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Confident Hanna leads by 50
At the end of the second day of the magisterial recount for the St Ann South Eastern constituency, the People’s National Party’s (PNP) Lisa Hanna is leading the Jamaica Labour Party’s (JLP) Delroy Granston by 50 votes. With 96 of the 126 boxes...
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Mitt Romney slams politicians attacking mail-in voting - Black News Channel
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
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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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Georgia Republicans are bent on keeping Trump’s Big Lie alive - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
… . Since at least the 1990s, African Americans have often voted together, after …
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'The truth is, our elections are very, very secure' | Winthrop professor debunks basis for restrictive voting laws
Flashpoint hears from a professor who maintains that elections in the U.S. are very secure.
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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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Atlanta mayor fights back on new voting laws | New Pittsburgh Courier
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms uses Executive Authority to Expand Access to Voting, Mitigating Impact of Voting Restrictions of SB 202 Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms issued an Administrative Order to ensure every Atlanta resident has an opportunity to exercise their right to vote. The Order directs the
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Black churches mobilizing voters despite virus challenges
New York (AP) – For the Rev. Jimmy Gates Sr., the 2008 presidential election year was one to remember – and not just because it ...
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‘Jim Crow in the 21st Century’: Republican lawmakers working to turn back the clock on voting  | Chicago Defender
by Barrington M. Salmon For New Pittsburgh Courier (TriceEdneyWire.com)—Donald Trump no longer occupies the White House, but he continues to cast a long shadow over one crucial aspect of politics: access to free and fair elections in the United States. After election results last November showed
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US Election: State of Georgia expecting a vote recount
Now, at the end of US Election race, Georgia's Secretary of State announced that a vote recount is expected. Here's what you need to know.
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Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills
Liberal activists are stepping up calls for corporate America to denounce Republican efforts to tighten state voting laws, and businesses... View Article The post Pressure mounts on corporations to denounce GOP voting bills appeared first on TheGrio.
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Urban League’s Souls to the Polls provides transportation for general municipal election
… Institute, a nonprofit funded by African American trade unionists dedicated to racial … have to ask ourselves as African Americans do we wish to be …
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Voting problems persist in Metro Atlanta during Georgias primary | The Atlanta Voice
This morning, the City of Atlanta awakened with expected issues stemming from long lines, voting machines not working, and voters unable to vote because they discovered they were in the wrong polling location. Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms tweeted, voters in line at Ralph Bunche precinct, one
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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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Black voters: We are top targets of voter suppression 'information warfare' - Dallas Examiner
By BEN JEALOUS People For the American Way Black voters have a powerful role to play in this year’s elections. That’s why we are being targeted by disinformation campaigns that are meant to
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Georgia Officials Add 2 Voting Sites In Cobb County After Voter Suppression Claims
The news comes after voting rights activists again accused election officials of voter suppression, voicing concerns that lack of accessibility limits access for Black and Latino voters.
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Can I vote at the US Embassy for the upcoming election?
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
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Trump demands ‘these votes must not count’ after California opens poll site in heavily Black area
President Donald Trump demanded that votes from a new voting location in a Los Angeles suburb with a large black population “must not count” as he lashed out at California for its attempts to make it easier Americans to
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Poll watchers emerge as a flashpoint in battle over ballots - Black News Channel
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY and ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press Election officials in key battleground states pushed back on claims by the Trump campaign that Republican poll watchers were being improperly denied access to observe the counting of ballots, saying Thursday that rules were being
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Kerry Washington Defends Eva Longoria Saying Latinas Are The ‘Real Heroines’ Of The Election
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Y'All Better Vote! | The Florida Star | The Georgia Star
By the time you read this you should have already voted in the Primary Election during Florida’s two week early voting period, August 3-16, 2020. Voting in 2020 is more important than ever. The nonsenses that we have tolerated over the past four years must come to a stop … If you are 18 and older
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Fact check: Almost every single one of Trump's debate claims about mail-in voting was wrong | The Atlanta Voice
President Donald Trump lied about a wide variety of topics - including health care, the economy and the coronavirus pandemic - during Tuesday's presidential debate. But he was especially dishonest on the subject of voting by mail. Almost every single claim Trump made during the debate segment about
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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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EOJ crafts COVID rules for election day
Jamaicans gearing up to cast their ballot are being urged to wear masks when they vote on election day but Director of Elections Glasspole Brown said that those in breach will not be turned away from polling stations. Instead, Electoral Office of...
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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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There should be no time wasting in having Lowenfield removed - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, 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.  The article There should be no time wasting in having Lowenfield removed appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Dr Alexis would have better served his clients by encouraging them to accept the reality of their electoral loss
While any primary school child would tell you that 33 is greater than 32, educated minds appearing at the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) were complicating the simple: Dr. Alexis posited arguments to interpret the  term “majority” in Article 106 of the Constitution of Guyana to mean “absolute
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Goodwin And Matthews Unopposed In Re-Election Bids | The Oklahoma Eagle
State Rep. Regina Goodwin and State Senator Kevin Matthews will return to work having no one opposing
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GOP lawmakers seek tougher voting rules after record turnout - DefenderNetwork.com
Republican lawmakers in statehouses across the country are moving swiftly to attack some of the voting methods that fueled the highest turnout for a presidential electionin 50 years. Although most legislative sessions are just getting underway, the Brennan Center for Justice, a pu
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Compton Community College District Has Two Board of Trustees Seats Up for Election in November - Los Angeles Sentinel
The Compton Community College District (CCCD) has two positions open on the Board of Trustees that will be elected by area voters during the upcoming General Election to be held on November 3, 2020. Applicants interested in running for a CCCD Board of Trustees position may find election and
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