Re: electoral systems

Margarita Lacabe (marga@derechos.org)
Mon, 26 Jul 1999 15:47:40 -0700 (PDT)

Checkout Georgetown's Political Database of the Americas:
http://www.georgetown.edu/pdba/

In particular, you may want to look at the constitutions of these
countries.

TAke care,

Marga

On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, john calvin jones wrote:

> Estimado miembros de LASnet:
>
> I am looking for a quick a dirty list that describes the
> electoral/political systems in nations throughout the Americas.
>
> Specifically I want to know if countries have for example, parlimentary,
> federal, single-member districts, etc. I also want to know how national
> legislation is passed - i.e. to what degree is executive approval
> necessary, preliminary, what are the veto and veto override powers.
>
> Does anyone know where I can find such a list? Does the U.S. State
> Department, Department of Defense, or CIA create such a document?
>
> Thank you for any assistance you might be able to provide.
>
>
>
>
> John Calvin Jones
> PhD candidate,
> Department of Political Science
> College of Law (class of 2001)
>
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