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| | Democracy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | One important issue in a democracy is the limitations on rights to candidate and on suffrage or franchise - that is the decision as to who ought to be entitled to vote. | | | This is not controversial: representative democracy is the most commonly used system of government in countries generally considered "democratic". | | | In delegative democracy, delegates are selected and expected to act on the wishes of the constituency. |
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http://www.indexuslist.de/keyword/Democracy.php
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| | Index2000 - Open Directory |
| | International Republican Institute - Non-partisan Washington, DC-based group which conducts programs outside the United States to promote democracy and strengthen free markets and the rule of law. | | | Foundation for Democracy in Africa - A Washington based non-profit, nonpartisan organization focused on strengthening and enhancing the fundamental principles of democracy, and freedom in Africa. | | | Centre for Democracy and Development - A non-profit, non governmental, institution dedicated to policy-oriented scholarship on questions of democratic development and peace-building in West Africa. |
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http://www.index2000.ro/cgi-bin/odp/odpnew.cgi?search=/Society/Politics/Democracy
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| | Open Directory - Society: Politics: Democracy: Direct Democracy |
| | Direct Democracy League (DDL) - Advocates national and state level constitutional renewal in the United States to meld direct democracy institutions with representative institutions. | | | Defacto Elective Voters Of a True Equal Democracy (DEVOTED) - Supports a constitutional amendment using existing technology to allow citizens to vote directly in the law making process. | | | Democracy and the personal representative - A proposal to reform Canadian government institutions, making all legislation subject to a Direct Democratic Parliament of 100 percent of the people of Canada aged over 18 who choose to participate. |
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http://www.dmoz.org/Society/Politics/Democracy/Direct_Democracy
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| | Political Reform |
| | According to an analysis by the Center for Voting and Democracy, districts in most states which are not truly fair to the state's political makeup. | | | The United States is unique among many democracies in requiring voter registration. | | | Eliminate voter registration or permit same day voter registration |
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http://www.newsbatch.com/politicalreform.htm
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| | A Real Democracy |
| | It would be foolhardy to attempt to resolve the problems of our parliamentary democracy by creating a presidency with an uncertain executive power or influence. | | | Also, excluding an executive role for the president and retaining the parliament's executive role, our democracy will outshine that of the USA. | | | Democracy is about the reverse; reducing delegations of power. |
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http://home.vicnet.net.au/~basils/chapter8.htm
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| | Non-partisan Policy |
| | The League of Women Voters, since its inception in 1920, is committed to educate citizens, to empower voters, to keep government open, to put laws on the books, to keep democracy strong. | | | The entire Board shall consider service on library boards, school boards, village boards or appointment to local non-elective office on an individual basis. | | | -Board members may not engage in any partisan, political activities, which will cause them to be publicly identified as supporting any candidate for office or any political party. |
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http://www.lwv-suffolkcounty.org/non-partisan.htm
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| | The Washington Monthly |
| | Damn, the republicans own the entire government and they still whine about liberals being partisan. | | | Another partisan move by the WH is to declassify documents, or parts of them for purely political purposes. | | | The 9/11 Commission should generate exactly such a conflict among liberals because the more partisan the Commission becomes, the less likely they are to find the truth and the less likely the Commission's final report will have legitimacy in the eyes of the public. |
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http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2004_04/003704.php
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| | Center for Voting and Democracy |
| | Since 1992, FairVote, a non-profit, non-partisan electoral reform organization has studied the consequences and problems associated with partisan gerrymandering and the redistricting process, through its groundbreaking Monopoly Politics and Dubious Democracy reports and its 50-state Public Interest Redistricting guide. | | | His plan seeks to minimize partisan rigging of district lines, a critical first step to restoring integrity to the process - but it does not address the continuing problem of stagnant representation of women and communities of color. | | | Independent redistricting commissions are a good first step to eliminating partisan gerrymanders, but for fair and full representation and competitive elections you need more. |
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http://www.fairvote.org/redistricting/arnoldplan.htm
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| | 6950.txt |
| | Many voters appear to have cast their ballots absentee merely as a matter of convenience%2C as Bush%27s letter suggested.%0D%0AMoreover%2C Florida law forbids using the state seal for partisan purposes.%0D%0A%0D%0ATwo civil suits were filed challenging the Republican absentee voter drive. | | | It was at this time %28are you following me%2C YourWitIsIndeedPainfulandSlow%3F%29 that the old United States went from a republic to a representative democracy or a democratic-republic. | | | Wouldn%27t want to have democracy get in the way of elections%2C would we%3F x%28 274The United States is not a Democracy%2CPainfulWit08:59:5010/23/2001it is a Republic - just the way the founding fathers intended it to be. |
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID5/Data/6950.txt
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| | Al Gore: In His Own Words |
| | It will increase the resources and strengthen the investigative powers of the Federal Election Commission which desperately needs powers equal to the great responsibility of protecting the integrity of our democracy. | | | Almost none have been approved by even one Congressional Committee. | | | The Democracy Endowment will raise more than $7 billion over seven years, and then, with the interest and the returns on investment, finance Senate and House general election campaigns with no other contributions allowed to candidates who accept the funding. |
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http://partners.nytimes.com/library/politics/camp/032800wh-gore-text.html
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| | LWV Home |
| | The League has called on the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the partisan gerrymander imposed on the citizens of Texas in 2003. | | | The LWVUS and LWVTX filed an amicus curiae brief in the case LULAC v. | | | Thanks in large part to activists like you, the Senate upheld its rules and refused to allow the opening of Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in the Department of Defense Appropriations (DOD) bill. |
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http://www.lwv.org
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| | Non-partisan democracy - definition of Non-partisan democracy in Encyclopedia |
| | Non-partisan democracy (or no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization whereby universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties or even the speeches, campaigns, nominations, or other apparatus commonly associated with democracy. | | | A no-party democracy might take root in sovereign nations, such as occurred in Uganda in 1986, whereby political parties are restricted by a constitutional referendum endorsed by the people of the country (this system does not have all of the features described above). | | | The populace vote for individuals to represent them in the territory assembly without reference to political parties. |
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http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Non-partisan_democracy
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| | Representative democracy Article, Representativedemocracy Information |
| | A representative democracy may provide for recall of electedrepresentatives that voters become dissatisfied with. | | | Representative democracy comprises a form of democracy andtheory of civics wherein voters choose (in free, secret, multi-party elections) representatives to act in their interests, butnot as their proxies —i.e., not necessarilyas directed but with enough authority to exercise initiative in the face of changing circumstances. | | | The United Kingdom exemplifies a representative democracy; Germany has been one since 1949. |
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http://www.anoca.org/monarchy/representatives/representative_democracy.html
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| | (WI) Ad Rips Budget's Benefit for Gays |
| | Mike McCabe, executive director of the non-partisan Wisconsin Democracy Campaign, decried the ads. | | | It first surfaced in Wisconsin during the 2002 campaign, running ads against two Democratic state senators, both of whom eventually lost. |
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| | Hellblazer: Surprise |
| | The study, by the non-partisan group Democracy North Carolina, found that 96% are white and 67% are men. | | | The state's registered voters are 80% white and 45% male. | | | The most recent evidence of the influence of the political money elite comes from a North Carolina study that identified by race and gender all 1,436 people in the state who gave $200 or more to presidential candidates during the first Azaelf of this year. |
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http://www.hellblazer.com/archives/2003/08/surprise_1.html
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| | ipedia.com: Non-partisan democracy Article |
| | Non-partisan democracy is a system of representative government or organization whereby universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties or even the speeches, campaig... | | | Non-partisan democracy (or no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization whereby universal and periodic elections (by secret ballot) take place without reference to political parties or even the speeches, campaigns, nominations, or other apparatus commonly associated with democracy. | | | A no-party democracy might take root in sovereign nations, such as occurred in Uganda in 1986, whereby political parties are restricted by a constitutional referendum endorsed by the people of the country (this system does not have all of the features described above). |
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http://www.ipedia.com/non_partisan_democracy.html
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| | Democracy Matters - Press Release Library |
| | One of the main goals of Cornell's Democracy Matters chapter is to help push campaign finance reform through the state legislature. | | | Democracy Matters member Brian Alexander explained that the difference is in the parties' fund-raising styles. | | | Upcoming events for Democracy Matters include a Faculty Tea where students can talk with like-minded faculty members, a lobbying day in Albany scheduled for April 16, and a debate between John Samples of the Kato Institute and John Moyers of TomPaine.com. |
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http://www.democracymatters.org/PressRoom/DemocracyMattersArchive/press_032702_Ithaca_Times.php
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| | Expert Details |
| | The Bahá'í Faith functions as a non-partisan, spiritual democracy. | | | Bahá'ís may not participate in partisan politics, and may not serve for any office that requires nomination, campaigning, election, or such. | | | Baha'is are likewise required to be obedient to their governments. |
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http://www.allexperts.com/displayExpert.asp?Expert=63797
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| | Ross Mayfield's Weblog: Indirect Democracy |
| | Speaking of direct democracy, I'd thought for a long time that California's extreme use of voter propositions and initiatives was a case of voting themselves "bread and circuses". | | | The founders got it right that representative democracy should give elected officials an opportunity to be representative through their terms. | | | A next stage in direct democracy cannot be reached without policy and tools to build trust with leaders, socialize issues and the chance to participate in process equal to the lobby and those who hire them. |
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http://ross.typepad.com/blog/2003/10/indirect_democr.html
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| | USATODAY.com - Most political donors are white males |
| | The study, by the non-partisan group Democracy North Carolina, found that 96% are white and 67% are men. | | | The state's registered voters are 80% white and 45% male. | | | The most recent evidence of the influence of the political money elite comes from a North Carolina study that identified by race and gender all 1,436 people in the state who gave $200 or more to presidential candidates during the first half of this year. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2003-08-25-donor-money_x.htm
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| | Michelle Malkin: WOBBLY WATCHDOGS |
| | According to the nonpartisan PoliticalMoneyLine, officials at Common Cause, the Center for Responsive Politics, Democracy 21, Public Citizen and the Center for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington have donated a total of $62,000 to Democrats over the past decade. | | | According to one Hill source, nearly all of these watchdog groups are funded with money from the hyper-partisan Bush-basher George Soros: Public Campaign, $1.2 million; Public Citizen, $100,000; Common Cause, $600,000; Democracy 21, $250,000. | | | Well, Roll Call unmasks the partisan stripes (or rather, spots) of these wobbly watchdogs. |
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http://michellemalkin.com/archives/000075.htm
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| | Citizen Advocacy Center-Newsletter |
| | Citizens must be vigilant in finding information that is non-partisan. | | | DEMOCRACY & ACTIVISM, The Second Annual Suburban Civic Fair, will be on June 24, 2000 at the College of DuPage, Building K, Glen Ellyn from 10 A.M -4:30 P.M. General Admission and Parking are free. | | | It is only when we are capable of speaking truth to power and demanding change that our democracy will truly be an avenue for the people, rather than one that rails against the interests of the people. |
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http://www.citizenadvocacycenter.org/newslet2000.htm
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| | 'Non-Partisan' Becomes An Oxymoron |
| | So, ultimately, what we have is a "non-partisan, non-profit organization dedicated to global democracy and human rights" as long as it's not American democracy or American human rights, and as long as the outcome supports empowering the EU and the UN. | | | Meanwhile, I will UNCONDITIONALLY guarantee you that on November 2, 2004 our "non-partisan" friends in the mainstream news media will breathlessly report the results of the World Votes election with a headline like ' World Rejects Bush!' Never mind that to date the number of World Citizens that have cast their vote is: 7885. | | | And finally, organizations that extol the virtues of 'democracy' are really supporters of theocracy, bureaucracy, and not just a little -- hypocrisy. |
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| | Stolen Election 2004: January 2005 |
| | CASE America (The Citizens' Alliance for Secure Elections) is a non-partisan, pro-democracy organization that is partnering with The National Ballot Integrity Project to ensure elections are free, fair, accountable, and accurately reflect the intentions of the voters. | | | "The report's findings add one more study to a growing list that indicate our democracy was compromised on November 2nd by an assortment of un-democratic tactics," said Susan Truitt, President and Chief Counsel, CASE America. | | | "Putting faith in partisan corporations to correctly count our vote `with secret proprietary software' was a catastrophic mistake. |
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| | Center For Democracy and Civic Education - Educating The Citizens Of Tomorrow |
| | The Center for Democracy and Civic Education (CDCE) is a non-profit non-partisan educational organization offering programs for teachers and students through grants and contracts with national and state government and non-governmental organizations. | | | Center For Democracy and Civic Education - Educating The Citizens Of Tomorrow | | | The Center promotes and supports the development of responsible citizens committed to democratic principles and active participation in representative government through the study of law, civics, and government in elementary and secondary schools. |
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| | Election Info. Links |
| | Center for Voting and Democracy Non-partisan research on elections and Proportional Representation | | | Center for Voting and Democracy's Assessment of Congressional Elections | | | Pew Research CenterCurrent surveys of public opinions about candidates, campaign,and the press. |
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| | Links |
| | Canadians for Direct Democracy (CDD) is a non-political, non-partisan, non-profit society. | | | The Federal Authorities of the Swiss Confederation - The home of Direct Democracy - "There is scarcely any other country in which the people have such far-reaching rights of co-determination as in Switzerland" | | | Democracy Watch, Ottawa campaigns on democratic reform, government and corporate accountability in Canada |
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| | Neighbourhoods: Neighbourhood democracy: a non-partisan social movement |
| | Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Neighbourhood democracy: a non-partisan social movement: | | | "An attention to the ways in which people experience democracy in their everyday lives" is precisely what we need now. | | | Posted by Kevin Harris on November 11, 2005 at 09:37 AM |
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| | Multi-party system - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Unlike a single-party system (or a non-partisan democracy), it encourages the general constituency to form multiple distinct, officially recognized groups, generally called political parties. | | | Each party competes for votes from the enfranchised constituents (those allowed to vote). | | | If the government includes an elected congress or parliament, the parties may share power according to Proportional Representation or the First-past-the-post system. |
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