PPT-Candidate’s Guide to Elections

General Expectations All Board members are expected to perform as follows Attend Board Meetings Attend Membership Events Attend Training Events Set goals for your position by January Board meeting. Candidates’ Briefing 2015. Briefing. Welcome!. Welcome to the first step in being elected!. Icebreaker. Elections Process. Election Regulations. Manifesto and Publicity. Voting. Questions. ?. Introduce yourself:. Based upon . Is This Any Way to Run a Democratic Election? . By Stephen J. Wayne, 2007 CQ Press. What . good are elections?. Elections . tie citizens to their government. Elections are a means by which the public can hold these officials accountable for their . Professor Isaac . Olawale. Albert. Peace and Conflict Studies . Programe. Institute of African Studies, . University of Ibadan. Nigeria. Opening Remarks. I like to start this presentation by reminding us why we are here. The meeting is aimed at bringing together major stakeholders including Election Management Experts within and outside Nigeria, political parties, security agents, academia, civil society organizations, development partners, ECOWAS, among others on the need to work collaboratively towards a peaceful election in Nigeria in 2015. . “Electoral victors are those who excel at projecting imagery and symbolism, but not necessarily those who offer substantive expertise, political experience or pragmatism.”. Iyengar. Candidate Image. Municipal Elections. Opening Discussion. Have you ever voted for something before?. How was the winner decided?. Did you think the process was fair? . Elections. Elections are contests of leadership, ideas, power and politics.. Starter:. Why do we have elections?. What are the four main types of elections in the UK? (plus 1). • . elections to local councils. • elections to devolved assemblies and the Scottish Parliament. Off year and General Elections. Vocabulary. Suffrage 14. General Elections. Electorate 15. off-Year Elections. Direct primary 16. Coattail Effect. Recall 17. Caucus. Referendum 18. Presidential Preference Primary. Mark Heath. Returning Officer and Electoral Registration Officer . What I am going to cover….. The Territory (legal, what is coming in 2017, franchise issues). Personal Responsibilities. The Returning Officer Role. What do you see?. . . Your . worldview . is your outlook on life and the world, and how you interpret events on a daily basis. Your worldview relates to your . values. , which are your principles or standards of behaviour and priorities in life. “. Elections in the United States. ”. How does a candidate get from this point… . … to this point? . …narrows the field of possible candidates for public office. . Why do political parties need to “narrow the field?”. How Democratic Are U.S. Elections?. Are American elections truly democratic? Americans vote more often than the citizens of most democracies.. Americans vote for more offices—from state judges to school board members—than the people in other democracies. Some critics suggest we vote on too many offices.. “. Elections in the United States. ”. Ch. 7, Sec. 1. How does a candidate get from this point… . … to this point? . Let’s illustrate why “narrowing the field” is important… . “$1,000 Bill example”. Christina Worrell . Adkins. Texas Secretary of State Elections Division. 1. What to Expect?. Basic Election Concepts. Terminology and “Election Lingo”. Citations and References . Preview of other Presentations. Register to Vote. Voting in Oregon. Special Voting. Circumstances. Get Involved. County Elections:. Officials. Campaign Finance. Oregon Election. Historical Results. and Data . Election Laws, . Rules, and .