the Winner of a Congressional Election
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- Election Reform Bills in the U.S. Senate, 107th Congress: A Comparison of Selected Legislation
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- The Help America Vote Act and Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
- This report provides an overview and the issues on the Help America Vote Act and elections reform.
- 2008-2009 Presidential Transition: National Security Considerations and Options
- This report is concerned with the first presidential transition in a post-9/11 world. The report describes the domestic and foreign policy security challenges that will be left over for the new administration, and the security anxiety of foreign influence on the U.S. election.
- Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns
- This report outlines Congressional concerns regarding Haiti including fostering democratic development, stability, and security; the cost and effectiveness of U.S. aid; protecting human rights; combating narcotics trafficking; addressing Haitian migration; and alleviating poverty. Bills addressing those concerns have been introduced in the 110th Congress.
- Kenya: The December 2007 Elections and the Challenges Ahead
- This report discusses an overview of the December 2007 elections and the challenges of Kenya.
- Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
- This report discusses several issues as the Congress considers legislation to reform the voting process, a number of issues have emerged as part of the debate: the reliability of different types of voting technologies; voting problems and irregularities in the 2000 election; problems for militaryand overseas voters; the electoral college; and early media projections of election results.
- Haiti: Developments and U.S. Policy Since 1991 and Current Congressional Concerns
- This report discusses the social and political development in Haiti and U.S. its relations with United States. Following elections that were widely heralded as the first free and fair elections in Haiti's then-186-year history, Jean-Bertrand Aristide first became Haitian President in February 1991.
- Campaign Finance: Potential Legislative and Policy Issues for the 111th Congress
- This report discusses selected campaign finance policy issues that may receive attention during the 111th Congress such as the electronic filing of senate campaign finance reports, bundling, hybrid advertising, joint fundraising committees, 527 Organizations and more.
- The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress
- This report includes updated material that emphasizes the issues most prominently before the 113th Congress. It also discusses foundational information about major elements of campaign finance policy.
- Public Financing of Presidential Campaigns: Overview and Analysis
- This report discusses current controversies and arguments for and against public financing of presidential campaigns; legislative history; elements of the program; taxpayer and candidate participation; financial status of the program; recent legislation; and analysis of various policy proposals. If Congress chooses to alter the program, consensus will be necessary in what has historically been a particularly complex and contentious area of campaign finance policy.
- Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines: Issues
- This report discusses the Voluntary Voting System Guidelines (VVSG), which are a set of technical standards for voting systems that use computers to assist in recording or counting votes. Systems covered include most used in the United States—not only DREs (direct recording electronic systems) such as touchscreen voting machines, but also optical scan and punch card systems. Hand-counted paper-ballot and lever-machine systems, which do not involve computers, are not covered. However, they are used by a small and decreasing number of election jurisdictions.
- Contested Election Cases in the House of Representatives: 1933 To 2007
- This report examines only cases considered by the House of Representatives involving the question of whether a Member-elect was duly elected, that is. questions regarding elections and returns, not questions regarding qualifications.
- Latin America and the Caribbean: Fact Sheet on Leaders and Elections
- This report provides the results of recent elections in Latin America and the Caribbean. The report provides three tables organized by region, including the date of each country's independence, the name of the newly elected president or prime minister, and the projected date of the next election.
- Afghanistan: Elections, Constitution, and Government
- This report discusses the political situation in Afghanistan, more specifically it discusses the recent elections, newly formed constitution and the elected government.
- Congressional Campaign Spending: 1976-1996
- This report presents data on costs of congressional campaigns, in both aggregate and (mean) average terms. The data in this report reflect spending by congressional candidates from funds donated by individuals, political action committees (PACs), parties, and candidates.
- Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
- This report provides information about the Elections Reform. HAVA created a new federal agency.set requirements for voting, voter- registration system and other aspects of election administration.
- Campaign Activities by Congressional Employees
- This report discusses the general campaigning activities of the congressional employees, Campaign funds and services, and specific campaign prohibitions.
- Russia’s March 2008 Presidential Election: Outcome and Implications
- This report discusses the campaign and results of Russia's March 2, 2008, presidential election and implications for Russia and U.S. interests. Popular outgoing President Vladimir Putin endorsed his First Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitriy Medvedev, who easily won an election viewed by some observers as not free and fair.
- Bringing Peace to Chechnya? Assessments and Implications
- Russia's then-Premier Vladimir Putin ordered military, police, and security forces to enter the breakaway Chechnya region in September 1999, and these forces occupied most of the region by early 2000. The conflict has resulted in thousands of military and civilian casualties and the massive destruction of housing and infrastructure. Putin's rise to power and continuing popularity have been tied at least partly to his perceived ability to prosecute this conflict successfully. This report details the background on the conflict in the region, elections and peace-making, and related material over the Russian-Chechnyan conflict.
- Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
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- Election Reform and Local Election Officials: Results of Two National Surveys
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- Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
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- Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
- This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai, to address corruption within the Afghan government. The report also includes discussion of election fraud and corruption in Afghanistan.
- Campaign Finance
- This report discusses the concerns over financing federal elections campaigns in the aspect of our political system.
- The Help America Vote Act and Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
- This report provides an overview of the Help America Vote Act and Elections reform, including their issues.
- Campaign Financing
- This report discusses the concerns related to financing Federal election campaigning. The contents include information of the current system, campaign finance practices, and related issues, policy options.
- Contemporary Developments in Presidential Elections
- This report considers contemporary developments in presidential elections. It emphasizes three topics chosen for their recurring importance and notable recent developments.
- Funding of Presidential Nominating Conventions: An Overview
- This report details how during the 113th Congress, legislation (H.R. 2019) became law (P.L. 113-94) eliminating Presidential Election Campaign Fund (PECF) funding for convention operations. The 2016 presidential nominating conventions were the first since the 1976 election cycle not supported with public funds. Because public funding for convention operations has now been eliminated, this report provides a historical overview of how PECF convention funding functioned and describes private funding sources that remain available.
- Elections Reform: Overview and Issues
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- Guatemala: 2007 Elections and Issues for Congress
- This report provides the issues for Congress in Guatemala during the 2007 elections.
- Election Year Restrictions on Mass Mailings by Members of Congress: How H.R. 1614 / S. 936 / S. 1285 Would Change Current Law
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- The State of Campaign Finance Policy: Recent Developments and Issues for Congress
- This report discusses selected litigation to demonstrate how those events have changed the campaign finance landscape and affected the policy issues that may confront Congress, but it is not a constitutional or legal analysis. Finally, campaign finance data appear throughout the report.
- Electoral College Reform: 110th Congress Proposals, The National Popular Vote Campaign, and Other Alternative Developments
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- Federal Funding of Presidential Nominating Conventions: Overview and Policy Options
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- Federal Voting Systems Standards and Guidelines: Congressional Deliberations
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- Electronic Voting System in the House of Representatives: History and Evolution
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- Afghanistan: Politics, Elections, and Government Performance
- This report discusses the current political state of Afghanistan, as well as the Afghan government. This report also discusses Afghanistan's relationship with the United States, particularly U.S. efforts to urge President Hamid Karzai, to address corruption within the Afghan government. The report also includes discussion of election fraud and corruption in Afghanistan.
- Federal Voluntary Voting System Guidelines: FAQs
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