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Young supporters of Guinean opponent Cellou Dalien Diallo, who has declared himself the winner of the presidential election, clashed with police on Wednesday in the Wanindara district of the country's capital Conakry.
African election monitors said Tuesday that Guinea's weekend election was conducted properly, but the political opposition to incumbent Alpha Conde, which has already claimed victory, dismissed it as fraudulent.
Preliminary results for four of the country's 38 voting districts released by electoral commission chief Kabinet Cisse late Tuesday showed a strong lead for Conde over his main challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo, who had claimed victory Monday.
In three of the four districts, Conde secured more than the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff vote, although an electoral commission official told AFP it was "impossible to extrapolate" to the final national result, expected later this week.
"Alpha Conde is doing everything possible to change ballot-box results in his favour" Diallo's campaign director Fode Oussou Fofana had earlier told reporters in the capital Conakry.
The opposition campaign has been setting the stage for an election dispute, with Fofana accusing the government of "large-scale fraud" in counting ballots from the hotly contested October 18 poll.
Conde, 82, is seeking a controversial third presidential term, a move that has triggered months of deadly unrest in the West African nation.
- Augustin Matata Ponyo, the African Union's head of mission in Guinea, said the ballot took place "in transparency" while the head of the West African ECOWAS monitoring mission said the vote was lawful.
Celebrations in Conakry of Diallo's self-proclaimed victory quickly descended into violent clashes with security forces, in which several youngsters were shot dead, opposition officials said.
Meanwhile in a seeming response to Diallo's self-proclaimed win, security forces dressed in riot gear surrounded his house in the capital. He tweeted that he was trapped inside.
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Security forces killed dozens of people in protests against a Conde third term, which began in October last year--.
Although polling day was mostly calm, Diallo's self-proclaimed election victory has ratched up tensions in the former French colony of some 13 million people.
The government insists the vote was fair and that only the official electoral authority can declare the results.
Conde's RPG party also called Diallo's move "irresponsible and dangerous" on Monday.
The international community is concerned too. The United Nations, African Union, and the 15-nation ECOWAS called the premature declaration of results "regrettable", in a joint statement on Monday.
"This state of affairs is not conducive to preserving calm," the statement said.
But on Tuesday, the communications director for Diallo's UFDG party, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, said the party's own analysis of polling data collected from individual stations showed the opposition leader had won over 50 percent of the vote
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Q: Can I vote in person at the US Embassy or at the US Consular Agency on election day?�A: No. Neither the US Embassy nor the US Consular Agency are polling places. You must register to vote and request an absentee ballot to vote from Jamaica. Visit FVAP.gov to register to vote, request a ballot, and more.�
Photos by Angela 'Angie B' Beasley NEW ORLEANS—On Saturday, Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Dem Girls Vote, an initiative of Power Woman, founded by Dr. Debra Morton, hosted an Early Voting Drive-in [...]
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In an unprecedented 115 days after General and Regional Elections were held in Guyana, a declaration is yet to be made electing a new President.
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Wisconsin voters are left with two options: requesting an absentee ballot online or voting on election day.
According to USA Today, “Trump, who has railed against vote-by-mail for weeks, took his assault a step further Wednesday, threatening to withhold federal funds from Michigan if it “illegally” sends absentee ballot applications to the state’s citizens before its primary Aug. 4 and the election Nov. 3.
Multiple news report also stated that most secretaries of state said they made the proactive move to send applications not only to educate voters about the option but to encourage them to vote by mail to avoid the health risks of voters flocking to polling sites and standing in long lines on election night.
To rely solely on voters to apply for an absentee ballot online assumes all Wisconsinites have access to quality internet service—and we know this to be an issue for people across our state, especially individuals in rural communities without broadband access.
To only require everyone to stand in line and vote only on election day places the community at much greater risk of contracting COVID-19; and having only a mail-in ballot option is subject to human error due to hiccups with postal mail, human interaction and adequate processing time.
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 County under the age of 65 will receive vote-by-mail […]
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By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden, have found something they agree on: The November election could be rife with corruption because of how officials handle the voting process. Of course, the Republican incumbent and his Democratic rival place the prospective blame in different places. Each points at the others party. I really, really, really believe were on the cusp of what could be the most corrupt process that weve seen in a general election if we dont monitor this every single second, Biden told donors Tuesday evening as he []
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(Jamaica Gleaner) 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 Elizabeth South West.
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ANTHONY Williams, attorney for People's National Party (PNP) Clarendon North Western candidate Richard Azan, says, based on the 1,107 ballots rejected in the September 3 General Election, it would be 'foolhardy' not to seek a magisterial recount in that constituency.His comments come ahead of the start of the exercise in the Clarendon Parish Court in Chapelton, this morning, at the behest of the PNP.
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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...
Today, the Georgia Election Protection Coalition released a joint statement about the Georgia State Board of Elections’ rules amendments ahead of the August 11th runoff. The rules, which allow counties to set up 24/7 absentee ballot drop boxes for the runoff and give counties the ability to begin processing absentee ballots ahead of election day, will give more Georgians the Continue reading \"Georgia Voting Rights Activists: Expansion Of Absentee Voting Drop Boxes Is Important, But More Can Be Done\"
Prince George's County State's Attorney Aisha Braveboy announced a voting initiative Wednesday to ensure those incarcerated participate in the Nov. 3 general election.
A USPS mailer with incorrect information is causing confusion in dozens of states.
Kentucky voters turned out in record numbers for the primary election Tuesday, even as the threat of the novel coronavirus pandemic lingered, thanks to a hotly contested Democratic Senate race and an expanded vote-by-mail program, which generated unprecedented enthusiasm in Bluegrass State politics.
The Democratic Senate primary between progressive state Rep. Charles Booker and retired Marine fighter pilot Amy McGrath drove voters out in numbers Kentucky hasn’t seen since 920,000 people cast ballots in the 2008 presidential primary fight between Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
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A sign directs voters on primary election day in Louisville, Kentucky, Tuesday.
A voter completes her ballot on primary election day in Louisville Tuesday.
Lexington and Louisville both offered free public transit shuttles to polling locations, but the reliance on solitary voting centers still made it more difficult for voters with limited transportation options to vote ― a fact Kentucky needs to reckon with even if there is no clear and intentional effort to suppress the vote.
$10 million “Get Out The Vote” program to launch next week Washington, D.C. — LCV Victory Fund today announced that the organization and affiliated entities including LCV’s network of state affiliates, will invest at least $100 million this election cycle to defeat Trump, elect Joe Biden the next president of the United States, and elect […]
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State Rep. Regina Goodwin and State Senator Kevin Matthews will return to work having no one opposing them.
Rep. Goodwin was first elected to the house of representative’s district 73 in 2015.
“Serving great Oklahomans through the grievous times of a deadly pandemic and uplifting lives remains my challenge, privilege and blessing,” stated Rep. Regina Goodwin.
We have voted in a cost of living increase for state retirees, public service workers, teachers, firemen and police.
Sen. Matthews was first elected to the state house of representative’s district 73 in 2012 and followed that up with a successful election as State Senator of District 11.
AMY TAXIN | Associated Press The state Republican Party has removed their unstaffed, unofficial ballot drop boxes that state officials deemed illegal, California's secretary of state said Friday, and subpoenas are being issued to get more information about them as the state attorney general looks into possible election law violations. Republicans confirmed they had yanked […]
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By Sophia Eppolito Associated Press/Report for America SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Sen. Mitt Romney said Friday that politicians attacking the vote by mail system are threatening global democracy but stopped short of criticizing President Donald Trump, who has been openly against an expected surge of mail-in ballots. The United States must stand as an example to more fragile democratic nations to show that elections can be held in a free and fair manner, Romney said. He urged the federal government to make every effort to ensure that people are able to vote in the general election this November. 'That's […]
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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 as many California residents have participated in […]
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