Council election, 1999

Election Technology Council Comments on Help America Vote Act Amendments

The historic General Election of 2000 led to the largest election reform legislation in the nation’s history, “The Help America Vote Act” of 2002 (HAVA). At the very core of this sweeping legislation was one goal, “to ensure that every vote counts”. Currently Congress has indicated a willingness to amend the original act to further ensure that the original goals are realized. In order to furthe...

Proceedings of the council for high blood pressure research, 1999

This issue of Hypertension contains selected manuscripts based on presentations made at the 52nd Annual Fall Conference and Scientific Sessions of the American Heart Association, Council for High Blood Pressure Research. The meeting was held at the Wyndham Franklin Plaza Hotel, Philadelphia, Pa, September 15–18, 1998. The conference was preceded by the Workshop on Mechanisms of Target Organ Inj...

When a Movement Becomes a Party: The 2015 Barcelona City Council Election

Barcelona en Comú, an emerging grassroots movement-party, won the 2015 Barcelona City Council election. This candidacy was devised by activists involved in the 15M movement in order to turn citizen outrage into political change. On the one hand, the 15M movement is based on a decentralized structure. On the other hand, political science literature postulates that parties historically develop ol...

The Impacts of Council Size, Government Form and Election Method on Local Public Expenditures

Why Is There No Partisan Competition in City Council Elections?: The Role of Election Law