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Cork Printmakers in association with Cork Midsummer Festival are delighted to present BALLOT, a printmaking portfolio collaboration between staff, alumni and students from Norwich University of the Arts, Norwich, UK and Crawford College of Art & Design, Cork, Ireland, with invited partners Print to the People in Norwich, Cork Printmakers and Limerick School of Art & Design. This exhibition forms part of a trail of exhibitions accompanying Cork Printmakers' FIRST EDITION Print Symposium on Friday 23 & Saturday 24 June. Carl Rowe has been invited to give a presentation at the Symposium and will speak about collaborative print projects at Norwich University of the Arts and the democratic exchange of ideas through editioned prints. Symposium tickets are available at http://www.corkmidsummer.com/programme/event/first-edition-print-symposium The embryo of the idea was in response to a portfolio of works devised in 1924 by László Moholy-Nagy. Moholy-Nagy invited artists and students from the Bauhaus to produce artworks in celebration of Walter Gropius' birthday. He asked everyone to make a work in response to a press photograph that had been published in the weekly supplement "Zeitbilder" in which a loudspeaker sits on a stage pronouncing the outcome of the German general election in Potsdamer Platz 1924. Almost a century later, elections held across Europe clearly indicate a level of change and uncertainty not experienced in the post-war era. The June 23rd referendum in the UK, which resulted in its decision to leave the European Union, has sent shock waves through the remaining 27 states of the union and has far reaching implications, none more so than between the Republic of Ireland and the UK. Paralleling Moholy-Nagy's format, the collaborative portfolio project BALLOT invites artists, academics and students from institutions and organisations situated within the east of UK and Ireland to make editioned prints in response to the process of elections and referenda. It encourages connections between historic and contemporary political affairs and aims to raise an awareness of the volatility of democratic processes. It elicits response to a global perspective, but also to the unique relationship between the UK and The Republic of Ireland, the UK's only land border with another European country. The print portfolio project was started at Norwich University of the Arts in 2002. Since the first initial studio-based project in 2002, NUA has produced 12 portfolios, including collaborations with California State University USA, Asagaya College of Art and Design Japan, Boston University USA and Falmouth University UK. The collaboration this year with CIT Crawford College of Art and Design, Cork Printmakers, Limerick Printmakers and Print to the People in Norwich is an ambitious task. The enthusiastic response to the project is an indication of the enduring efficacy of print in a digital age and a reassurance that ideas and opinions can be shared through materiality. BALLOT is an activity operating within and part-funded by the Created and Contested Territories research group at NUA. It will also be shown at Nunn's Yard Gallery in Norwich, October 2017 where it will coincide with printmaking events and exhibitions at the Castle Museum and Art Gallery Norwich.

Der Autor diskutiert forschungspraktische Probleme, die sich im Rahmen der kognitiven Testung bei Umfragen ergeben, z.B. das Problem, dass alternative Formulierungen von gleichen Fragestellungen zu unterschiedlichen Bewertungen der Daten führen können. Er verdeutlicht anhand von sechs Tabellen die Unterschiede bei den erhobenen Daten, die aus zwei Forschungsprojekten stammen, in denen sehr ähnliche Befragungsmethoden eingesetzt worden sind. (ICI)

From gay marriage to taxation to environmental issues, many of our nation's most important policy issues are decided by voters through ballot questions. Conventional wisdom holds that information provided on the ballot about the ballot questions heavily Influences voters' choices in those elections, but there is little empirical evidence of this. We apply theories of framing to voters' choices on ballot questions and design an experiment to test the hypothesis that ballot title wording influences voters' decisions. Even on a matter that is hotly contested and where the policy is relatively noncomplex and relatively well understood by voters, we find strong framing effects for changes in ballot title wording, though the effects are driven primarily by influencing whether individuals who previously supported the measure abstained from participation. Adapted from the source document.

The design of election ballots can influence voters' behavior. Features of the ballot are particularly important if they systematically harm the electoral chances of some groups. In Brazil, voters type the four or five-digit number of their chosen candidate into an electronic voting machine to cast a ballot. Some numbers have sequences that are easier to memorize and recall than others. I show that candidates with memorable numbers receive a boost in their vote share. Moreover, I demonstrate that women are less likely to be assigned memorable numbers. This paper highlights the importance of thinking thoroughly about the implications of seemingly innocuous characteristics of voting procedures.

"August 1978." ; "For project entitled An analysis of laws and procedures governing the qualification and certification of Federal candidates in the United States, sponsored by Clearinghouse on Election Administration, Federal Election Commission, submitted by Texas A&M Research Foundation, contractor." ; Performing organization: Department of Political Science, Texas A & M University. ; Includes bibliographical references. ; v. 1. Administrative issues, problems, and recommendations -- v. 2. A summary of state administrative procedures -- v. 3. Legal problems, memoranda, and recommendations -- v. 4. A brief summary. ; Mode of access: Internet.