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Election buildup has been marked by protests in opposition strongholds with two people dying after troops opened fire to break up a protest in the city of Save.
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Black scholars form effort to fight trolls, disinformation | The Atlanta Voice
A group of U.S. Black scholars, activists, and writers has launched a new project to combat misleading information online around voting, reparations, and immigration, supporters announced Friday. The newly formed National Black Cultural Information Trust seeks to counter fake social media accounts
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Chief Election Officer directed to prepare report using recount results
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Kevin C. Riley for New York City Council | New York Carib News
The ouster of Andy King from the City Council in October has created the need for a special election in the Bronx 12th District, to replace King.  The Bronx 12th District covers parts of the north-east Bronx, Wakefield, Olinville, Edenwald, Eastchester, Baychester, Williamsbrdge, and Co-Op City.
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NCOP passes bill which seeks to cut red tape preventing people without addresses to vote | News24
The National Council of Provinces has passed the Electoral Laws Amendment Bill.
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What should Biden do about Venezuela? - Stabroek News
By Ricardo Hausmann and José Ramon Morales-Arilla CAMBRIDGE – Imagine you are driving down a road and arrive at a junction. The article What should Biden do about Venezuela? appeared first on Stabroek News.
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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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After weeks of vote-counting, Celeste Rodriguez wins tight race for San Fernando City Council
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The fundamentalist Islamic Salvation Front (Front Islamique du Salut; FIS) won the largest number of votes in the countrys first-ever parliamentary elections in Dec. 1991. To thwart the electoral results, the army canceled the general election, which plunged the country into a bloody civil war. An
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#JaVotes2020 | JPP reacts to being excluded from JLP, PNP campaign talks
The Jamaica Progressive Party (JPP), one of the four political parties given the go-ahead to contest the general election, is taking issue with being excluded from planned talks between the governing Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the opposition...
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Lizzo Drops Second Collection With Quay Australia
If you didn't a chance to snag the first Lizzo x Quay Australia drop, the Australian eyewear company and Grammy award winning singer are back again with the second release. […] The post Lizzo Drops Second Collection With Quay Australia appeared first on Essence.
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Uganda: COVID-19 Disrupts 2021 Elections Plan
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Benin election: Ballots counted in vote where opposition sidelined | Africanews
Ballots are being counted in Benin after Sunday's presidential election, in which many opposition candidates were sidelined.
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PNP delegates list to be ready Tuesday - Presidential election to be conducted in parishes under EOJ control
In a few days, People’s National Party (PNP) presidential aspirants Mark Golding and Lisa Hanna will receive the delegates list to be used in the November 7 internal polls to replace Dr Peter Phillips, which will be conducted by the Electoral...
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Malawi Police Record 38 Violent Electoral Incidents - Fredokiss Charged, Other Suspects to Appear in Court
[Nyasa Times] Deputy Commissioner of Police Noel Kayira has said said law enforcement agencies have so far recorded 38 violent incidents in relation to Tuesday's election and that they have also pressed charges to rapper Fredokiss, who was arrested on Tuesday.
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Lowenfield is a ‘runaway’ train, GECOM Chair has to take a stand – Ramkarran - Stabroek News
Describing Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield as a “runaway train” in light of his recent actions, Presidential Candidate of A New and United Guyana (ANUG) Ralph Ramkarran says that Chair of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Claudette Singh will sooner or later have to take
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Trust Black Women To Lead: The Future Of Democracy Depends On It
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Somalia: How a Protracted Political Battle Led to the Extension of the Somalia President's Term
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Super Wednesday: These are the wards where by-elections are happening | News24
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Kevin C. Riley for New York City Council | New York Carib News
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