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By-elections by December: Zec
BY BLESSED MHLANGA THE opposition MD C Alliance and MDC-T will have an opportunity to take their power struggles to the court of public opinion after the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (Zec) announced yesterday that all pending by-elections would have been held by December 5. Several by-elections
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‘2023 polls will be disputed’
BY MOSES MATENGA/BLESSED MHLANGA  WATCHDOG Election Resource Centre (ERC) has predicted that the 2023 elections will be disputed due to lack of The post ‘2023 polls will be disputed’ appeared first on NewsDay Zimbabwe.
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Algeria
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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Uganda: 18 Nup Members Vie for District Chairperson Seat
[Monitor] A total of 18 members of the National Unity Platform (NUP) are seeking the party endorsement to fill the Kayunga District chairperson seat.
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Morocco: Elections Were Held in 'Best Conditions' Despite an Exceptional Situation (Interior Minister)
[MAP] Rabat -- The elections of September 8 were held in the "best conditions", despite a particular and exceptional situation, marked mainly by the challenges related to the current health crisis, said Thursday minister of the Interior, Abdelouafi Laftit.
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Home affairs dept's budget cut of R562m will have 'minimal effect' on performance | News24
The Department of Home Affairs and the Electoral Commission of South Africa will have their budgets slashed, but neither expects it to affect the core of their work.
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Somaliland holds first parliamentary vote since 2005 | News24
Somalia's breakaway Somaliland region held its first parliamentary election for 16 years on Monday, in what politicians there describe as evidence of its comparative stability.
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Biden Hires Karine Jean-Pierre As Senior Adviser Amid Push To Engage Black Voters
Biden has already had an advantage with Black voters in the primary elections, especially over his former opponent Bernie
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Algeria: Call to Go Massively to Polls for Institutional Revival, Country Stability
[Algerie Presse Service] Algiers -- The candidates for the legislative elections emphasized Friday, on the second day of the election campaign, the necessity of going massively to the polls on 12 June, underlining that this electoral event is an opportunity to achieve the "institutional
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Somalia: Case of Missing Spy Aggravates Tensions Among Fractious Somali Leadership
[Shabelle] The Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, has fired the head of the country's intelligence unit over the disappearance of a female spy.
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Ethiopia: 90% Materials Ready By Now to Upcoming Election
[Ethiopian Herald] National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that it has prepared 90 percent of election materials required for the 6th round national general elections scheduled to take place in 2021.
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Zimbabwe: Election Watchdog Says ZEC Must Report to Parliament
[New Zimbabwe] Poll-based watchdog, Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) says there was need for the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) to report to parliament as opposed to the executive.
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Fighting for Freedom, One Person at a Time - Voice and Viewpoint
By Dr. John E. Warren, Publisher Now that the Fourth of July is over and we have all been reminded of what Frederick Douglas said and did, the cookouts are behind us, but so is the memory of the White Nationalists marching in the streets of Philadelphia with flags and faces covered. Let us now
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IEC appoints Dikgang Moseneke to look into the possible postponement of elections | News24
The IEC says elections preparations are at an advanced stage, but parties are divided over whether they can campaign freely and fairly under the current state of disaster.
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Greenbelt Voters Approve Reparations Commission
Voters in Greenbelt, Maryland, approved Tuesday for the city council to form a 21-member commission to assess reparations for Black and Native American residents. The post Greenbelt Voters Approve Reparations Commission appeared first on The Washington Informer.
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Kenya: Ruto Accuses Kenyatta of 'Dumping' Jubilee Voters
[Nairobi News] The political fallout between President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Deputy William Ruto is almost complete after the DP accused his boss of 'dumping' the eight million people who voted for him in the 2017 general elections.
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Dr Hinds is attempting to create an elections narrative that has no empirical basis
Dr. Hinds’ letter covered three broad themes and, at this time, I am limiting my response to the narrative he seeks to establish with respect to the credibility of the March 2, 2020
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Somalia to hold presidential vote in October | Africanews
Somalia will hold its presidential election on October 10, prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble announced Tuesday, bringing the Horn of Africa country closer to resolving its political crisis
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Guyana's chief elections officer wants clarification ahead of submitting report
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (CMC) - Guyana's Chief Elections Officer Keith Lowenfield yesterday failed to submit a report to the chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) that would have started the process of releasing the official results of the disputed March 2 regional and general election.
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Do not compromise on standards – MEC commissioner advises district elections team | Malawi 24 - Malawi news
Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) Commissioner Arthur Nanthulu has called on the District Elections Supervisory Team (DEST) for Nsanje District to ensure that all set procedures and guidelines are adhered to during next month's by elections. Speaking during an orientation meeting the electoral body
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Somali opposition leaders 'no longer recognise president' | News24
Somalia's opposition leaders have announced that they no longer recognise President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, after his term expired without a political agreement on a path toward elections to replace him.
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Why Trump vs. Biden is a lot like 2016 — and why it's not - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
The election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is less than three weeks away. Trump beat Hillary Clinton in 2016. Can he top Biden in 2020?
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Somalia: Building Back a Better Somalia With Access to Information Is Needed Now More Than Ever, Says Nusoj On the International Day for Universal Access to Information
[Shabelle] The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) joins the rest of the world in marking the International Day for Universal Access to Information under the theme "Building Back Better with Access to Information", and highlights the growing concerns over the access to information
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EFF accuse ANC of disrupting Gauteng by-election voting stations
ANC members have blocked roads in Naledi, Soweto, apparently in a bid to prevent voters from partiipating in local by-elections
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Date confirmed for WDFA Electoral Congress - Stabroek News
Adrian Giddings, Secretary of the West Demerara Football Association (WDFA), has announced that Friday September 3 is the date that has been confirmed for the organisation’s constitutionally mandated Electoral
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Ethiopia: The European Union Conspiracy to Delegitimize the June 5, 2021 Ethiopian Election Exposed!
[Ethiopian Herald] For months, I have been predicting and warning the U.S. and the European Union are locked in a conspiracy to delegitimize the June 5, 2021 Ethiopian parliamentary election. In my February 14, 2021 commentary, I laid out my case on the U.S. /E.U. conspiracy to "sabotage democratic
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Kenya: Multibillion-Shilling Tender Fights Derail Poll Planning
[Nation] The electoral agency is in a legal quagmire following vicious fights between multinationals over multibillion-shilling tenders for supply of materials.
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‘If Dr Phillips resign today, ... di PNP dead’ - JLP poses by-election threat if MP steps aside
“Absolute rubbish!” That was the sentiment of People’s National Party (PNP) supporters in Frog City to notions that the St Andrew East Central seat occupied by long-serving Member of Parliament Dr Peter Phillips could swing to the ruling Jamaica...
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Rowley invites Caricom, Commonwealth to observe Trinidad elections | New York Carib News
Prime Minister Dr. Keith Rowley has written to CARICOM Secretary-General Irwin La Rocque and Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland inviting them to send election observers to the upcoming general election on August 10.
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