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  Chiang Wei-kuo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After Chiang Ching-kuo's death, Chiang was a political rival of native Taiwanese Lee Teng-hui, and he strongly opposed Lee's Taiwan localization movement.
Chiang ran as vice-president with Taiwan Governor Lin Yang-kang in the 1990 indirect presidential election.
Lee ran as the KMT presidential candidate and defeated the Lin-Chiang ticket.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chiang_Wei-kuo   (976 words)

  
 Asia Society: Publications - The 1997 Korean Elections
All this is extremely uncharacteristic of presidential campaigns in a country where, before the transition to full-fledged democracy some ten years ago, the results of presidential elections were largely a foregone conclusion as the authoritarian government used all of its considerable power to ensure that it stayed in power.
Presidential elections always brought major social and political tensions, conflicts, and cleavages to the fore, revealing both the ideals as well as the most malignant aspects of the Korean political unconscious.
Although local elections may be more illustrative of the democratic process, for it is that level at which citizens are in intimate contact with their government and gauge its effectiveness, presidential elections command more attention because of the nature of Korean political culture.
www.asiasociety.org /publications/update_elections.html   (17826 words)

  
 South Korea - THE GOVERNMENT - The Executive
The Constitution and the amended Presidential Election Law of 1987 provide for election of the president by direct, secret ballot, ending sixteen years of indirect presidential elections under the preceding two governments.
Presidential succession is for a single five-year term by direct election, which must be held at least thirty days before the incumbent president retires.
If a presidential vacancy should occur, a successor must be elected within sixty days, during which time presidential duties are to be performed by the prime minister or other senior cabinet members in the order of priority as determined by law.
countrystudies.us /south-korea/60.htm   (611 words)

  
 Publications
The conference sought to examine the Taiwanese political landscape in the wake of its historic March 1996 presidential elections to identify obstacles to the strengthening of Taiwan's democracy, and to explore the impact of international factors on Taiwan's future prospects.
The presidential election was the latest in a series of competitive elections held on the national, provincial, county, and municipal levels since 1988.
Recent elections have gone smoothly the presidential election was free of violence or noticeable irregularities.
www.ned.org /forum/reports/taiwan.html   (14982 words)

  
 Lin Yang-kang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He tried to replace Lee in the 1990 indirect presidential election, with Chiang Wei-kuo as his running mate.
He resigned his position as the head of the Judicial Yuan to become a presidential candidate in the 1996 elections.
Though he originally considered Chen Li-an as his vice presidential running mate, but ran with former Premier Hau Pei-tsun.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lin_Yang-kang   (178 words)

  
 Federal Election Commission v. Christian Coalition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This enforcement action was brought by the Federal Election Commission ("FEC" or "Commission") alleging that the Christian Coalition ("the Coalition") violated federal campaign finance laws during congressional elections in 1990, 1992 and 1994, and the presidential election in 1992.
As with the 1992 presidential election, the FEC admits that none of these communications contained "express advocacy," but the Commission argues that these communications were produced in conjunction with the candidates and should be treated as prohibited in-kind corporate contributions.
The general election was held on November 8, 1994, and Hayworth was elected with 55 percent of the vote.
lw.bna.com /lw/19990817/961781.htm   (18483 words)

  
 The Electoral College   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Direct election was rejected not because the Framers of the Constitution doubted public intelligence but rather because they feared that without sufficient information about candidates from outside their State, people would naturally vote for a "favorite son" from their own State or region.
One of the accidental results of the development of political parties was that in the presidential election of 1800, the Electors of the Democratic-Republican Party gave Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr (both of that party) an equal number of electoral votes.
For the first fifty years of the Federation, Congress permitted the States to conduct their presidential elections (or otherwise to choose their Electors) anytime in a 34 day period before the first Wednesday of December which was the day set for the meeting of the Electors in their respective States.
jceb.co.jackson.mo.us /fun_stuff/electoral_college.htm   (7429 words)

  
 Elections: Latin American Studies: Collections: SSHL
Blackford 1992: José Rafael de Gallegos' "election to the presidency was the first case of electoral irregularity in Costa Rica, in that he was awarded the presidency by the Congress even though Manuel Aguilar won a majority of the votes" (page 38).
Wilson 1998: "(I)n 1882, a noncompetitive, indirect election was won by General Próspero Fernández Oreamuno, commander of the armed forces and brother-in-law of the late dictator" (page 22).
All material contained in Latin American Election Statistics: A Guide to Sources is protected by copyright, and duplication or sale of all or part of any of it is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for your personal research use or educational purposes in electronic or print form.
sshl.ucsd.edu /collections/las/costarica/1812.html   (4165 words)

  
 HERBERT CLARK HOOVER: A Biographical Sketch
In the election of 1920 the American public elected Warren G. Harding to the Presidency.
Because this was so contrary to Hoover's belief of helping people to help themselves, he at first refused to promote direct federal help because he saw it as a way which would lead to political corruption and the weakening of the morale of the American public.
The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library-Museum is administered by the
hoover.nara.gov /education/hooverbio.html   (6076 words)

  
 The Carter Center News and International Affairs Story   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
When I visited Bangladesh in August, I was impressed with the evenhanded, impartial preparations for the election being made by the caretaker government and the electoral authorities, laying the foundation for free and fair elections.
The May 15 elections were for 524 of the country’s 547 constituency-based seats in the national parliament.
The Carter Center is pleased to have observed Kenya’s presidential, parliamentary, and civic elections on 27 December.
www.cartercenter.org /news/election.asp?catID=9&submenu=news   (6559 words)

  
 The Election by Michael Shnayerson
Election Systems and Software, the Nebraska-based company whose touch screens tallied the recent Broward-Palm Beach election in which 134 votes went unaccounted for has grown from a tiny start-up called American Information Systems.
To Andrew, the pity is that HAVA came too late to replace paper-ballot machines in significant enough numbers for the November 2004 election-and that Democrats might lose the presidential election again through voting confusions and errors created by the old system, not the new one.
Election Assistance Commission, is up and running at last, overseeing D.R.E.'s with the help of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a division of the Commerce Department.
www.ejfi.org /Voting/Voting-18.htm   (8014 words)

  
 Jones Testimony before Civil Rights Commission
Typically, the Secretary of State serves as the state commissioner of elections, enforcing state laws and promulgating administrative rules governing the use of voting technology, and determining what particular systems may be used in the state.
The second major problem is a result of election regulations that set unreasonable standards governing the interpretation of marks on the ballot; reports from a century ago indicate that in some elections, up to 40% of the ballots cast may have been declared invalid!
The official canvass should include counts not only of the number of votes for each candidate, but also counts of the disputed votes where one member of a vote counting team held that the vote was for one candidate while the opposing member held that the vote should be excluded for one reason or another.
www.cs.uiowa.edu /~jones/voting/uscrc.html   (5266 words)

  
 [ RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY ]
According to gazeta.ru, proponents of moving the election date fear that many of their supporters will not be motivated to vote after two days of celebrations, improving the prospects of the Communist Party, which has a more disciplined electorate.
High-ranking members of the Republican Party of Armenia (HHK) led by current Prime Minister Andranik Markarian have said throughout the election campaign that the party is confident of increasing its representation from the current 38 seats it holds in the outgoing parliament, and of forming the new government.
The fact that Defense Minister Serzh Sarkisian, who managed Kocharian's presidential election campaign, is placed second on the HHK's list of candidates to contest the 75 seats to be allocated under the proportional system among those parties that surmount the 5 percent threshold has inclined some observers to lend credence to such predictions.
www.rferl.org /newsline/2003/05/230503.asp?po=y   (9596 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Legislative branch
Elections includes the nature of election process or accession to power, date of the last election, and date of the next election.
Election results includes the percent of vote and/or number of seats held by each party in the last election.
elections: elections for four-year term seats last held 2 March 1999 (next to be held NA March 2003); elections for two-year term seats last held 6 March 2001 (next to be held NA March 2003)
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2101.html   (11200 words)

  
 Morgan Stanley   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
On a personal note, I have to add that I have found this election campaign deeply disturbing.
You’re doubtless tiring of reading about the election campaign and process, and regardless of party affiliation or electoral preference, you’re probably praying along with me that our tangled system won’t throw the decision into the courts.
  A clean election outcome would at least reduce market uncertainty, and investors could refocus on whether or not the election will result in policy gridlock, as many assume.
www.morganstanley.com /GEFdata/digests/20041101-mon.html   (10868 words)

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