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It’s Nomination Day in Barbados and candidates are heading out to nomination centres across the island. At the Rices Pavilion in St Philip, incumbent, St Philip South MP Indar Weir was flanked by supporters chanting, 'Who is the man? Indar is the man.' In the 2018 general election, Weir secured 4, 656 votes defeating […]
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Critics have called it a stunt to invite sympathy. Yet Amuriat says campaigning without shoes is a protest and that those who do not get its symbolism are missing a point.
Uganda is due to hold a general election on January 14. Amuriat and another opposition candidate, Bobi Wine have had their rallies violently dispersed by security forces or been arrested.
In mid-November, scores of people were killed as security forces attempted to quell protests against the arrest and detention of Bobi Wine.
Police has accused the candidates of addressing huge gatherings in contravention of regulations on COVID-19 prevention.
Swollen feet
In an interview with one of the dailies in Uganda, Amuriat said his feet hurt a lot and has to pour cold water on them in between campaign stops for some relief.
Doctors have cautioned him on the potential danger of contracting tetanus from cuts to his feet.
Yet Amuriat remains adamant. He says by refusing to wear shoes, he’s standing in solidarity with people whose wealth and opportunities have been stolen by the country’s longtime ruler Yoweri Museveni.
JUST IN: FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has been arrested at the border of Rubirizi and Bushenyi districts. The reason for his arrest is yet to be known📹 @MukhayeD#MonitorUpdates#UGDecides2021 pic.twitter.com/xopK4FMoD0
— Daily Monitor (@DailyMonitor) December 4, 2020
Museveni, in power since 1986 is seeking a new term. In 2017, he changed the constitution to remove age limits that would have stopped him from seeking re-election.
FDC is Uganda’s largest opposition party. In 3 previous elections, the party fronted veteran activist and retired army colonel Kizza Besigye for president.
JAMAICA could have a general election before, but retired Parliamentarian Derrick Smith will seek a vote of confidence from the reading public within months when his memoir hits bookstands with vivid details of some of the adventures that made up the many spheres of his life.
BASSETERRE, St Kitts (CMC) Five defeated candidates of the main Opposition St Kitts-Nevis Labour Party (SKNLP) have filed petitions in the High Court challenging the results of the June 5, 2020 General Election in the twin-island federation.
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister Dr Keith Rowley’s electoral win on Monday night might be viewed by his Jamaican counterpart, Andrew Holness, as the signal of an incumbency wave that might prod him to announce a general...
MANDEVILLE, Manchester - Attorney Tova Hamilton, who is representing Member of Parliament-elect for Manchester Central Rhoda Moy Crawford of the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP), has described the application for a magisterial recount by independent candidate Rohan Chung as a 'waste of time'.
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times The decision whether to open the Birmingham and Bessemer Courthouses for in-person absentee voting on Saturdays is now in the hands of the Jefferson County Commission. The five-member body will meet today at noon to consider opening the courthouses Saturdays, Oct. 17 and 24 to accommodate “in-person” absentee voting […]
The Government had earlier created a new sub-county in Laikipia called Kirima aimed at tackling perennial insecurity incidents in the area.
And now just emerging from no contact with voters, there are concerns about whether the election calendar and roadmap as set by the National Electoral Commission in December 2018 is still viable considering the time \"lost.\"
\"The Commission has to fulfil Section 8 of the Presidential Elections Act and Section 9 of the Parliamentary Elections Act that provide appointment of nomination days and time,\" reads the commission document, \"for campaigns for presidential elections to commence latest by first week of September 2020 nomination of presidential candidates must have been completed latest third week of August.\"
The first round of nominations must have been completed latest third week of July 2020, while nominations and campaigns for parliamentary elections \"should commence latest by second week August 2020.\"
Sam Rwakoojo, the Secretary to the Electoral Commission told The EastAfrican that the roadmap has been disrupted and some special interest group elections that should have been held around this time (end of May to beginning of June) can't take place, yet they contribute to the national elections and the consequences of those delays are not clear at the moment.
Mr Rwankoojo said no concrete proposals can be generated on specific dates for certain activities because, \"we don't know yet how this disease and lockdown will go,\" he said, adding that while the Constitution is clear on when to hold certain processes, the only available leg room is to determine which activities or elections can be held together to remain within the confines of the law.
This story, originally published in The Dallas Morning News, is reprinted as part of a collaborative partnership between The Dallas Morning News and Texas Metro News. The partnership seeks to boost coverage of Dallas’ communities of color, particularly in southern Dallas.
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Nearly 2,000 Burke County citizens have opted to vote early for the Nov. 3 general election. As of 2 p.m. yesterday (Tuesday), a total of 1,965 ballots had been cast, according to Laverne Sello, executive director for the Burke County Board of Elections and Registration. On the first day of early voting last Monday, Sello confirmed a record high 307, […]
Fresh from her victory over the People's National Party's (PNP) Bishop Purcell Jackson at the polls in the September 3 general elections, Portland Eastern member of parliament- elect, Ann-Marie Vaz says she is...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Guyana's Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield yesterday failed to submit a report to the chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that would have started the process of releasing the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and general election.
Dr. Mei-ling Malone, adjunct professor at California State University, Fullerton
Antonio Ray Harvey | California Black Media
Last week, African action opponents At least one Republican elected official attended the event that the Silicon Valley Yang Cutter is an Asian American Republican running for State Assembly in District 77, which covers parts of northern San Diego and the nearby cities of Poway and Rancho Santa Fe, among others.
ACA a chance to uphold or overturn Proposition 209, a ballot measure that passed in 1996 outlawing the consideration of race in contracting, college admissions, employment and state data reporting in 5 in November, it would bring Affirmative Action back to the state of California.
Last month, the California Assembly Committee on Public Employment and Retirement approved ACA 5, which Assemblymember Dr. Shirley (D-San Diego) Weber, chair of the California Legislative Black Caucus (CLBC), introduced earlier this year.
Dr. Mei-ling Malone, an adjunct professor at California State University, Fullerton, who has an African American father and Taiwanese mother, supports ACA 5.
Malone, an instructor of African American Studies, told California Black Media that Asian Americans have an unfortunate history African Americans that dates all the way back to the late 1800s and early 1900s.
Today, the Georgia Election Protection Coalition released a joint statement about the Georgia State Board of Elections’ rules amendments ahead of the August 11th runoff. The rules, which allow counties to set up 24/7 absentee ballot drop boxes for the runoff and give counties the ability to begin processing absentee ballots ahead of election day, will give more Georgians the Continue reading \"Georgia Voting Rights Activists: Expansion Of Absentee Voting Drop Boxes Is Important, But More Can Be Done\"
Nairobi — Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) Chairperson Wafula Chebukati Tuesday said scheduled boundaries delimitation will begin in September.
So what the Commission will do is once the situation calms down as far as the pandemic is concerned,\" Chebukati indicated.
\"We shall start the exercise and if we are not done with it, we will stop and focus on the General Election and then we can finish the remaining part thereafter,\" he added.
Early this year, Chebukati announced that the Commission had developed the Boundaries Review Operations Plan and that it would begin to implementing it once the National Treasury releases funds when the new financial begins.
The IEBC said it will use the official census data from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS), and the 2019 population and housing census results, to guide the review of electoral boundaries.
Whether it was through poll taxes and literacy tests, or gerrymandering and voter ID laws today, underrepresented communities have always had to fight to ensure their right to vote.
COVID-19 presents a new set of challenges that once again risk limiting the voice of underrepresented communities at the ballot box.
With in-person voter registration drives less likely to take place, the state must make the voter registration process as easy and accessible as possible.
While advocacy organizations like MassVOTE will pioneer voter registration efforts through this crisis, steps like reducing the voter registration deadline will allow more voters to speak their mind this fall.
With the COVID-19 crisis crippling underrepresented communities, it is urgent that their voices be heard at the polls this fall.
