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Black publishers, leaders stress importance of voting with purpose at first Word in Black event — The Sacramento Observer

(WORDINBLACK.COM) - As early voting continues to shatter records, amid a surge in domestic pandemic infections, the Black press as well as African American political experts and leaders are warning the electorate to remain vigilant because voter suppression is alive, well, and in plain view. “We

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Source: The Sacramento Observer

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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Vote-by-Mail Fund Campaign Kicks Off

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Harris County Clerk cleared to send vote-by-mail applications - DefenderNetwork.com

The Harris County District Court ruled that Texas law allows Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins to send vote-by-mail applications to all registered voters as part of his authority to conduct and manage elections. If the Court’s decision stands, more than 1.9 million registered voters in Harris

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A Study Shows The BLM Protests Have Led To a Voter Registration Surge

A new study shows the Black Lives Matter protests that have been taking place across American all summer led to a surge in voter registration.

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Texas is locked in a battle over voting by mail. Here's how to do it.

In the federal courts, U.S. District Judge Fred Biery granted a preliminary injunction that said anyone in Texas who wants to vote by mail to avoid transmission of the virus could qualify for a mail-in

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Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act | The Atlanta Voice

But the meltdown was also a manifestation of a landmark Supreme Court case that gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Fulton Registrations and Elections announces polling site changes for primary

Shifting poll sites required because of loss of locations due to COVID-19 pandemic

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FITUG says Lowenfield must be removed, electoral process concluded - Stabroek News

The Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Guyana (FITUG) yesterday said that the antics of the Chief Election Officer, Keith Lowenfield have demonstrated beyond a shadow of a doubt that he cannot be expected to discharge his functions in an impartial and fair

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'ConCourt judgment brings power back to the people' - political leaders react

The historic Constitutional Court judgment which allows independent candidates to run for office in the provincial and national elections was largely lauded by political figures who were at court on

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More elections charges brought against Lawrence, Mingo - Stabroek News

PNCR Chair, Volda Lawrence; APNU+AFC party agent, Carol Joseph; Region Four Returning Officer, Clairmont Mingo; and two Election Day clerks, were yesterday taken before the courts and charged with a number of offences including conspiracy to defraud and

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Ninety ballot boxes counted today - Gunraj

Ninety ballot boxes from the March 2nd general elections were recounted today at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, according to GECOM Commissioner, Sase

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Black publishers, leaders stress importance of voting with purpose at first Word in Black event

Black publishers, leaders stress importance of voting with purpose at first Word in Black event By Nick Charles • Managing Director, Word in Black As early voting continues to shatter records, amid a surge in domestic pandemic infections, Black publishers as well as African American political

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Lowenfield to submit key elections report today

Meanwhile Alliance For Change (AFC) leader, Khemraj Ramjattan, believes that certain legal technicalities can tip the electoral scale in the

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Sports teams tackle voting crisis with plan to turn arenas into polling stations

With Trump seeking to undermine voting by mail, at least 12 professional teams – and counting – are taking action

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North Carolina Proves Black Voters Are Justified For Distrusting Mail-In Voting

As it turns out, Black voters are justified in our months-long surveyed skepticism of mail-in voting. Although the intentional slow down of the United States Postal Service is confirmation in

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NAACP calls attacks on postal service 'threat to democracy' - Atlanta Tribune

NAACP Calls Attacks on Postal Service “Unprecedented Threat to Democracy” The NAACP strongly condemns the Trump administration’s deliberate attempt to sabotage the U.S. Postal Service to obstruct voting by mail and to ensure a favorable outcome in the election. Disrupting the machinery of democracy

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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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Before the pandemic, California’s polling places were already disappearing - Black Voice News

Standing in line at their local polling place, a longtime ritual for many Californians, will be a thing of the past this Election Day for half of the state's voters. That's because in 2016 the California Legislature passed the Voter's Choice Act, which allows counties to transition from polling

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

Absentee ballots taking 30 plus days to process, Secretary of State blamed

Absentee Ballots Taking 30 Plus Days to Process in Part Because Secretary of State Chose Arizona Vendor

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It’s Up to Us to Defend the Black Vote - Houston Forward Times

Just weeks before Election Day, with millions of people voting already, the Black vote is… The post It’s Up to Us to Defend the Black Vote appeared first on Houston Forward Times.

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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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Take The Free Trolley To Vote! | The Savannah Tribune

Take the Free Trolley to Vote or Drop Your Absentee Ballot. The League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia in partnership with The Savannah Tribune has been providing free trolley rides for residents on the Eastside and Westside communities of Savannah to Early Vote or Drop their Absentee Ballots in

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Kamala Harris kicks off virtual bus tour with focus on N.C. Virtual event commemorates inaugural National Black Voter Day - WS Chronicle

Kamala Harris kicks off virtual bus tour with focus on N.C. Virtual event commemorates inaugural National Black Voter Day The post Kamala Harris kicks off virtual bus tour with focus on N.C. Virtual event commemorates inaugural National Black Voter Day appeared first on WS Chronicle.

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It's up to us to defend the black vote | New York Carib News

Just weeks before election day in the US, with millions of people voting already, the black vote is being attacked from every angle.

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Source: The New York Carib News

Election D-Day for PNM, UNC

A cliffhanger is expected when the final votes are tallied this evening in the Trinidad and Tobago general election. However, a number of political pundits give Dr Keith Rowley’s incumbent People’s National Movement (PNM) the slight edge over the...

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#Election2020: Texas governor limits election drop boxes to one per county | The Atlanta Voice

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issued a proclamation Thursday limiting the amount of drop-off locations for mail-in ballots to one site per county. The move significantly affects the Democratic stronghold of Harris County, which is the state's largest county by population - one of the most populous in the

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

Early voter turnout smashing California election records - Black Voice News

More than 4.5 million Californians have already cast ballots in the 2020 general election - and there're still 12 days to go. Roughly one-fifth of the 21.5 million ballots mailed to registered voters had been processed as of Tuesday evening, blowing away previous election totals. About three times

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Source: Black Voice News | The Voice of the Black Community in California

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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Milwaukee Health Services, Inc. hosts voter registration event at Isaac Coggs Center

On Friday, October 9, 2020, the Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., hosted a voter registration event at their Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center, 8200 W. Silver Spring Dr. Attendees could safely register to vote for the upcoming presidential election as well as receive a free COVID-19 safety kit

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