They propose a smaller parliament and civil service, a new electoral law, a better system of tax collection and measures to stimulate the economy.
Both campaigns know that just a single electoral vote could play a decisive role in what's expected to be a historically close race, and that makes what happens in the event of an Electoral College tie all the more intriguing.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has called the Venezuelan electoral technology a model for other democracies.
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Under the state's electoral law a recount is mandatory if the results of the two candidates differ by 0.5% or less.
But Bush has no plans to make electoral reform a signature issue on par with education reform or tax cuts, a White House official said.
The yield on Italian 10-year bonds jumped dramatically in the aftermath of an electoral stalemate a few weeks ago, approaching the psychologically challenging 5% mark, but have since retracted.
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If Sir James's Referendum Party achieves nothing else in this election, it could at least challenge the current arrangements enough to make an electoral commission a necessity next time.
However, Morales from the beginning tried to impose a project while ignoring an electoral minority with a real power on the ground.
We have a different electoral system, we have a different political system, we have a different demographic, we have less money.
The opposition parties are aiming for a workable electoral alliance to give them a chance against Dr Mahathir's formidable vote-winning machinery.
That should reassure foreign moneymen in a pre-electoral year, but a deal could also limit Mr Fujimori's ability to spend in the run-up to the elections.
For some, that seemed to leave the door open for the mission to push for a fresh election under a new electoral authority, perhaps after a year or two.
Mr Haider had long been facing growing unrest from the Freedom Party's nationalist wing, as supporters blamed him for a string of electoral defeats and urged a return to his old populism.
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Taking a look at the Electoral College map: a McCain-Pawlenty team would make the Midwest more competitive.
He should urge the creation of a new electoral system that would bring about a more bipolar parliament, less in hock to the whims of small parties.
Mr Chirac may be a male chauvinist at heart, but he can see the electoral advantages of a female mayor for Paris.
After the longest and costliest election in U.S. history, Barack Obama won a landslide, defeating his Republican opponent, John McCain, in the Electoral College by a ratio of two-to-one.
Having won a great electoral victory, the new president promised a quick about-face.
This spectacular success, combined with Thatcher's revival of the U.K. economy, enabled her to win a resounding electoral victory in 1983, followed by a third term in 1987.
Mr. Gandhi's address came only a few days after the main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party elevated Mr. Modi to its electoral board, a move viewed as further evidence that he is likely to lead the BJP into elections.
It was remarkable that he was elected on a first ballot, with well over two-thirds of the 1, 010 Italian worthies in the electoral college (a large majority of them parliamentarians, with a smattering of regional bigwigs) plumping for him.
Israel today is governed by a proportional electoral system that treats the entire country as a unitary voting district.
Mr D'Alema has therefore proposed a legislative short-cut to approve a new electoral law that would remove the need for a referendum.
He also said a lower than expected figure on electoral roll registration and a reduction in the number of candidates suggested a lack of an issue big enough to motivate people.
Instead, he was ready to discuss with Mr Veltroni a new electoral system along German lines: proportional representation, with a threshold for parliament.
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Similarly, in Malaysia, the government has at times seemed more worried by Bersih, a campaign for electoral reform led by Ambiga Sreenevasan, a lawyer, than by the formal opposition.
Given the likelihood that neither Mr Netanyahu nor Ms Livni will be able to form a government without him, electoral reform could thus become a burning issue in Israeli politics.
The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) - a body for electoral staff, which has more than 1, 700 members - also criticised the timing of the PCC elections, saying it was "not in the interests of voters".
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If, however, something close to a fully federal system has emerged, with real power and legitimacy devolved to regional assemblies and mayors, and with a more proportional electoral system for the Commons, then a powerful upper house may come to seem not only unnecessary but dangerous, for it would risk gridlock.
Ronald Reagan forged a winning electoral majority on the stable foundation of what he described as a three-legged stool: fiscal discipline, traditional values and peace through strength.
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