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Tennessee: Some first-time voters can’t cast absentee ballot

NASHVILLE — Tennessee officials say they plan to enforce a requirement that first-time voters who register by mail cast their ballots in person, despite a judge’s ruling that allows all eligible voters to cast absentee ballots during the coronavirus

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Source: TSDMemphis.com - The New Tri-State Defender - TSDMemphis.com

Uniting to defeat an external enemy – Daytona Times

The calamity that has been wrought by the coronavirus is the result of an external attack, this time by a virus rather than an armed enemy. It too should be a time of national unity, of rallying together to share the sacrifices, to help one another through the crisis, and to rebuild the country

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Source: Daytona Times

Don’t Let High Turnout Distract You From the Reality of Voter Suppression

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Source: https://zora.medium.com

How to strengthen your teeth

ENAMEL erosion is the weakening of the outer tooth surface caused by acids in the

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Clay, William Lacy, Sr. (1931- )

Former Missouri Democratic Congressman William L. Clay Sr. was born in St. Louis, Missouri on April 30, 1931, one of seven children. Clay excelled in school and at the age of thirteen began working as a janitor in a clothing store. He later became the tailor for the store. Clay graduated from

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Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order on Safe, Secure and Accessible General Election in November | L.A. Focus Newspaper

SACRAMENTO Governor Gavin Newsom today issued a proclamation declaringastatewide General Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, and signed an executive order to ensure that Californians can exercise their right to vote in a safe, secure and accessible manner during the upcoming election. “We are

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Source: La Focus Newspaper

Biden and Trump Agree Election Could be Corrupt - Black News Channel

By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden, have found something they agree on: The November election could be rife with corruption because of how officials handle the voting process. Of course, the Republican incumbent and

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

US Secretary of State urges gov’t to respect wishes of voters

In an independence day message to Guyana, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday called on the Guyana Government to respect the wishes of voters as expressed on March 2nd

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

LeBron James Group Touts Sports Venues as Mega-voting sites - Black News Channel

By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — If basketball icon LeBron James gets his way, NBA arenas and other sports venues around the country will be mega polling sites for the November general election. James and his voting rights group, formed this spring with other black

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Source: Black News Channel - Black News Channel

Lawrence, Brenda (1954– )

Brenda L. Lawrence is a well-known and high-profile Democratic Party politician from Michigan who currently serves as the U.S. Representative for the state’s Fourteenth Congressional District. Before her election to Congress, Lawrence served as the mayor of Southfield, Michigan, from 2001 to

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Fudge, Marcia (1952 - )

Democrat Marcia Fudge is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing the 11th Congressional District of Ohio since November 2008. She was the first female African American mayor of Warrensville Heights, a predominantly middle-class black suburban city outside of Cleveland. She

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Source: Black Past

Atlanta Hawks Arena to transform into massive voting site for elections

(Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty

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Source: theGrio

Special Prosecutor In Breonna Taylor’s Case Is Mitch McConnell’s ‘Protégé’ Who Trump Loves

The road to achieving justice for Breonna Taylor may not be as smooth as it could be after it was announced that the Republican attorney general of Kentucky would be serving as the case’s special

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Source: The Urban Daily

Burundi at 58: Bujumbura hosts first post-Nkurunziza celebrations | Africanews

Burundi on Wednesday (July 1) marked its 58th independence anniversary. The official ceremony in the capital Bujumbura featured colorful parades by security personnel and

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Source: Africanews | Latest breaking news, daily news and African news from Africa

Mayne is the man ... but hold off on election

Pointing to the resurfaced main road passing through the small community of St D’Acre in St Ann South West, a cookshop vendor and her customers say Member of Parliament Zavia Mayne is deserving of a second term. But they are advising Prime...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Nepotism, cronyism run Jamaica - Stakeholders say the practice is deeply entrenched in politics, business

Jamaica’s political apparatus has operated and functioned on nepotism and cronyism since independence, but until lawmakers enact legislation to make the practice illegal, no amount of inflammatory language from state commissions will make a...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Nigeria: Almajiri As Assets and Curses

In April 2015, barely two weeks after the presidential election when the then newly-formed All Progressives Congress (APC) was waiting to take over the reins of power following its historic electoral victory, the then outgoing governor of Kano State, Mallam Rabiu Kwankwaso, basking in the euphoria

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Source: allAfrica.com

Morgan credits Rock River councillor for foray into politics

It all started with a pothole. After a heavy shower of rain two decades ago, a young Robert Nesta Morgan was frustrated by a huge pothole at his gate and went in search of answers. “It was about 1999. I had just started Clarendon College sixth form...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jesse Jackson Jr.

Jesse Jackson Jr. is a former African-American Democratic Congressman. From 1995 to 2012, he represented Illinois’s 2nd congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Moreover, his father was an eminent political figure who was a former presidential

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The Fight for the 2020 Vote and the March to the Ballot Box

On Monday, May 4, The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) and the Voting Rights Alliance held a tele-townhall titled, “The Fight for the Vote 2020: Our March to the Ballot

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Source: The Florida Star

PM stands by his man - Scandal-plagued Wheatley may get second chance as minister

Despite adverse findings against Dr Andrew Wheatley by the director of investigation at the Integrity Commission, Prime Minister Andrew Holness has hinted that he would not rule out appointing the embattled former energy minister in a future...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Jamaica may have to import eggs for Christmas - Stabroek News

(Jamaica Gleaner) The disruptions in the egg market triggered by COVID-19 have left many farmers on the brink of ruin, with others facing severe financial hardships, a situation which may result in Jamaica being forced to import eggs for Christmas – for the first time since

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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper

Campbell rakes JLP councillors for shoddy roads

Being in the unenviable position of having no councillors umbilically linked to his People’s National Party (PNP) operating inside the St Ann North West constituency, two-term Member of Parliament Dr Dayton Campbell has fired a salvo at the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) local government

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Rift Valley leaders divided over Uhuru, Ruto war

A section of Jubilee Party senators and MPs from the Rift Valley — Deputy President William Ruto’s political bastion — are divided over the ruling party’s purge, which has seen some of the DP’s key allies kicked out of plum leadership

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Source: Daily Nation - Breaking News, Kenya, Africa, Politics, Business, Sports | HOME

Uganda: 2021 - MPs Reject Digital Campaigns

[Monitor] Members of Parliament (MPs) sitting on the Legal and Parliamentary Affairs Committee yesterday rejected the Electoral Commission's (EC) decision banning open public rallies ahead of the 2021 General Elections.

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Source: allAfrica.com

Wheat, Alan Dupree (1951 - )

Alan Dupree Wheat, the first black Congressman from Kansas City, Missouri, was born in San Antonio, Texas, on October 16, 1951. He attended schools in Wichita, Kansas, and in Seville, Spain, before graduating from Airline High School in Bossier City, Louisiana, in 1968. In 1972 Wheat received

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Source: Black Past

Tucker, Walter R., III (1957- )

Walter Rayford Tucker III is best known for his brief periodas a Southern California Congressman. Tucker was born in Compton,California on May 28, 1957 to awell established political family. Hisfather, Walter Tucker II, worked as a dentist and then entered politics in Compton in 1967 when hewas

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Source: Black Past

Guinn v. United States (1915): The Grandfather Clause

OPINION IN GUINN v. UNITED STATES

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Source: Black Past

T&T election August 10

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley yesterday announced August 10 as the date for the general election in Trinidad and Tobago, just under one month shy of the fifth anniversary when voters went to the polls on September 7, 2015 to elect his People's National Movement

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Source: Jamaica Observer: Jamaican News Online – the Best of Jamaican Newspapers - JamaicaObserver.com

Kenya: Safi Organics Turns Farm Waste into Black Gold and Poor Farmers into Entrepreneurs

"This is the kind of impact we would like to deliver to smallholder farmers across the African continent," says Joyce Kamande, one of 25 African entrepreneurs who spent six weeks at Oklahoma State University last year as part of the Mandela Washington Fellowship, a flagship programme of the

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Source: allAfrica.com

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