Local Government in the Process of Organizing General Elections During the Pandemic - The Experience of the 2020 May Elections in Poland

This article raises a number of issues, such as voting rights in general and the extent that government should go to ensure that all are able to exercise this right in a democracy. Also raised is the issue of prisoners' rights. Finally, the peculiarities of the South African prison system are at issue here too. The article will examine prisoners' voting rights in general elections. Provincial and local government elections are somewhat different and will not be discussed.

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Problematic of Local Head Regulation As a Local Law Products in The Framework of National Legal Development

SHS Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/shsconf/20208601045 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 86 ◽

pp. 01045

Author(s):

Abdul Aziz Nasihuddin ◽

Tedi Sudrajat ◽

Sri Wahyu Handayani

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Legal Policy ◽

Local Regulation ◽

Legal Development ◽

General Elections ◽

Local Law ◽

The Government ◽

One Year ◽

The Right

In Indonesia, the main discusssion in the dynamics of local autonomy is the establishment of local law product after the discussion of general elections. How come? Article 18 paragraph (6) of the 1945 Constitution regulates that in the framework of implementing autonomy and co-administration duties, the local Government has the right to stipulate local regulations and other regulations. Practically, other regulations can be form as local head regulation and many kind of legal policy which made by head of local government. It can be imagined, how many local law products were established in one year in 34 provinces and 265 cities/regency. In this perspective, it is important to raises the object of Local Head Regulations as a miniature of government duties as a derivative of the Local Regulation. The problems which arrise is what is the position of local head regulation in the national legal development. This paper was conduct by doctrinal approach. The specifications which used is descriptive analysis by inventorying and identifying problems that related to harmonization and synchronization of local law products based on Law Number 12 Year 2011 concerning the Establishment of Regulations and Law Number 23 Year 2014 concerning Local Government. Analysing method is normative qualitative by using gramatical and systematic interpretation.In this study, it was found that local head regulation is a part of local law products in the form of legal policy which called as beleidregels. Based on that form, if there any substantive problems from the legal policy so it could not be tested in the legal procedure because the legal policy was made based by the freedom of government. Thats why the government should create an alternative solution to solve the substantive problems from the local head regulation as a legal policy.

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Multi-dimensional Party Competition: Abortion Politics in Ireland

Government and Opposition ◽

10.1017/gov.2017.7 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 53 (4) ◽

pp. 682-706 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Sean McGraw

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Political Parties ◽

Political System ◽

Original Data ◽

Party Competition ◽

The Political ◽

Election Campaigns ◽

Multiple Sources ◽

General Elections ◽

Abortion Politics

While the questions of how parties seek to address (or not) pressing issues are critically important, scholars have generally paid little attention to where issues are addressed within the political system, and the consequences for party competition of that choice. The fact that issues can be addressed within several institutional (i.e. functional) domains and levels – general elections, parliament, referenda, courts, local government, etc. – implies that political parties may address an issue, and thereby interact with one another, in consequentially different ways depending on the institutional arena or level of government wherein they seek resolution. This article describes how Ireland’s parties addressed the electorally volatile issue of abortion via referendum campaigns. The article draws upon multiple sources of evidence to support its findings, including original data based on results from the author’s two parliamentary surveys following the 2007 and 2011 election campaigns.

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Proses Demokrasi melalui Pilkada yang Berkualitas menuju Pemimpin Bali

Jurnal Bali Membangun Bali ◽

10.51172/jbmb.v1i2.25 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 95-108

Author(s):

Dewa Putu Mantera

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Central Government ◽

Leader Election ◽

Local Leader ◽

Comprehensive Information ◽

General Elections ◽

Regional Leaders ◽

Selection Of

The general elections to choose regional leaders in the province of Bali is mandated by Undang-undang Nomor 10 Tahun 2016 tentang Pilkada (Law Number 10 Year 2016 about local leader election). Pilkada (pemilihan kepala daerah) or the local leader election based on the principle of democracy, they are “direct, general, free and secret, honest, and fair (langsung, umum, bebas dan rahasia, jujur dan adil or luberjurdil)” based on Pancasila and the 1945 constitution. Pilkada is the responsibility of the central government and local government so that the community can actively exercise their suffrage and obtain comprehensive information on the stages, profiles or figures, and capacity of Paslon (pasangan calon, the candidates). Selection of regional heads simultaneously in 2018 in the Province of Bali has been running safely, orderly, and successful so it is expected to produce a good Bali leader. This year the election is to choose the Governor and Vice Governor of Bali, the Bupati and Wakil Bupati (the head and vice head of the regency) in Gianyar Regency and Klungkung Regency.

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Explaining Split-Ticket Voting at the 1979 and 1997 General and Local Elections in England

Political Studies ◽

10.1111/1467-9248.00441 ◽

2003 ◽

Vol 51 (3) ◽

pp. 558-572 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

Colin Railings ◽

Michael Thrasher

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Significant Role ◽

Aggregate Data ◽

Local Elections ◽

Party Strategies ◽

Variate Analysis ◽

General Elections

Only in 1979, 1997 and 2001 have British general elections coincided with the annual local government elections. Uniquely, this study uses both survey and aggregate data to examine aspects of split-ticket voting at the simultaneous elections in 1979 and 1997. Through the use of bi- and multi-variate analysis, it suggests that ticket-splitting is a product of both voter attitudes and party strategies: although it is almost wholly confined to the less partisan, the electoral context in which those votes are being cast can play an additional and significant role in stimulating such behaviour.

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Are We Really Dealing with New Control Powers of Local Councilors?

Przegląd Prawa Administracyjnego ◽

10.17951/ppa.2020.3.201-219 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 201-219

Author(s):

Anna Wąsowska

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Public Authorities ◽

Current Term ◽

General Elections ◽

The Right ◽

And Control ◽

Local Councillors ◽

The Village ◽

Executive Body

On 11 January 2018, the Act on amending certain acts in order to increase the participation of citizens in the process of selecting, functioning and control of certain public authorities was passed. The legislator decided that the new legal regulations in the local government system laws were to lead to an increase in the participation of citizens in the process of control and functioning of public authorities, thus, also of local government authorities. In addition, it was to contribute to an increase in the role of local communities in the process of electing bodies coming from general elections, as well as in the control of this process and the bodies responsible for the preparation and holding of elections. Among the “new” legal solutions that have come into force in the current term of the local government authorities (2018–2023), one should distinguish those thanks to which the scope of control powers of local councillors has been extended. These include, first of all, the right to obtain information and materials, access to the premises where these information and materials are located, and access to the activities of the local government office, as well as companies with the participation of local government units, commercial companies with the participation of local government legal entities, legal persons, as well as establishments, enterprises and other local government organizational units, in compliance with the provisions on legally protected secrecy, secondly, the right to address interpellations and inquiries to the village mayor (mayor, city president), starost or voivodeship marshal, thirdly, the obligation to establish a complaint committee, motions and petitions in order to consider complaints about the activities of the executive body and local government organizational units, as well as motions and petitions submitted by citizens.

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THE ROLE OF THE NIGERIAN SECURITY AND CIVIL DEFENCE CORPS IN THE 2019 ELECTIONS: A STUDY OF FOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS IN OGUN STATE

Journal of Humanities, Social Science and Creative Arts ◽

10.51406/jhssca.v14i1.2051 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (1) ◽

pp. 78-90

Author(s):

S. ABDUSSOBUR ◽

D. A. YAGBOYAJU

Keyword(s):

Local Government ◽

Capital City ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Ogun State ◽

General Elections ◽

History Of ◽

Republic Of Benin ◽

Civil Defence ◽

International Boundaries ◽

The Impact

The 2019 general elections are the sixth set of elections in Nigeria's twenty years of uninterrupted democratic experiment. Studies have concentrated on the roles of the Nigerian Army and Police in the security aspects of elections in the country with little attention paid to the impact of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in electoral security. This study investigates the significance of NSCDC in electoral security. Selected study area consists of the four Local Government Areas (LGAs) which make up Abeokuta, the capital city of Ogun State. This is a strategic state in view of its international boundaries with Republic of Benin, and the history of cross border criminal acts. Data are drawn from primary and secondary sources, while the interpretative method of analysis is adopted. The study established that the Corps was very suited for election duties due to its more civil disposition and a more positive integrity and credibility perception. The study therefore recommends that the NSCDC should be legally empowered to play more active roles in election security and strengthened in terms of manpower and equipment in order to enhance its roles during elections.

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