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Nigeria: Edo 2020 - INEC Approves Direct Primary for APC, Indirect for PDP
The electoral commission, INEC, has approved direct primary for the All Progressives Congress (APC) to select its candidate for the September 19 governorship election in Edo
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Bruce Golding: `Big question is whether incumbent will accept CCJ decision’ - Stabroek News
The Head of the OAS election observer mission to Guyana, Bruce Golding says that the big question now is whether the incumbent government will accept the ruling of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Wednesday throwing out a Court of Appeal decision which inspired the Chief Election Officer
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Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era
With both the local government and general elections on the horizon, there are mounting calls for the Government and the Opposition to give urgent consensus to holding both polls simultaneously in light of a number of prevailing conditions being faced by the
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Prepare now to vote in November - WS Chronicle
Here’s a must-do list to prepare for the election The post Prepare now to vote in November appeared first on WS Chronicle.
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Pandemic-recovery forecast: African Americans face long road
Rep. G.A. Hardaway (D-93) said it needs to be a primary focus for African Americans, who are more likely to have underlying conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, and asthma that can contribute to the mortality rate of
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Pennsylvania Election Lawsuit filed by Voters, Advocacy groups | Black Star News
… Political Empowerment Project is that African-Americans vote in each and every … impact the many problems which African-Americans face on a daily and … affect the future of our African-American communities, both locally and nationally …
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Allegheny County reports 87 new COVID-19 cases, 9 new hospitalizations and 1 new death | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, Aug. 8, bringing the county total to 8,796 reported cases, with nine new hospitalizations and one new … Continued
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Trump demands ‘these votes must not count’ after California opens poll site in heavily Black area
President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to
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Are you a US citizen living in Jamaica?
Q: Can I vote in person at the US Embassy or at the US Consular Agency on election day?A: No. Neither the US Embassy nor the US Consular Agency are polling places. You must register to vote and request an absentee ballot to vote from Jamaica. Visit FVAP.gov to register to vote, request
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Mark National Voter Registration Day – Register to Vote - Voice and Viewpoint
By Tracy DeFore, County of San Diego Communications Office Tuesday is National Voter Registration Day ­– and a reminder that you must be registered to vote if you want to cast a ballot in the Nov. 3, 2020 Presidential General Election. It takes less than two minutes to register online at
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Non credible Region Four vote count compromised integrity of March 2 polls, EU observers say
In their final report on the March 2nd polls, the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said that the integrity of the entire electoral process was “seriously compromised” by vote count in Region Four and has cited the senior Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials for acting
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Only 52 ballots were invalidated ‘for want of official mark’ at stations where Disciplined Services votes were intermixed - Stabroek News
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Michigan Voters 50+ United on Protecting Social Security, Medicare
LANSING, Mich. -- With the nation heading into an especially divisive election, there are some key matters older Michiganders care about that transcend partisan politics. In a new AARP election survey of Michigan voters age 50-plus, 54% said they support Joe Biden and 40% support Donald
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Compton Community College District Has Two Board of Trustees Seats Up for Election in November - Los Angeles Sentinel
The Compton Community College District (CCCD) has two positions open on the Board of Trustees that will be elected by area voters during the upcoming General Election to be held on November 3, 2020. Applicants interested in running for a CCCD Board of Trustees position may find election and
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Ali sworn in as President - Stabroek News

Exactly five months after voters went to the polls and the rolling back of blatant efforts to rig the March 2nd general elections in favour of

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Kanye West Qualifies as Presidential Candidate in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Utah’s ballot this November as an unaffiliated presidential candidate, an elections official said Monday. State Elections Director Justin Lee said his office has verified that West's campaign gathered the necessary 1,000 signatures
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OAS slams Lowenfield over latest report to GECOM - Stabroek News
The Organization of American States (OAS) today repudiated the latest report by Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield fabricating a `win’ for the incumbent APNU+AFC and it warned that in the coming days a report will be issued to the body’s Permanent Council on this and other
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Fulton Registrations and Elections announces polling site changes for primary
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Kentucky’s Election Wasn’t A Disaster, But It Exposed Problems In Pandemic-Era Voting
Kentucky voters turned out in record numbers for the primary election Tuesday, even as the threat of the novel coronavirus pandemic lingered, thanks to a hotly contested Democratic Senate race and an expanded vote-by-mail program, which generated unprecedented enthusiasm in Bluegrass State
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The Voting Rights Act Was Signed On This Day In 1965 And Now Trump Is Trying To Destroy It
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'Ballot harvesting' targeted amid fight over voting rules - Black News Channel
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — As President Donald Trump's reelection campaign challenged Nevada's new voting law in court, the president and Republicans argued the rules would facilitate fraud and illegal voting. Chief among their criticisms was a provision allowing 'ballot
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Covid-19: Electoral Court grants IEC permission to postpone by-elections
The Electoral Court has granted the Electoral Commission of SA (IEC) permission to postpone by-elections in the country due to the continuous effects of the
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Georgia investigating 'potential double voting' in primary | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia’s top elections official said Tuesday that his office has identified about 1,000 cases of “potential double voting” in the June primary election — a felony he’s determined to see prosecuted. These voters submitted absentee ballots but also voted in person, a problem that happened across 100
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Dr Alexis would have better served his clients by encouraging them to accept the reality of their electoral loss - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I first heard of Dr. Alexis during the infamous “34 is the majority of 65” No Confidence Motion, (NCM) case. The article Dr Alexis would have better served his clients by encouraging them to accept the reality of their electoral loss appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Nigeria: Edo, Ondo Governorships - INEC Won't Declare Results If Politicians Disrupt Processes - Yakubu
Ahead of the September 19 and October 10 governorship elections in Edo and Ondo states respectively, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has warned politicians planning to undermine or disrupt the
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With Unsubstantiated Claim, Trump Sows Doubt On US Election
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump opened a new front Monday in his fight against mail-in voting, making unsubstantiated assertions that foreign countries will print up millions of bogus ballots to rig the results and create what he called the “scandal of our
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OAS slams obstacles to declaration of result - Stabroek News
While not naming Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield, the OAS today said that one of the principal obstacles to the declaration of a result here is “a person whose duty it is to defend Guyana’s democracy through ensuring respect for the results of
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Imperative that District Four be completed soonest
The smart thing to do right now is for GECOM to focus their attention on ensuring all the ballots in the Electoral District number four, which had not one, but two fraudulent declarations, are
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US legislators join calls for GECOM to issue recount results - Stabroek News
Two congressmen who President David Granger earlier this year assured that elections would be free and fair, yesterday joined calls that the Guyana Elections Commission issue results in keeping with the 33-day recount, even as they called out the Chief Election Officer for his ploy to subvert the
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#Election2020: Democrats sue Georgia election officials over lines at polls | The Atlanta Voice
Democrats are asking a federal judge to order Georgia election officials to take steps to prevent long lines at the polls on Election Day. A lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Atlanta alleges that the causes of long lines that have forced Georgians to wait hours to vote during multiple
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