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Political debates influencing decisions since 2007 — JDC
THE executive of the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) says the national debates are still relevant to the country's political landscape and that the upcoming debates will amp up interest in the upcoming general election, given their absence prior to the 2016 polls.
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Oprah, NowThis launch video project aimed at Black women voters - DefenderNetwork.com
Oprah Winfrey Network, the leading network for Black women, announced today the first ever OWN YOUR VOTE initiative, a bipartisan registration and get-out-the-vote campaign partnering with national and local grassroots and voting rights organizations to provide tools and resources that will empower
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Symone Sanders Joins My Black Is Beautiful For Its #HowWeWin Initiative
Sanders, a longtime political strategist, lends her energy and experience to help guide plans to push back against voter disenfranchisement and suppression.
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Chakwera Sworn In as Malawi President
Malawi held an investiture for President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima on Sunday, hours after the elections body declared Chakwera winner of the June 23 polls.
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Close Race Leads to Long Night for Senate Candidates in Texas
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How did the PNP nearly lose St Ann South Eastern seat?
In a massive Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) victory in the September 3 general election, reminiscent of the 1980 polls, the People’s National Party (PNP) again managed to keep one of their safest seats in Jamaica, St Ann South East, which they have...
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Thank you, Baltimore | Afro
Today, I conclude my campaign the same way I began by saying—Thank
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Burundi opposition files election petition
Burundian opposition leader Agathon Rwasa filed on Thursday a case at the constitutional court challenging the May 20 presidential election outcome, saying he had evidence of
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EOJ crafts COVID rules for election day
Jamaicans gearing up to cast their ballot are being urged to wear masks when they vote on election day but Director of Elections Glasspole Brown said that those in breach will not be turned away from polling stations. Instead, Electoral Office of...
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Report from Guyana’s chief elections officer rejected by OAS
Deeming it as acting in bad faith and contrary to the interest of democracy in Guyana, yesterday the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected the latest report of the country’s chief elections officer which gives the win in the disputed March...
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TRADITIONAL ELECTIONS WILL TEST AFRICA’S RESISTANCE TO THE VIRUS – The Wilmington Journal
Still, there is a growing sense of urgency given the acute absence of health-care infrastructure on the continent and the prospect of 20 national elections scheduled in Africa during
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British development official urges GECOM to declare result from recount - Stabroek News
Baroness Sugg, Britain’s Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Overseas Territories and Sustainable Development, has joined the call for the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to declare a final result from the March elections on the basis of the recount of
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Benin set for controversial poll
Benin gears up to hold local elections without key opposition parties Sunday as the authorities push ahead with the vote despite the coronavirus threat and calls for
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Malawi opposition lead in presidential vote re-run : media
Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera appears to be heading for victory Thursday.
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Malawi: Army Moves in to Guard Chakwera the President-Elect - New Dawn Rises Over Malawi
[Nyasa Times] Malawi Defence Force (MDC) has deployed soldiers to guard Malawi Congress Party (MCP) leader Rev Dr Lazarus Chakwera's according him full presidential protocol including an aide-de-camp as he is set to be declared winner in Tuesday's election.
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EFF to approach courts to challenge rules for National Assembly virtual meetings | News24
The EFF have announced it will approach the courts to challenge a parliamentary ruling in which "MPs were forced to vote through their chief whips during a division".
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Tyler Perry Pledges to Bring Out 250,000 Florida Black Voters with 'Souls to the Polls'
Actor, director, writer, and all-around entertainer Tyler Perry is supporting the move to get out the vote for the upcoming general election with his new […]
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Problems In Atlanta on Polling Day - The Atlanta Inquirer
By Horace Henry Voters who were out to vote in Atlanta woke up to a few surprises on Tuesday, June 9, 2020. Many enthusiastic voters were shocked when they showed up to vote at their assigned polls. The only thing they saw were signs redirecting them to another site because their polling location
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OP-ED: No Bridge too Far — Remembering Congressman John Lewis and the Fight Still Ahead – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE — It comes to this: Americans are being cut out of the process by other Americans. A great victory, fought for on bloody streets and across bloody bridges, a score settled and signed [...]
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Eyrika Parker wins race for Jefferson County (Ala.) Treasurer; first Black female to win seat
By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Eyrika Parker, a lifelong Birmingham resident, on Tuesday won 57.45 percent of the vote to defeat Roderick “Rod” Scott, state lawmaker, 42.22 percent, for Jefferson County Treasurer in the Democratic primary runoff. The unofficial results are with 95 percent
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Source: The Birmingham Times
TRADITIONAL ELECTIONS WILL TEST AFRICA’S RESISTANCE TO THE VIRUS The Wilmington Journal
Africas infection rates are still relatively low to the wonderment of some in the western world who predicted infection rates in the billions. In fact, African governments in many cases took preventative steps – from [...]
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How Malawian voters celebrated president Chakwera's poll victory | Africanews
Supporters of Malawi’s new president Lazarus Chakwera gathered for a fireworks display in the capital Lilongwe, celebrating his victory in a keen presidential election
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With 150,000 dead and polls in freefall, Trump seeks a culture war | New Pittsburgh Courier
(NNPA)—With less than 100 days left until Election Day, President Donald Trump has increased his references to uncertainty around the election results. Trump responded, “I have to see” after journalist … Continued
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Malawi: Nobody Will Stop Malawi Fresh Election, Even COVID-19 Can't - Chilima
The country's estranged Vice-President Saulos Chilima --who is also running mate to Tonse Alliance presidential torchbearer Lazarus Chakwera -- has said the Court sanctioned fresh presidential election will be held even if government deliberately spreads the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic what he
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Close Race Leads to Long Night for Senate Candidates in Texas
By Ashley Moss and Valerie Fields Hill In one of the most watched races in the nation by African American voters, Texas Sen. Royce West trailed up-and-comer Mary “M.J.” Hegar …
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Exonerated 5’s Yusef Salaam Is 'Disturbed By Anyone Who Looks Like Me' Supporting Trump
He demanded death for the Central Park Five in 1989.
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More Than A Vote: King James leads plans to increase poll workers -
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US election: Home of Fonz could decide if Trump or Biden becomes president
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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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JLP's Portland push
After comprehensive victories in the September 3 General Election, the husband and wife team of Daryl and Ann-Marie Vaz have now set their sights on leading their councillors to a clean sweep of all nine divisions in the Portland Municipal Corporation.The two Jamaica Labour Party
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