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1079:, select every candidate, or leave every question blank, but voters have no option to vote against candidates. During the 2013 elections, around 80% of voters selected every candidate for the Assembly on their ballot, while 4.6% of voters submitted a blank ballot; no candidate for the Assembly has ever lost an election in Cuban history.
1111:. It hears the reports from national government and administration agencies and can also grant amnesties. Among its permanent or temporary commissions are those in charge of issues concerning the economy, the sugar industry, food production, industries, transportation and communications, constructions, foreign affairs,
1502:. Municipal assemblies then create a final list of candidates from the nominations and submit it to the National Candidacy Commission. "Given that the candidacy commissions have no party representatives, El Diario and The Economist were incorrect in reporting that the PCC had a formal role in selecting candidates."
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Assembly, and all candidates are nominated by committees that are firmly controlled by the PCC. Voters can either select individual candidates on their
1204:, with the first vice president of the Council exercising his or her duties if absent. If absent from the duties of the presidency of the Assembly, the Vice President of the National Assembly serves the office.
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1103:, the Assembly is the "supreme body of state power" in Cuba. The National Assembly has the power to amend the Constitution; to pass, amend, and repeal laws; to debate and approve national plans for
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The Cuban communist party and electoral politics: Adaptation, succession, and transition
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1872:"Authoritarian Regimes and Their Permitted Oppositions: Election Day Outcomes in Cuba"
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List of Presidents of the National Assembly of People's Power (Cuba)
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Smyth, Regina; Bianco, William; Chan, Kwan Nok (25 April 2019).
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People's Power: Cuba's Experience with Representative Government
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1825:"Restricting Opposition in Elections and Terrorist Violence"
1040:. The Assembly only meets twice a year, with the 31-member
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Fonseca Galvis, Ángela; Superti, Chiara (3 October 2019).
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Galvis, Ángela Fonseca; Superti, Chiara (3 October 2019).
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Braithwaite, Alex; Braithwaite, Jessica Maves (2020).
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1752:"Cuba: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report"
1569:"Cuba: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report"
18:National Assembly of People's Power of Cuba
1528:. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 131–132.
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3247:Confederate States (1861–1862)
2430:Federated States of Micronesia
2001:Elections and Events 1991-2001
1917:Leogrande, William M. (2012).
1181:, farmers' organizations, and
701:Office of the Attorney General
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1960:10.1080/13510347.2019.1629420
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1699:Domínguez, Jorge I. (2021).
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