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#Election2020: Republican-connected tech firm targeted Black voters on Facebook for "Deterrence" | The Atlanta Voice
A database built by Cambridge Analytica, the Republican-aligned firm that shut down over allegations of improper use of Facebook data, targeted Black voters for “Deterrence” in profiles prepared for Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign according to reporting by Great Britain’s Channel 4 News. It had
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Black-owned restaurants in Atlanta celebrate civic engagement with special offers | Atlanta Daily World
Black-owned restaurants across Atlanta help celebrate civic engagement with special offers Chef Todd Richards and a collective of soul food restaurants in Atlanta start a new civic tradition to increase voter turnout in Georgia Vote for the Soul of Georgia is a new civic tradition led by James
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‘Zec must be sole registrar of parties’
THE Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) must be given the sole responsibility of registering political parties to avoid name contestations among political actors as witnessed in the opposition MDC. BY VENERANDA LANGA/NQOBANI NDLOVU/BLESSED MHLANGA Electoral watchdog, Zimbabwe Elections Support
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Somaliland: Democratic parliamentary and council elections | Africanews
Voters as young as 15 in the self-declared republic of Somaliland cast their ballots on Monday in Hargeisa in parliamentary and council election.
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Stadiums, Arenas Transformed Into Polling Sites To Combat Black Voter Suppression
Over 40 stadiums and arenas have been transformed into polling sites in an effort to combat Black voter suppression.
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Election 2020 Today: Trump leans into rallies; TV lawyers up - Black News Channel
Here's what's happening Sunday in Election 2020, two days until Election Day: ON THE TRAIL: President Donald Trump will visit the battleground states of Iowa, Michigan, Georgia, North Carolina and Florida. Democratic challenger Joe Biden will be in Pennsylvania. HOW TO VOTE: AP's state-by-state
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Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill before final deadline – Dallas Examiner
By ALEXA URA The Texas Tribune The sweeping overhaul of Texas elections and voter access was poised from the beginning of the session to pass into law. It had the backing of [...]
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All Eyes on Georgia in Senate Runoff Election | New Pittsburgh Courier
Collective eyes will be on the State of Georgia today as residents head to the polls. The Senate runoff election happens today. The state requires candidates to receive 50% of the vote to win. Since no candidate received half of the vote in the November election, a runoff election was
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Stacey Abrams Angered By Georgia Primary Voting Collapse, May Take Legal Action
Extremely long lines at the polls during the Georgia primary that caused voters to wait as long as eight hours to cast ballots were a source of chaos in the election, which had already been postponed because of
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Nigeria: Akpata Emerges NBA New President
[Vanguard] Lawyers in the country have elected Mr. Olumide Akpata as next President of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA.
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Celebrities Who Are Voting In Their First Presidential Election (And Some Voting For The First Time Ever)
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King Sh*t: LeBron James’ More Than A Vote Initiative Recruits Over 10,000 Poll Workers
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2022 Could Have The Blackest Midterm Elections Of All Time – Free Press of Jacksonville
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Chakwera Sworn In as Malawi President
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HBCU Heroes Presents 'HBCU Good Trouble Takeover...Walk. Run. Stroll to the Polls'
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VoteCast: Texas Voters Sour on State of Nation | Dallas Weekly
Voters in Texas made their pick for president while holding negative views about the country's direction, according to an expansive AP survey of the American electorate. The race between President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden concluded Tuesday as the nation remains in the throes of
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Call for churches to fast, pray ahead of tomorrow's election
THE Jamaica Umbrella Group of Churches has called on all its member denominations and local churches to be in prayer and fasting today, ahead of the country's general election tomorrow.In a release on Monday, the group urged members to pray for a peaceful and safe day at the polls, and for the
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#Election2020: History, mistrust spurring Black early voters in Georgia | The Atlanta Voice
They came by the thousands to vote early, descendants of slaves, children of the civil rights era and other Georgians standing in line for hours when all could have been somewhere else. Yet in a year when issues including prejudice, racial justice and voter suppression are at the forefront, the
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US: Russian hackers targeting state, local networks - Black News Channel
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials said that Russian hackers have targeted the networks of dozens of state and local governments in the United States in recent days, stealing data from at least two servers. The warning, less than two weeks before the
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Georgia To Conduct Manual Recount Of Presidential Election Votes
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How Pro-Democracy Protesters Drowned Out A MAGA Vote Suppression Campaign
Across Pennsylvania, activists were prepared to confront a right-wing disinformation effort aimed at delegitimizing the 2020 election results.
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Africa: State of Civil Society - Fightbacks Led By the Young Offer Hope for Democracy in Africa, Says Report
[Daily Maverick] Some big elections loom in Africa in 2021. While Ethiopia's parliamentary election, having just been postponed again, remains shrouded in uncertainty, on the horizon are votes in Chad, Zambia, Gambia and Nigeria.
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Guest Editorial: Judge right to rule against Trump’s campaign voting lawsuit in Pennsylvania | New Pittsburgh Courier
A federal judge in Pittsburgh was right to rule against the lawsuit by President Donald Trump’s campaign challenging Pennsylvania’s rules for mail voting and poll watchers. U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan, a Trump appointee, ruled that the campaign did not prove a serious threat of voter
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Trump administration knew about Iran, Russia hacking weeks ago : TheGrio
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VIDEO: Gone But Not Forgotten: Florida's Ocoee Massacre of 1920
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