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Research data: ELECTIONS
2016 Upholding democratic ideals and the challenge of regulating political party funding and election campaign finance: case study of southern Africa
This paper is based largely on selected key findings of the Money, Politics and Transparency Project research survey coordinated jointly by ...
Download this report2016 Local matters: results from the Electoral Commission of South Africa's Voter Participation Survey (VPS) 2015/16
The Electoral Commission's Voter Participation Survey (VPS) is a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey that was conducted by the...
2014 IEC voter participation survey 2013: tabulation report
The overall objective of the 2013 Voter Participation Survey (VPS) is to inform and guide the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) in its ...