Where to contribute pictures of election leaftlets?

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In most countries before elections, every citizen receives by mail an envelope containing paper leaflets printed by each political group, each describing its political program.

I think that these documents have a great historical value.
I have thought about uploading them to Wikimedia Commons, but I don't think they are compatible with CC-BY-SA-3.0. For instance this category does not contain any of these leaflets.

What is the most appropriate repository where I can upload such political leaftlets?
Preferably one platform for the whole world.

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 27 '14 at 02:18

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Unlock Democracy runs a project called Election Leaflets.

You can take photos, scan the leaflets, or even post them to their address.

They've got a good repository of leaflets.

edited May 27 '14 at 02:18

Jeanne Holm

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answered May 26 '14 at 14:52

Terence Eden

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That's only for the UK, right? – Nicolas Raoul May 26 '14 at 16:06
Yes - but you didn't say which country you're in :-) You could contact them and see if they're interested in ones from across Europe. – Terence Eden May 26 '14 at 19:12

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered May 26 '14 at 14:54

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I was not able to find anyone collecting leaflets for Europe generally.

Here are some sites I did find.

Ireland: http://irishelectionliterature.wordpress.com/ including Irish candidates for European Parliament elections
Australia: http://www.electionleaflets.org.au/ accepts public contributions
Los Angeles: http://digital.library.ucla.edu/campaign/ accepts contributions from "candidates and other election organizations"

answered May 26 '14 at 14:54

Joe Germuska

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The UCLA one says "a century of Los Angelese elections", does it mean it is limited to Los Angeles? By the way, I can't find any way to contribute to it. – Nicolas Raoul May 26 '14 at 16:09
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from the UCLA site: "Candidates or other election organizations who wish to contribute materials (either electronic or paper) to the Campaign Literature collection should contact the Campaign Literature Librarian." and http://digital.library.ucla.edu/campaign/about.html there is complete information about the scope of the archive (yes, essentially Los Angeles) – Joe Germuska May 26 '14 at 17:15

Where to contribute pictures of election leaftlets?

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