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Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election
President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what...
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Source: Jamaica Gleaner
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Uganda: 2021 Election - Uganda Opts for Virtual Campaigns
Candidates seeking electoral positions in Uganda's general election due early next year will have to conduct their campaigns without physical contact as dictated by Covid-19 social and physical distancing, the Electoral Commission has
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Freezing of oil funds among possible sanctions if will of the people subverted - Stabroek News
Jose Cardenas, a political consultant based in Washington, DC, yesterday said that Guyana’s current political situation is “troublesome” and it paves the way for sanctions to be imposed and restrictions can also be placed on the country’s oil funds if the will of the people is not
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Movement for Black Lives seeks sweeping legislative changes | The Atlanta Voice
Proposed federal legislation that would radically transform the nation’s criminal justice system through such changes as eliminating agencies like the Drug Enforcement Administration and the use of surveillance technology is set to be unveiled Tuesday by the Movement for Black Lives. Dubbed the
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Source: The Atlanta Voice
Errors raise questions over 2017 polls
Glaring errors in the results of the August 8, 2017, General Election, published on the website of the Independent Election and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), have kicked up a storm, with leaders calling for a reorganisation of the commission before the proposed referendum and the 2022 General
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Malawi: Law Expert Says Ansah Resignation May Delay Malawi Elections
A law expert has said the resignation of Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC) chairperson Jane Ansah just weeks into a crucial presidential election has plunged the country into yet another electoral
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CCJ to hear Guyana's election case on July 1 | New York Carib News
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) — The Trinidad-based Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) Thursday said it has given no indication as to whether or not it has jurisdiction to hear an appeal filed by the two senior members of the main opposition People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) in relation to
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Study: Up to 84,118 K-12 students in Indiana may lack internet access at home | The Crusader Newspaper Group
When K-12 classes start in the next month across Indiana, school teachers may have students whose educational achievement suffered due to the lack of internet access during the pandemic, says a new policy brief from Ball State University. “How Many School-Age Children Lack Internet Access in
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Locust swarm destroys crops in Kenya as millions face hunger
A swarm of desert locusts following a poor harvest season has added to fears about a lack of food for millions in Kenya, as the country grapples with the effects of
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Jamaica to benefit from $498m under Canada-Caricom fund
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APNU+AFC must have new MPs to serve it in opposition - Stabroek News

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Major crime hot spot left out of August Town ZOSO boundaries
A major crime hot spot in Greater August Town, Payton Place, has seemingly not been included in the area declared a zone of special operations (ZOSO) by Prime Minister Andrew Holness yesterday.Just over a month ago two brothers 36-year-old Demar Francis and 25-year-old Robert Clarke were fatally
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Recount has finished one stage and moved into another
All Guyana deserve a credible outcome not by Mr. Jagdeo’s sudden love and respect for GECOM Chair Justice Claudette Singh but consistent with the
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The Court granted to David and the Coalition nothing of substance or value
Shortly after the decision by the Court of Appeal in the case brought by Eslyn David vs. GECOM in which a number of others were joined, the Office of the Prime Minister issued a statement which concluded “that on the basis of the valid votes, the incumbent Coalition Government will be re-elected
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Liberia: Civil Society Organizations At Odds Over Changing Mid-Term Elections Date to December
The Election Coordinating Committee of Mr. Oscar Bloh and the Liberia Election Observation Network (LEON) represented by Mr. Augustine Tamba and Mr. Amose Williams were in
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Jagdeo calls on GECOM to push for Carter Center’s return
General Secretary of the People’s Progressive Party (PPP) Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to request the return of international observers for the ongoing recount of votes from the March 2 polls, while saying that the three-member CARICOM team that has
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Non credible Region Four vote count compromised integrity of March 2 polls, EU observers say
In their final report on the March 2nd polls, the European Union Election Observer Mission (EU EOM) has said that the integrity of the entire electoral process was “seriously compromised” by vote count in Region Four and has cited the senior Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) officials for acting
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CARICOM dismayed at new developments in Guyana | New York Carib News
She added further that Caricom “is concerned at reports that the chief elections officer has submitted a report to the Guyana Elections Commission [GECOM] which is contrary to the directions given by the commission, and which does not reflect the results of the recount process as certified by the
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Brazil to become testing ground for COVID-19 vaccine
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AFP) Brazil may be struggling in its battle against the novel coronavirus, but it is on the cutting edge of vaccine development with large-scale trials and the production of millions of doses on the horizon.
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Uganda: COVID-19 Disrupts 2021 Elections Plan
All planned Election Commission (EC) activities between March and May 2020, including elections for Special Interest Groups (SIG), have been suspended until further
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Burundi's Nkurunziza hails chosen successor's election victory
Burundi's longtime President Pierre Nkurunziza has congratulated the governing party's hand-picked successor on a "large victory" in the country's presidential election, though the main opposition has pledged to contest the result in
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China's Inner Mongolia region reports bubonic plague case
BEIJING, China (AP) While China appears to have reduced coronavirus cases to near zero, other infectious threats remain, with local health authorities announcing a suspected bubonic plague case in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
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Open letter to Prime Minister Mia Mottley & the citizens of CARICOM | New York Carib News
Without seizing herself of the full set of facts, Prime Minister Mottley, in her capacity as CARICOM Chairman, jumped into Guyana’s elections politics, like a bull in a China shop, to support her friend Bharrat Jagdeo, leader of the opposition People’s Progressive Party
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State primary is June 9
As early voting wraps up this week, the state of Georgia is preparing for its primary election slated for Tuesday, June
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Voting patterns in St Mary SE since 1989
YEAR JLP PNP NDM UPP1989 Alva Ross 6,476 Harry Douglas 7,3191993 Alva Ross 5,342 Harry Douglas 5,7551997 Don Creary 4,976 Harry Douglas 6,470 Lorane Ferguson 5562002 Tarn Peralto 5,772 Harry Douglas 6,129 Lorane Ferguson 28 Donovan Patrick Harris 3 2007 Tarn Peralto 6,959 Harry Douglas 6,9252011
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Voting situation today in Fulton and DeKalb called unacceptable | Atlanta Daily World
Statement from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger on Investigation into Fulton and Dekalb County Elections Processes: The voting situation today in certain precincts in Fulton and Dekalb counties is unacceptable. My office has opened an investigation to determine what these counties need
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Former ACP boss decries lack of official result in Guyana's elections
GEORGTOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Former secretary general of the African Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), Dr Patrick I Gomes says it is “shameful” that four months after a regional and general election, voters in Guyana are yet to know the official
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Aubyn Hill is new JLP treasurer
THE Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) yesterday announced the appointment of Senator Aubyn Hill as treasurer for the party, effective June 30. According to a JLP release, Senator Hill, whose appointmnent was approved by the party's Standing Committee, brings to the table a wealth of experience in
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Today's Horoscope - July 6
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, July 6, 2020: Passionate and magnetic, you draw your object of desire straight toward you. This year, you do this with a project and it is fantastically successful. Personally, you do best by keeping it light, but that only comes with time. If single, you may be fixated
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Jefferson-Jenkins, Carolyn (1952 - )
In 1994 Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins of Colorado Springs, Colorado, was elected the first African American president of the National League of Women Voters.  She became at that time the 15th president of the League in its 74 year history. A native of Ohio, Dr. Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins majored in
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