Discusses the issue of secret voting in England during the middle decades of the nineteenth century, with particular reference to the movement to secure the secret ballot and to the important position occupied by the ballot question within the Philosophic Radicals' reform program. Journal availability: see SO 507 179. (Author/DB)

Chart is provided giving information on voting registration, dates of primaries, absentee voting, incumbent politicians, and other pertinent voter information. (AF)

Since its debut in 1983, the "U.S. News & World Report College Guide" has become the premier "consumer report" of higher education. We find that peer assessment, which is the largest component of the "U.S. News & World Report" ranking function, contains a penalty for religiously affiliated schools that is independent of the other "U.S. News &…

Comments on the article by Seyle and Newman "A house divided? The psychology of red and blue America,". Seyle and Newman argued that perceiving the American political landscape in terms of red and blue (to describe conservative and liberal perspectives, respectively) might unnecessarily pigeonhole people's dynamic social identities into one of two…

This article reports a unique partnership between Kennesaw State University and the Georgia state government involving the participation of computer experts in the deployment or electronic voting machines. The effort has received attention in Washington as scientists and government officials search for ways to reform election procedures across the…

Examines and questions the child and universal adult suffrage, justifying the child's exclusion, establishing criteria for voter competence, evaluating the competence of children, and chronological age as a criterion. Journal available from Sage Publications, Inc., 275 South Beverly Drive, Beverly Hills, California 90212. (ND)

A national survey of voting patterns of retarded citizens in the 1976 presidential election indicated an increase in the number of retarded voters and in the efforts of many states to remove obstacles to voting. (CL)

The material for this article by the executive director of the National Urban League (NUL) is drawn from Abridging the Right to Vote,'' a study prepared by NUL's research department. (JM)

This magazine aims to help high school teachers of civics, government, history, law, and law-related education program developers educate students about legal issues. This issue focuses on voting. It contains 11 articles: (1) "The Project of Democracy" (A. Keyssar) demonstrates how the story of the right to vote represents a slow and…

Discusses the impact of the youth vote on school elections and the finance proposals necessary to support schools. (RK)

Focuses on the importance of voting by presenting articles from experts who work in civic organizations: (1) "Rocking the Vote: How We Can Reach Young Americans" (Kay Albowicz); (2) "A Bold New Direction in Civic Participation" (Melanie L. Campbell) and (3) "Voting--What's in It for Me?" (Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins). (CMK)

Analysis of member voting patterns in AECT's 1977 general election on the national, regional, and state levels. (STS)

The enfranchisement of 18-year-olds has opened up an unanticipated nest of problems for legislators, college and university administrators, taxpayers, parents, and students themselves. The concurrent development of student cooperatives is, however, groud for optimism about the future. (Editor)

Considers the assertion that majority rule is Pareto inefficient, shows that this inefficiency is related to the shape of individuals' utility functions, and shows that rank-order voting is likely to improve efficiency. Journal availability: see EA 511 898. (Author/IRT)