Acts on the machinery of democratic participation: the American Voting Rights Act, Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act and Help America Vote Act, and India's Right to Information Act that gave citizens access to government records. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes an act on elections, campaign finance or access to public information. It excludes British franchise acts. The Indian information act is admitted because the articles treat access to public records as a political right of the citizen, beside the right to vote.
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Right to Information Act, 2005, Wikipedia
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The Right to Information Act, 2005 (RTI Act) is an act of the Parliament of India and the Delhi Legislative Assembly which sets out the rules and procedures regarding citizens' right to access information.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Wikipedia)
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 is a landmark U.S. federal statute that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act (Wikipedia)
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The Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 (Pub. L. 107-155 (text) (PDF), 116 Stat. 81, enacted March 27, 2002, H.R. 2356), commonly known as the McCain-Feingold Act or BCRA ( BIK-ruh), is a United States federal law that amended the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, which regulates the financing of political campaigns.
Help America Vote Act (Wikipedia)
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The bill was drafted (at least in part) in reaction to the controversy surrounding the 2000 U.S. presidential election, when the Supreme Court narrowly ruled that Bush had won the election.
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