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With the end of the Estado Novo (1937-1945), many changes took place in the political and party system in Brazil. Getúlio Vargas and his political group articulated and negotiated these changes, in a process that intensified from 1944 onwards. Such efforts had been concentrated on establishing an electoral code that would lead the country to a democratic model and, at the same time, would not weaken their political group. This move eventually had resulted in the publication of the electoral code of 1945, Decree-Law 7.586 from 1945, known as Agamemnon Law. Our objective in this article is to analyze, from sources related to the electoral code and electoral data, the changes that occurred in the electoral process, in the qualification and enlistment of voters and in the constitution of Brazilian political parties, and their impacts on the results of the elections of 2nd December 1945. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the concept of political rights in the election law of Brazil following Brazilian Federal Constitution, with a focus on the ideas of collective, diffuse, and individual rights. Topics addressed include the concept of collective rights; the definition of collective, diffuse, and individual rights in the consumer law; and political participation as defined by Brazilian Constitution.

The article contains a draft position of the Sejm relating to the application submitted by a group of Deputies to the Constitutional Tribunal in which they contested some provisions of the Act -- Electoral Law adopted on 5 January 2011, and the act amending it. The purpose of the application is declaration of conformity with the Constitution of several dozen provisions of both the legal acts. An analysis of justiication of the position of the Sejm focuses above all on the new instruments of electoral law that were absent or reduced in Polish law. They include inter alia: a two-day vote, a proxy vote, correspondence vote, single-seat constituencies in elections to the Senate, as well as bans on the use of large-format election posters and slogans as well as paid election radio and TV ads. Based on detailed analysis, the authors claim that none of the solutions proposed in the new Electoral Code infringes the constitutional standards. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of this article is to analyze the communication strategies of presidential candidates during the elections held in 2006 and 2010. The focus is on the strategic component of electoral inserts and the methodology consists of investigating how candidates choose to distribute these inserts in the programming of television networks. The results indicate that the candidates pursue different strategies influenced basically by three variables: electoral legislation, their standing in polls and the difference of resources available. In parallel, the article debates the role of the regulation of electoral advertising and how this set of rules influences the level of information of campaigns, the occurrence of attacks, and party strategies. Overall, 2,993 electoral inserts were examined. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Copyright of Política & Sociedade: Revista de Sociologia Política is the property of Revista Politica & Sociedade and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

This article introduces the debate on electoral governance and examines the main criteria for distinguishing between the different models in comparative terms. The models adopted by various Latin American democracies, highlighting the Brazilian model and its peculiarities will also be discussed in the work. The conclusion is that the prevailing system of electoral governance in Brazil is an atypical combination of elements, such as: concentration of governance activities in a single electoral commission; exclusion of the Legislative Branch from naming and selecting members of the electoral commission and adoption of the "rule of intersection" with the Constitutional Court. This combination creates a favorable institutional climate for the judicialization of partisan political competition, since it allows legal readings of the rules of the competitive game to include interpreting the Constitutional wording. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]