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Just weeks before election day in the US, with millions of people voting already, the black vote is being attacked from every angle.
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NEC incompetency is fuelling constituency 110 re-run chaos and violence – Op-ed
Tcho-Gbabior Kenah: Sierra Leone Telegraph: 4 November 2020: For the third time in a row under two different commissioners, Sierra Leone’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) cannot conduct a peaceful and credible elections in just one constituency. In Constituency 110, Western Rural, elections
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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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Dr Alexis would have better served his clients by encouraging them to accept the reality of their electoral loss - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I first heard of Dr. Alexis during the infamous “34 is the majority of 65” No Confidence Motion, (NCM) case. The article Dr Alexis would have better served his clients by encouraging them to accept the reality of their electoral loss appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Foot Locker is Turning Stores Into Voter Registration Sites
Foot Locker will “Rock the Vote” at its stores this election year. In a press release, Foot Locker announced a partnership with Rock the Vote to utilize Foot Locker retail…
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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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'Ballot harvesting' targeted amid fight over voting rules - Black News Channel
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — As President Donald Trump's reelection campaign challenged Nevada's new voting law in court, the president and Republicans argued the rules would facilitate fraud and illegal voting. Chief among their criticisms was a provision allowing 'ballot
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Election chaos renews focus on gutted Voting Rights Act | The Atlanta Voice
But the meltdown was also a manifestation of a landmark Supreme Court case that gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights
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Vote Early, Vote Now | News | The Michigan Chronicle
November 3 is Election Day. Citizens across the state and the nation are paying close attention to this year’s unprecedented election. Up for grabs is the position of president as well as many other national, state and local positions. However, due to the coronavirus, many voters are questioning
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SPLC Announces $30 Million Investment to Increase Voter Registration
The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) today announced it is investing up to $30 million from its endowment in voter outreach organizations in the Deep South to increase voter registration and participation among people of color with a lower propensity to
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Tyler Perry Funds Black Voter Initiative In Florida
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Voting Delays, Long Lines Bring Chaos to Georgia Primaries
ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the fall. The states chief elections
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Quality and quantity of votes cast on March 2, 2020 have already passed the validity test
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McCoy files lawsuit against Forsyth County Board of Elections - WS Chronicle
Paula McCoy, the unaffiliated candidate running for a seat on the Winston-Salem City Council, has filed a lawsuit against the Forsyth County Board of Elections for their handling of the petition
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Two-in-one election? - Renewed calls for local gov’t, national polls to be held together in COVID-19 era
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Biden and Trump Agree Election Could be Corrupt - Black News Channel
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
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Voting focus could be legacy for latest wave of NBA activism - DefenderNetwork.com
NBA players are building on the framework of Colin Kaepernick’s protests during the national anthem that helped raise awareness about police brutality, efforts that have permeated the league since it restarted its season in Florida last month amid the coronavirus pandemic. But where
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Don’t get tricked – or intimidated – into giving away your vote - TSDMemphis.com
by Linda S. Wallace -  Fearful people are at work trying to undermine our democracy. Unfortunately, I’m not talking about Chinese or Russian agents. I’m referring to the neighbor next door who is so afraid of ending up on the losing side of the Nov. 3 presidential election that he/she/they view
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Burundi opposition files election petition
Burundian opposition leader Agathon Rwasa filed on Thursday a case at the constitutional court challenging the May 20 presidential election outcome, saying he had evidence of
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North Carolina's Black Voters Are Seeing Their Mail-in Vote Rejected Again
A new study of 2018 mail-in absentee ballot data found ballots mailed-in by Black voters were rejected at more than twice the rate of any other race.
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The Power of the Women Vote - New Orleans Data News Weekly
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 [...] The post The Power of the Women Vote appeared first on New Orleans Data News Weekly.
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Democrats call on governor to seek resignation of Stu Soffer from the Jefferson County Election Commission - African American News Today - EIN News
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2020 Election Live Updates: Trump Dismisses Fauci as a ‘Disaster’ in Call With Campaign Staff
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PPP/C declared winner on Guyana elections | New York Carib News
The PPP/C has emerged the winner of March 2, 2020, General and Regional Elections following the national recount of the final ballot box (#4877) from Region 4 (Demerara-Mahaica).
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My prediction is that APNU+AFC will not give up - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, There is no mystery regarding the electoral defeat of the APNU+AFC at the 2020 elections. The article My prediction is that APNU+AFC will not give up appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Opinion: Voting is the Centerpiece of Our Democracy
August 6 is the 55th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act. If the constitutional amendments passed after the Civil War — the 13, 14 and 15th Amendments — were the “second founding” of democracy in America, the Voting Rights Act, which after nearly a century of segregation gave legal effect to the
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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
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'There is a voter-suppression wing': An ugly American tradition clouds the 2020 presidential race - African American News Today - EIN Presswire
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