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District 2 Candidate Clinton Edminster Announces New Absentee Ballot Request Initiative | The Savannah Tribune
Candidate for 2nd District County Commissioner Clinton Edminster is working with businesses across the district to provide Absentee Ballot Request forms for eligible voters leading up to the August 11th runoff. Forms will be placed in rain-proof brochure boxes installed outside businesses at
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Source: The Savannah Tribune
US hopes for speedy, credible end to recount - Pompeo
We look forward to a quick and credible conclusion to the vote recount in Guyana”, Pompeo said during his opening statement at a news conference at the State Department on the Release of the 2019 International Religious Freedom Report where he was joined by Sam Brownback, the Ambassador at Large
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
GDF will support democratically elected gov’t - Stabroek News
The Guyana Defence Force (GDF) will support a democratically-elected government, newly-appointed acting Chief Staff, Brigadier Godfrey Bess yesterday said. The article GDF will support democratically elected gov’t appeared first on Stabroek News.
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Honoring our ancestors
Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D. By Goliath J. Davis, III, Ph.D., Contributor ST. PETERSBURG - We are in a season where more than ever, we should honor our ancestors by resisting all attempts to dissuade us from exercising a right they all fought for, and many died to make it a reality. I am speaking
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Georgia’s Primary Fiasco Is A Bad Sign For Election Day 2020
Which, by the way, seemed to go off without a hitch (or, with plenty of them, depending on who you ask) on Tuesday when certain voters arrived at polling places with either faulty equipment or none at all, resulting in hours-long lines and unbelievable delays to cast ballots in the
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Georgia Voting Rights Activists: Expansion Of Absentee Voting Drop Boxes Is Important, But More Can Be Done | The Savannah Tribune
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
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Source: The Savannah Tribune
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Coalition went willingly into the hell it made and now pretends at being surrounded by a halo - Stabroek News
Dear Editor, I hear of the many massive frauds that monopolized our elections, as detected in the concluded recount process.  The article Coalition went willingly into the hell it made and now pretends at being surrounded by a halo appeared first on Stabroek News.
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GECOM must act only on `valid’ votes cast – APNU+AFC
The governing APNU+AFC coalition today insisted that GECOM must act only on “valid” votes cast at the March 2nd general elections even though there is no basis for discarding votes which were counted on the night of the polls and during an exhaustive
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
LWVSPA launched a multi-part campaign to help citizens get ready to vote by mail
Jabari Reed-Diop (AKA iBoms) and well-known St. Pete mural artist Derek Donnelly produced a Vote By Mail mural on the large west wall of Enoch Davis Community Center. ST. PETERSBURG — The League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg Area (LWVSPA) had to stop doing in-person voter registration and
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LWVSPA launched a multi-part campaign to help citizens get ready to vote by mail
ST. PETERSBURG — The League of Women Voters of St. Petersburg Area (LWVSPA) had to stop doing in-person voter registration and education events in mid-March; their last outing was helping clients at Daystar Life Center on March
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Quality and quantity of votes cast on March 2, 2020 have already passed the validity test
It is utterly disgusting to have read the words of caretaker President Granger as per news release, “The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to insist that the elections be decided not just on quantity of votes cast but on the quality of those
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Source: Stabroek News - Guyana's Most Trusted Newspaper
Absentee voting for 2020 primary election is open
For the 2020 state primary, absentee ballots must be postmarked by election day (August 11, 2020) and received by August
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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act
Over the past seven years, states and localities have reverted to discriminatory practices that restrict the voting rights of Black, Brown, Native, and Asian American people and have put up unnecessary roadblocks to the
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OAS shades Lowenfield as ‘obstacle’ to declaration of poll results - Stabroek News
While not naming Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield, the Organization of American States yesterday said that one of the principal obstacles to the declaration of a result from Guyana’s March 2 elections is “a person whose duty it is to defend Guyana’s democracy through ensuring respect for the
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Allegheny County reports 87 new COVID-19 cases, 9 new hospitalizations and 1 new death | New Pittsburgh Courier
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, Aug. 8, bringing the county total to 8,796 reported cases, with nine new hospitalizations and one new … Continued
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Georgetown Chamber urges all parties to support timely completion of recount
The Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry which is an accredited observer at the National Recount of votes today urged all parties to support the rapid conclusion of the recount
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Mozambique held its general elections on Oct. 15, 2014. The ruling party, FRELIMO, kept its majority in parliament. FRELIMO took 144 out of 250 seats while the opposition party, Renamo, took 89 seats. FRELIMOs candidate, Filipe Nyusi, was elected president, receiving 57.03% of the vote. Afonso
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GECOM Chair says yes to votes from 29 challenged ballot boxes
GECOM Chair says yes to votes from 29 challenged ballot boxes -stage set for deliberations on certification
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Push Back by Republicans after Trump Floats Idea of Delaying Elections - Houston Forward Times

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Legislature needs to provide counties, voters with guidance on how Californians will be voting in November Voice and Viewpoint
By Kammi Foote Kim Alexander Special to CalMatters The November election is just five months away, yet there is still uncertainty about how Californians will be voting during the COVID-19 pandemic. Counties and voters need guidance now, before we run out of time to make necessary changes to have
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Imperative that District Four be completed soonest
The smart thing to do right now is for GECOM to focus their attention on ensuring all the ballots in the Electoral District number four, which had not one, but two fraudulent declarations, are
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When We All Vote | The Oklahoma Eagle
In the 2016 election, almost half of eligible voters did not cast a ballot, and in local elections, the statistics are even more alarming — fewer than 15% of eligible voters turned out to elect the mayors and councilmembers who make decisions every day that directly impact their
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County promises shorter lines for November voting
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will use new technology to help voters track wait times and speed check-in at polls this November, in addition to sending vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter in hopes of limiting the potential spread of COVID-19, officials said June
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Tanzania: Opposition Parties in Tanzania Claim New Election Rules Flawed
Dar es Salaam — Opposition parties Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo yesterday outlined flaws in the ongoing review of election regulations, which, they say, may jeopardise the October General
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Don't spread election paranoia: American elections aren't rigged
… and local election officials kept African Americans from voting through horrendous means … Rights Act immediately increased median African American voter registration in the region …
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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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Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé Knowles Carter, Mothers of the Movement Urge Senate to Pass HEROES Act
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Uganda: NRM Split Over Mode of Voting in Primaries
[Monitor] The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is struggling to come up with a common mode of voting in their party primaries to identify their candidates for different elective positions in the 2021 General Election.
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SPLC Announces $30 Million To Help Register Southern Voters Of Color
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Blacks vote in municipal election in Alexandria, Virginia
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