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For those who have never experienced a freewheeling political campaign, the raucousness of an American election season can be inspiring and overwhelming. Talking is incessant in rooms of phone bank volunteers searching for votes, energetic political party members go door to door in last minute appeals for support and candidates talk nonstop in the countdown to election day.

Author:  National Democratic Institute Publisher:  National Democratic Institute Published Date:  11/01/2012 Resource Type:  Press Release Language:  English

A delegation of young political party representatives from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia are visiting the United States this week on a study mission to observe the U.S electoral process, and particularly the role of youth, with the goal of gathering information on techniques they can bring back and adapt in their home countries.

The Daily Star | Link to story  » This coming September, 30,000 Moroccan youths, aged 16 to 30, will participate in a nationwide discussion on the development of a new youth council.

Author:  National Democratic Institute Publisher:  National Democratic Institute Published Date:  07/02/2012 Resource Type:  Focus Group Report Language:  Arabic, English In the wake of the legislative elections held in November 2011, this focus group research looks at youth attitudes regarding elections, political parties and the new government. It follows on similar research with young people age 18 - 25 conducted by the Institute in July 2011 following the constitutional referendum.  

Author:  National Democratic Institute Publisher:  National Democratic Institute Published Date:  06/18/2012 Resource Type:  Report Language:  Arabic, English Following unprecedented popular protests earlier in the year, Morocco undertook a constitutional reform process that led to early legislative elections on November 25, 2011. The elections represented an early test of public attitudes about the reforms to date, and a potential opportunity for political leaders to channel new popular energy into electoral gains.

Magharebia | Link to story  » Morocco's brand-new "Parallel Youth Government" is bringing young people together to lead what they are calling the "battle for reform". The minister in charge of relations with Parliament and civil society, Lahbib Choubani, described the initiative from the Moroccan Youth Forum is a "unique" experiment in the Arab world.

PR Newswire | Link to story  » Today, a panel of foreign policy experts and former U.S. diplomats in Washington, D.C. discussed Morocco's recent elections and the challenges that lie ahead for the ongoing reform process.

Associated Press | Link to story  » An Islamist Party is on track to become the largest party in Morocco's new parliament with a dominant showing after two-thirds of the seats have been announced by the Interior Ministry.

Associated Press | Link to story  » It should be a moment of excitement: Moroccans are choosing a parliament in elections Friday prompted by the Arab Spring's clamor for freedom.