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The past two decades have seen a resurgence of democracy in formerly autocratic countries. The behavior of the electorate in each first election following a period of authoritarian rule is closely watched for clues to the future success of democracy. Yet the scarcity of empirical studies of similar elections has left us with little more than commonsense expectations to guide our analysis. This article empirically tests several of these expectations, using data from earlier postauthoritarian parliamentary elections. Expectations of unusually high turnout could not be supported, but future levels of turnout are affected by the timing of subsequent elections. The large number of newly formed parties competing in a postauthoritarian election seldom persist, and prediscontinuity power relationships among surviving parties are generally preserved. Expectations that postauthoritarian elections are followed by a period of volatile electoral behavior could not be supported. Parties that finish first in postauthoritarian elections also finish first in the next election. The article concludes that these elections are not sufficiently different from other elections to warrant their exclusion from comparative research.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the SC Senate 45 Special Democratic Primary Election in Beaufort County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the State Senate District 45 Democratic Primary Runoff Election in Allendale County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the State Senate District 45 Democratic Primary Runoff Election in Charleston County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the State Senate District 45 Democratic Primary Runoff Election in Hampton County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the State Senate District 45 Democratic Primary Runoff Election in Jasper County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the State Senate District 45 Democratic Primary Runoff Election in Beaufort County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

This audit report by the South Carolina State Election Commission for the State Senate District 45 Democratic Primary Runoff Election in Colleton County provides reports generated by the iVotronic voting machines and Unity election system.

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This is the official list of all candidates for federal, state, & multi-county offices in the 2008 general election in South Carolina.

Abstract.Despite the development of electoral studies in Canada, by-elections have received little attention from researchers. We believe that these are important political events. This research note examines the 121 federal by-elections held between general elections from 1963 to 2008. Our analysis indicates that turnout in by-elections is driven by the larger societal determinants of turnout and not the characteristics of each race. We also find that the support of the government party in a by-election is affected by changes in national opinion towards the government, but only in the third-party system. We find that minor parties and independent candidates perform better in by-elections than in general elections. And we find no difference in the re-election rates of by-election winners and those who enter parliament through general elections.Résumé.Malgré le développement des études électorales au Canada, les élections partielles ont reçu très peu d'attention de la part des chercheurs. Nous croyons qu'il s'agit pourtant d'événements importants dans la vie politique canadienne. Cette note de recherche examine les 121 élections partielles fédérales survenues entre les élections générales de 1963 à 2008. Notre analyse indique que le taux de participation aux élections partielles est davantage influencé par des déterminants sociétaux que par des caractéristiques propres à chacune. Nous constatons aussi que les fluctuations de l'opinion publique canadienne à l'égard du gouvernement influençaient la performance du parti gouvernemental lors des élections partielles avant le réalignement partisan de 1993, mais que ce n'est plus le cas dans le système partisan actuel. Nous observons également que les petits partis et les candidats indépendants enregistrent de meilleures performances lors des élections partielles et qu'il n'y a pas, aux élections générales qui suivent, de différence notable entre le taux de réélection des gagnants aux élections partielles et celui des autres députés sortants.