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Granger not conceding, GECOM must declare result in line with tabulated recount of ballots
Our country has been made to suffer through a more than three months wait for an election result which, in fact, was known the day after the elections were held from the Statements of Poll in the possession of the major contesting parties (including the APNU+AFC), the majority of the International
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Sons still in shock after mom dies before voting
WESTERN BUREAU: The sons of 83-year-old Avis Ledgister are still in shock after their mother died suddenly on election day, missing out on her decades-long tradition of voting for whoever was the People’s National Party (PNP) candidate in St...
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Georgia must remove voting obstacles, protect voters on Tuesday
ATLANTA— All Voting is Local Georgia State Director Aklima Khondoker issued the following statement in response to reports of unnecessary obstacles voters faced on Friday, the last day of early voting in Georgia, including: waits of up to seven hours to cast a ballot, polling place closures, and
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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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EOJ restarts recruitment of election day workers
The Electoral Office of Jamaica (EOJ) says it has resumed the process of recruiting election day workers. The EOJ says it is seeking honest, non-partisan, civic-minded persons to fill the posts. General elections are due next year but there have...
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Secretary of State: Return Georgia mail-in ballots now | The Atlanta Voice
Georgia’s chief election official is urging residents to complete and send in their absentee ballots now instead of
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Legislature needs to provide counties, voters with guidance on how Californians will be voting in November Voice and Viewpoint
By Kammi Foote Kim Alexander Special to CalMatters The November election is just five months away, yet there is still uncertainty about how Californians will be voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counties and voters need guidance now, before we run out of time to make necessary changes to have
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Texans begin voting Monday in runoff elections. Officials are doing what they can to make it safe.
Poll workers will begin greeting voters from behind face masks and shields as early voting begins in primary runoffs that will look and operate differently from any Texas election in the past 100
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Atlanta Inquirer Releases 2020 Elections Endorsements - The Atlanta Inquirer
Vote! Atlanta Inquirer’s Slate President of the United States Joseph R. Biden United States Senate Teresa Pike Tomlinson United States Senate Raphael Warnock Public Service Commissioner Daniel Blackman U. S. Representative, 5th Congressional District of Georgia John R. Lewis
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Mail-in voting could turn Election Day into Election Week | The Atlanta Voice
A shift to mail voting is increasing the chances that Americans will not know the winner of November’s presidential race on election night, a scenario that is fueling worries about whether President Donald Trump will use the delay to sow doubts about the
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Malawi: Alliances Confident As Ballot Papers Arrive for Malawi Presidential Re-Vote
The grand opposition Tonse Alliance and the ruling DPP-UDF alliance contesting in the June 23 Court-sanctioned fresh presidential election say their confidence in Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) has been boosted following the transparent arrival of the batch of ballot papers on Friday
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Georgia’s Primary Fiasco Is A Bad Sign For Election Day 2020
Which, by the way, seemed to go off without a hitch (or, with plenty of them, depending on who you ask) on Tuesday when certain voters arrived at polling places with either faulty equipment or none at all, resulting in hours-long lines and unbelievable delays to cast ballots in the
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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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GECOM Chair says yes to votes from 29 challenged ballot boxes
GECOM Chair says yes to votes from 29 challenged ballot boxes -stage set for deliberations on certification
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We Must Protect the Right to Vote in the November Elections | Post News Group
Republicans are worried that voting by mail may increase turnout, particularly among low-income and minority
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Republicans and Democrats in California prefer a mail ballot, but safe, accessible options are important - Black Voice News
In summary In the November election, California will have to meet the bipartisan demand from voters for mail ballots and redesign sites for safe, in-person voting. By Mindy Romero and Mindy Romero is a political sociologist and director of the California Civic Engagement Project at the Price School
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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis
Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the
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Lawsuit challenges Indiana law blocking voters’ rights | The Crusader Newspaper Group
Lawyers’ Committee Files Lawsuit in Federal Court to protect Hoosier Voters’ Rights Ahead of 2020 General Election An Indiana state law violates the constitutional rights of its citizens because it strips voters of their right to petition state courts to extend polling place hours, as a result
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Georgia voters at risk of being declared ‘inactive’ to vote - TheGrio
Thousands of voters in voters in Georgia may be declared inactive to vote in the upcoming election after their absentee... View Article The post Georgia voters at risk of being declared ‘inactive’ to vote appeared first on TheGrio.
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Texas AG, Harris County clerk in fight over mail-in ballots | Afram News
Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins is speaking out about a lawsuit filed against his office by Attorney General Ken Paxton for sending unsolicited mail-in ballot applications to over two million Harris County registered voters.
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Uganda: NRM Split Over Mode of Voting in Primaries
[Monitor] The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is struggling to come up with a common mode of voting in their party primaries to identify their candidates for different elective positions in the 2021 General Election.
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GDF will support democratically elected gov’t
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will support a democratically-elected government, newly-appointed acting Chief Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess yesterday
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Even if Lowenfield subverts process, GECOM can declare results – PPP
The opposition PPP says that even if the Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield subverts the electoral process by not submitting the correct results today for the March 2nd general elections, GECOM can act on its
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Harris County Clerk mails vote by mail applications to voters 65+
Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins has sent vote by mail applications to 376,840 registered voters who are 65 years of age and
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Prince Georges Supports Keeping Majority Mail-In Elections
Similar to other county governments and voting advocates, Prince George's County supports a majority mail-in process for the upcoming Nov. 3 general election.
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OP-ED: Check Your Mailbox —Your Vote Will Count
She recently announced her department will be sending out unsolicited absentee ballot applications to 7.7 million registered voters in
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We must brace our elections for COVID-19
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
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No charges after voting fraud investigation –
TALLAHASSEE – State law-enforcement officials found “no evidence of fraudulent intent” by the Florida Democratic Party after more than a year-long investigation into alleged vote-by-mail fraud, records
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Mozambique held its general elections on Oct. 15, 2014. The ruling party, FRELIMO, kept its majority in parliament. FRELIMO took 144 out of 250 seats while the opposition party, Renamo, took 89 seats. FRELIMOs candidate, Filipe Nyusi, was elected president, receiving 57.03% of the vote. Afonso
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