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	Mozambique, country, Africa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The Portuguese also set up trading stations N of Cabo Delgado (near the mouth of the Ruvuma), but their main influence (especially after 1600) in E Africa was in the Moçambique region.
		Portuguese claims in present-day Zimbabwe and Malawi were strongly opposed by the British, who in 1890 delivered an ultimatum to Portugal demanding that it withdraw from these regions.
		Portuguese colonial policy was based on the egalitarian theory of “assimilation”: if an African became assimilated to Portuguese culture (i.e., if he was fluent in Portuguese, was Christian, and had a “good character”), he was to be given the same legal status as a Portuguese citizen.
	www.bartleby.com /65/mo/Mozambiq.html (2603 words)

	LK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		New elections were held on April 2 and the new parliament convened on April 23 and elected Mahinda Rajapakse as the prime minister.
		In August 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that presidential elections would be held in November 2005, resolving a long-running dispute on the length of President Kumaratunga's term.
		The presidential election was held on November 17, 2005, and Mahinda Rajapaksa was elected as the fifth Executive President of Sri Lanka with a 50.29% of the valid votes, while Ranil Wickremesinghe got 48.43% of valid votes.
	abcworld.net /LK.html (2792 words)

	Venice Commission - Commission de Venise
		Therefore, electoral legislation, especially on local elections, quite justifiably prescribes citizenship as a prior condition for exercising the right to be voted.
		However, according to the legislation of the same countries, they would have to return to their country and cast their vote in the polling station located in the municipality where their last residence was before they left the country.
		Such a legislative provision will mean that every citizen who meets the general conditions required can run as a candidate for the national elections and does not have to be in his home state.
	www.venice.coe.int /docs/2005/CDL-AD(2005)011-e.asp (4333 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic
		Portuguese voters residing outside the national territory are grouped into two electoral constituencies - Europe and the rest of the world - each one of which elects two Assembly members.
		The largest average method tends to favor the major parties, with greater intensity as the constituency size diminishes: the effective representation threshold, as a percentage of the total vote, increases as the number of seats to be allocated decreases.
		However, in the 2005 legislative elections the ruling center-right coalition was overwhelmingly defeated by the Socialist Party, which for the first time in Portuguese history obtained an absolute majority of seats in the Assembly of the Republic.
	electionresources.org /pt (859 words)

	Global Exchange : kerala
		In the first elections that followed the Communists gained a majority and the first Kerala ministry was sworn in under the leadership of Mr.
		In October 1970 the fourth legislative assembly was formed with Achutha Menon as the Chief Minister.
		In May 1982, an election was held and a political coalition, the United Democratic Front (UDF), under the leadership of Congress got the majority.
	www.globalexchange.org /countries/asia/india/kerala.html (2224 words)

	Election Resources on the Internet: Western Europe
		Elections to the Dutch Tweede Kamer (House of Representatives)
		Elections to the Portuguese Assembly of the Republic
		Elections to the Spanish Congress of Deputies, in English and Spanish
	electionresources.org /western.europe.html (430 words)

	Brazil (11/06)
		Although the major European ethnic stock of Brazil was originally Portuguese, subsequent waves of immigration have contributed to a diverse ethnic and cultural heritage.
		Legislation promoting public private partnerships, a key effort to attract private investment to infrastructure, also passed in 2004.
		The domestic political scandal, which surfaced in June 2005 and led to multiple congressional investigations, sidetracked most reform legislation for the remainder of the 2005 and 2006 sessions.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/35640.htm (4260 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Gabon's first European visitors were Portuguese traders who arrived in the 15th century and named the country after the Portuguese word "gabao," a coat with sleeve and hood resembling the shape of the Komo River estuary.
		The PDG won a landslide victory in the legislative election, but several major cities, including Libreville, elected opposition mayors during the 1997 local election.
		Legislative elections held in 2001-02, which were boycotted by a number of smaller opposition parties and were widely criticized for their administrative weaknesses, produced a National Assembly almost completely dominated by the PDG and allied independents.
	www.traveldocs.com /ga/history.htm (1216 words)

	The Non-Election of 2004 ::: International Endowment for Democracy
		What these prominent political scientists describe is part of the powerful backlash against the terrifying "crisis of democracy" of the 1960s, which threatened to democratize the society, and, despite enormous efforts to crush this threat to order and discipline, has had far-reaching effects on consciousness and social practices.
		On the eve of the 2000 elections, about 75 percent of the electorate regarded it as a game played by rich contributors, party managers, and the PR industry, which trains candidates to project images and produce meaningless phrases that might win some votes.
		On the eve of the 2004 elections, "three quarters of Americans say that the U.S. should not have gone to war if Iraq did not have WMD or was not providing support to al Qaeda, while nearly half still say the war was the right decision" (Stephen Kull, reporting the PIPA study he directs).
	www.iefd.org /articles/non_election_of_2004.php (2817 words)

	The Carter Center - International Election Reports
		The Carter Center's international election observation mission to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is pleased to release its first pre-election statement on the 2006 presidential and legislative elections.
		The Carter Center is pleased to have observed Kenya's presidential, parliamentary, and civic elections on 27 December.
		The elections for Atlantic Coast regional councils are critically important for strengthening the process of regional autonomy and therefore of democracy, and are of importance to all Nicaraguans.
	www.cartercenter.org /news/publications/election_reports.html (8299 words)

	RTE News - Spain, Portugal confirm EU referendums
		In Lisbon, Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso said the exact date for a referendum there would not be decided until after the summer parliamentary recess.
		It could be held in 2005, probably in the early part of the year, but there are other possibilities.
		Portugal is also to go to the polls in presidential elections in early 2006 and legislative elections later that year.
	www.rte.ie /news/2004/0623/euconstitution.html (132 words)

	Timothy Bancroft-Hinchey, Socialists Lose in Municipal Elections
		The result of the Portuguese municipal elections is a mirror image of a society caught between two bad options and without the courage to try a third way.
		Third was the CDU (Portuguese Communist Party and Green Party) with 433.076 votes (7.76%), followed by CDS/PP (Conservatives) with 416.234 votes (7.64%) and the Bloco de Esquerda (Left Block) with 365.044 votes (6.54%).
		The most gains were made by the Portuguese Communist Party/Green Party alliance, CDU, who gained 4 municipalities overall and marginally increased the share from 10.21% to 10.37%, maintaining the trend to reverse a negative slide which had been going on for two decades.
	www.hartford-hwp.com /archives/62/141.html (323 words)

	Candidates register for Iran's local elections, seen as limited test for Ahmadinejad - iht,africa,Iran Elections - ...
		The Dec. 15 elections are also expected to revive the debate on the way Iran is run.
		Reformers see the election as a test of their public support after losing control of the parliament in 2004 and presidency in 2005.
		The elections will be only the third time that Iranians have elected local councils, a reform introduced by Khatami in 1999.
	www.iht.com /articles/ap/2006/10/16/africa/ME_POL_Iran_Elections.php (533 words)

	Gabon: History
		The Portuguese were followed by Dutch, English, and French traders, and by the late 18th cent.
		In 1990 opposition parties were legalized and multiparty legislative elections were held for the first time in 22 years.
		The president was elected to a third term in 2005; the election was again criticized by the opposition, which was divided and relatively weak.
	www.factmonster.com /ce6/world/A0858319.html (647 words)

	Sao Tome and Principe
		Fradique De Menezes was elected president of the country in 2001, and parliamentary elections were held in 2002; international observers deemed both elections free and fair.
		The law provides citizens with the right to change their government peacefully, and citizens have exercised this right in practice through periodic, free, and fair elections held on the basis of universal suffrage.
		President De Menezes was elected in a 2001 election that international observers deemed free and fair.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61588.htm (2416 words)

	blogmacau.info - An independent weblog about Macau :: Main Page
		The total number of turnouts at the direct constituency has already broken the record since direct elections were introduced to the Legislature in 1976, after the decolonisation process as a result of the Carnation Revolution in mainland Portugal on 25 April 1974.
		In comparison to previous elections, the turnout appears to be better for this year, with about 6,000 more voters turned up between 09:00 and 12:00.
		However, the percentage of turnout is lower than previous elections, although the significant number of increase in voters (60,840) also contributes to the improvement.
	macau.blogharbor.com /blog/_archives/2005/9/25 (1638 words)

	IDABC - PT: Tests of electronic voting held during Portuguese general
		The objectives of the non-binding pilots were to test the use of electronic technologies throughout the whole voting process, from the identification and authentication of voters to the counting of electronic ballots.
		The pilot was organised by the Portuguese Agency for the Knowledge Society (UMIC) and the Technical Secretariat for Electoral Process Issues (STAPE), in cooperation with the National Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
		In this respect, the future Portuguese government will aim to: generalise the use of the Internet in education; ensure full access to broadband throughout the country, at reasonable prices; launch a ‘citizen card’ for accessing electronic services; progressively implement a one-stop-shop approach in the relationships between users and public administration.
	europa.eu.int /idabc/en/document/3922/358 (561 words)

	NewsFromRussia.Com Germany's parliamentary election: partial official results
		Voter turnout in Afghanistan's legislative elections was just over 50 percent, down 20 percent from last fall's presidential election.
		Sunday's elections are hailed as a major success although initial estimates suggested voter turnout was lower than hoped for because of security fears and frustrations over the inclusion of several warlords on the ballot More details...
		Turkey is closely watching German election on Sunday, fearing that a victory by conservative challenger Angela Merkel could trouble the country's membership process in the European Union.
	newsfromrussia.com /politics/2005/09/19/63130.html (1313 words)

	GlobaLex - Doing Legal Research in Brazil Guide
		The election of the President and of the Vice-President shall take place simultaneously on the first Sunday of October, in the first round, and on the last Sunday of October, in the second round, if no candidate has obtained the absolute majority of valid votes in the first round of voting.
		Their legislation must also follow the dictates of the Constitution of the State to which they belong, and, consequently, those of the Federal Constitution itself.
		The system of elections of Deputies is proportional to the population, with a minimum of eight and a maximum of seventy Deputies per each unit of the Federation.
	www.nyulawglobal.org /globalex/Brazil.htm (2858 words)

	Elections in Guinea-Bissau (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Prime Minister: Aristides Gomes [since 02 November 2005] The Prime Minister is appointed by the President after consultation with party leaders in the legislature.
		In the midst of guerilla warfare, the PAIGC held elections* for a regional council, which was to later elect a constituent assembly.
		**Elections were held for regional councils, which then elected members to the National People’s Assembly.
	africanelections.tripod.com /gw.html (472 words)

	UNDP \| Democratic Governance
		Produced by the UNDP and IFES, this step-by-step guide to election processes around the world explains what measures need to be in place, from voter registration to ballot-box security, and at what price, before the first ballot is cast.
		The 2005 edition examines the conditions of globalization, including economic integration, fiscal discipline, introduction of information communications technologies (ICTs) and democratic governance, that have increasingly forced states to redefine their role in public management and to reform the public administration system.
		This initiative is a sub-component of the UNDP Arab States Regional Programme on Governance and is based on the premise that a "Citizenship Framework" is a particularly powerful one, both conceptually and pragmatically, for empowering women and addressing their unequal access to public spaces in the Arab world.
	www.undp.org /governance/publications.htm (1939 words)

	Index of Economic Freedom 2006 - Guinea Bissau
		A September 2003 military coup forced President Kumba Yala to resign after he postponed the legislative elections, dismissed the prime minister, and dissolved the National Assembly.
		The military appointed a civilian transitional government, and legislative elections were held in March 2004.
		The June 2005 presidential election had a high turnout and was judged to be free and fair by international observers.
	www.heritage.org /research/features/index/country.cfm?id=GuineaBissau (1194 words)

	Portuguese legislative election, 2005 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Portuguese legislative election of 2005 took place on February 20.
		Santana Lopes had become Prime-Minister after José Manuel Durão Barroso left the country in order to become President of the European Commission in a decision that divided the country, because many Portuguese were expecting that the Socialist President Jorge Sampaio would dissolve parliament and call a legislative election.
		Summary of the 20 February 2005 Portuguese Assembly of the Republic
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Portuguese_legislative_election,_2005 (337 words)

	Marina Costa Lobo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		She is currently a research fellow at the Institute of Social Sciences in Portugal, and is also the Director of the Master’s in Comparative Politics at that Institute.
		She is one of the executive directors of the Portuguese Election Study, a project started in 2001, and which has carried out post-election surveys in Portugal, namely in the 2002, 2005 legislative and the 2006 Presidential elections.
		Elections to the European Parliament in Portugal, 1987-1999”, in Costa Pinto, A., editor, Contemporary Portugal, Columbia University Press, pp.203-227.
	www.ics.ul.pt /corpocientifico/marinacostalobo (952 words)

	Minutes of February 21, 2005
		The minutes of the regular Faculty Council meeting of January 24, 2005, (D 3723-3733) were approved by voice vote.
		Chair Reichl reported that she had established an ad hoc committee, as proposed by the Committee of Council on Academic Freedom and Responsibility and endorsed by the Faculty Council at the January 2005 meeting, to study issues related to the change in ownership of Course Instructor Surveys.
		Chair Reichl then recommended that Council members read the announcements listed on the agenda, and she called attention to the nomination phase of the General Faculty elections that is scheduled from March l through March 11 by saying it was important that everyone participate.
	www.utexas.edu /faculty/council/2004-2005/minutes/min022105.html (3958 words)

	NATO Takes on Bigger Role in Afghanistan
		Portuguese commandos patrol in armored vehicles through the streets of Kabul, Tuesday Aug.30, 2005.
		It's that rapport on the ground that is encouraging NATO commanders as they increase their peacekeeping forces to protect the Sept. 18 legislative election from worsening violence that has claimed 1,100 lives in the past six months.
		Jones said the decision by Lithuania to take on a difficult posting in the remote western province of Ghor just a year after joining NATO was a "defining moment" that inspired stronger, more established NATO members to increase their role.
	www.comcast.net /data/news/2005/09/03/214047.xml (784 words)

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