1. IEC Close to Finalizing Biometric System for Election Day
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KABUL - A day after CEO Abdullah Abdullah said an agreement had been reached on the use of a biometric system in elections, the Independent Election Commission (IEC) said it is working on the issue and ...

2. Appeal court justices grant stay citing precedent, pave way for move to 25 wards in Toronto Ruling clears the way for the civic elections to proceed as Premier Doug Ford wished, with 25 wards instead of 47
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In 24 concise paragraphs, Ontario’s top court dissected and demolished a trial judge’s ruling that the province had violated the free speech of candidates and voters in Toronto by altering ward boundaries ...

3. Finance minister urges patience as home prices continue rising
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With prospects of early elections growing, the direction of home prices puts Kahlon in a sensitive position politically. His Kulanu Party won big in the 2015 elections on the promise of reversing a long-term ...

4. Sweden’s prime minister invites opposition to talks as far right makes election gains
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STOCKHOLM – Sweden’s anti-immigrant far right made gains in legislative elections Sunday and vowed to exert “real influence” as kingmaker, after both the left-wing and center-right blocs failed to obtain ...

5. Sweden PM invites opposition to talks as far-right make election gains
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Stockholm (AFP) - Sweden's anti-immigrant far-right made gains in legislative elections Sunday and vowed to exert "real influence" as kingmaker, after both the left-wing and centre-right blocs failed to ...

6. Sweden PM invites opposition to talks as far-right make election gains
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... — Sweden's anti-immigrant far-right made gains in legislative elections yesterday and vowed to.... Posted: 2018-09-10 03:48:00 Leggi tutto  ...

7. Germany’s Merkel sends PM ‘congratulations’ on poll win
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Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel became the first leader of a Western democracy to congratulate Prime Minister Hun Sen on his party’s landslide victory in the July 29 national elections, issuing a letter ...

8. Obama tells voters to step up or things could get worse
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ANAHEIM Former president Barack Obama says the November midterm elections will give Americans ‘‘a chance to restore some sanity in our politics,’’ taking another swipe at his successor as he raises his ...

9. Republicans, Trump, press economic message for November Source: Cox Media Group
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If there is one message that Republicans in Congress – and President Donald Trump – can agree on in the campaign for the 2018 mid-term elections, it is to remind voters at every opportunity about economic ...

10. Obama, on campaign swing, urges ‘sanity in our politics’
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ANAHEIM, Calif. Former President Barack Obama said Saturday that November midterm elections would give Americans “a chance to restore some sanity in our politics,” taking another swipe at his successor ...

11. Parties square off for top Parly seats
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Lincoln Towindo and Norman Muchemwa Zanu-PF has activated internal processes to select the party’s preferred candidates for presiding officers in the Ninth Parliament of Zimbabwe ahead of Tuesday’s elections. ...

12. The future is bright, says ED
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Farirai Machivenyika in Zvishavane The future is bright after the 2018 elections renewed the confidence of global powerhouses like China and the European Union in Zimbabwe, with the international community ...

13. 2019: Atiku Visits Makarfi, Seeks Support
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... aspirant under the PDP in the 2019 elections, said the visit was aimed at seeking the support of.... Posted: 2018-09-09 04:17:00 Leggi tutto  ...

14. Ready to cooperate with opposition on poll rigging allegations: Chaudhry Sep 08, 2018
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ISLAMABAD: Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry Saturday said that the government was ready to fully cooperate with the opposition to probe alleged rigging of elections. Reacting to Opposition Leader in ...

15. TRS Cabinet Meet at 1 PM; KCR May Announce Assembly Dissolution in Mega Public Meeting
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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao may announce dissolution of the state Assembly today, seven months ahead of its term, so that the polls may be held in December along with the elections in ...

16. Region Five independents target youth development
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SOME of the persons in Region Five who want to be elected independent councillors at the upcoming Local Government Elections 2018 will be campaigning with the welfare of youth as their priority. Guyana ...

17. CPRD Digitalizes Tazkira Registration Books To Prevent Fraud
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... entered distributed tazkiras in a database and to prevent frauds, they have given that to Independent Elections Commission (IEC). Posted: 2018-09-02 08:55:00 Leggi tutto  ...

18. Minneapolis poised to approve $1.2 million for voter outreach, new early vote centers
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... City Clerk and Chief Elections Official Casey Carl said the additional money will pay for.... Posted: 2018-08-31 03:54:00 Leggi tutto  ...

19. Alvi confident of smooth sailing in presidential polls
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Tariq Saeed. Peshawar. Sounding optimistic of winning the upcoming presidential elections with overwhelming majority, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf senior leader and candidate for the country’s presidentship ...

20. 2019 Elections How PACT crumbled before and after Fela Durotoye beat Moghalu to emerge consensus candidate
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On July 31, 2018, 18 presidential aspirants from a handful of parties met and resolved to form a strong coalition and support a consensus candidate for the 2019 presidential election. Identified as Presidential ...

21. Quebec elections: Couillard vows better access to family doctors, or else
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LAC-MÉGANTIC — Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard promised to ensure 90 per cent of Quebecers will have access to a family doctor Thursday, in part by applying more pressure on general practitioners he ...

22. Dausi attacks SKC on ‘one million jobs’: Chilima says DPP lacking vision
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... (SKC) pledge to create one million jobs if elected president in the 2019 Tripartite Elections. Posted: 2018-08-27 08:49:00 Leggi tutto  ...

23. CNE rejects AJUDEM's list of candidates - AIM report
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Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) on Thursday rejected the list of candidates for the Maputo Municipal Assembly presented by the civil society group “AJUDEM”. The AJUDEM list, for the municipal ...

24. Voter education campaign launched
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Mozambique’s National Elections Commission (CNE) on Saturday launched the voter education campaign in all 53 municipalities ahead of the municipal elections scheduled for 10 October. In Maputo City 165 ...

25. Nigerian newspapers: 10 things you need to know this Monday morning
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Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. The All Progressives Congress (APC) has won all the 27 chairmanship seats, in the just concluded Local Government elections in Imo State. ...

26. In Imo APC sweeps local government elections
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The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission (ISIEC) has declared candidates of the All Progressives Congress (APC) as winners of Saturday’s local government election across the state. Mr Ethelbert Ibebuchi ...

27. APC sweeps Imo local government elections
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Imo Governor Rochas Okorocha happy as APC sweeps Local Government elections. By Ugonne Uzoma. The Imo State Independent Electoral Commission has declared candidates of the All Progressives Congress as ...

28. APC sweeps council polls in Imo
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Gibson Achonu, Owerri. The ruling All Progressives Congress has swept the Local Government Chairmanship elections held on Saturday, as the party also secured 640 councilors out of the 645 wards. This was ...

29. Debate on simultaneous polls good for India, says PM Modi
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it was a “healthy sign for our democracy” that India was in the midst of a debate on holding state assembly elections at the same time as Lok Sabha elections, ...

30. What Buhari told Nigerian lawyers in Abuja
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... Elections. “Given the enormity of the challenges we inherited and the yearnings of a citizenry.... Posted: 2018-08-26 20:39:00 Leggi tutto  ...

31. Formidable opposition alliance can be stitched to defeat BJP in 2019: Chidambaram
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... "Let us form the alliance and let the elections take place. All of you want to know the answer even before the script is written," he said. Posted: 2018-08-26 08:51:00 Leggi tutto  ...

32. Cultural tourists [What Europe does for you]
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With European elections coming up in May 2019, you probably want to know how the European Union impacts your daily life, before you think about voting. In the latest in a series of posts on what Europe ...

33. Mnangagwa has his work cut out
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa will be sworn in today to begin his five-year term after the courts declared him the winner of the recent controversial elections and he faces an unenviable task of leading ...

34. Govt Distances Itself from Subramanian Swamy's 'Invade Maldives' Remark
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New Delhi: The government on Sunday distanced itself from remarks made by BJP MP Subramanian Swamy suggesting that India should invade the Maldives if rigging happens in the upcoming presidential elections ...

35. Most Canadians believe Russia is using social media to meddle in western elections: Nanos survey
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According to top U.S. intelligence officials, there is no question that the Russian government ordered a sophisticated campaign to meddle in the 2016 presidential election. With Canada’s federal election ...

36. Aremu calls for issues-based politics
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A frontline governorship aspirant for Kwara State in 2019 elections under the platform of the Labour Party, and a NEC Member of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) Issa Aremu has said the 2019 election should ...

37. Zambian President Lungu Petitioned Over Zimbabwe Rights Violations
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... harmonised elections. The civil society organisations, through a statement issued by their.... Posted: 2018-08-19 21:10:00 Leggi tutto  ...

38. Is it all a farce?
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Following the arrest of BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia, the party called for the forging of “national unity” with regard to holding free, fair, and credible elections. While there may not be a “politically ...

39. Feds poised to beef up bill to prevent foreign election interference
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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his newly shuffled cabinet will focus squarely on next year's election at a two-day retreat this week — including a hard look at the very laws governing elections. ...

40. Iraq's top court ratifies manual recount of May ballots
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BAGHDAD (AP) - Iraq's top court has ratified the results of the country's May parliamentary elections following a manual ballot recount ordered by the outgoing chamber following charges of irregularities. ...

41. Pakistan's Imran Khan sworn in as prime minister
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... on his behalf in last month's elections. Khan' s Tehreek-e-Insaf party won the most seats in the.... Posted: 2018-08-19 10:34:00 Leggi tutto  ...

42. Pakistan PM Imran Khan announces 20-member Cabinet, Qureshi gets foreign portfolio
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Khan's government will be the third consecutive democratic government in Pakistan since 2008 when military ruler Gen Pervez Musharraf announced elections after serving as president from 2001 to 2008.  ...

43. MEC target one million voters in South during fourth phase of registration
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MEC’s Chief Elections Officer (CEO), Sam Alfandika saidthe Commission has established reserve personnel who are meant to take over the centre operations whenever they are incapacitated to work due to various ...

44. Rick Scott turns to those he appointed for campaign cash
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'It smacks of pay-to-play.' TALLAHASSEE — Locked in one of the nation’s costliest elections, Republican Rick Scott is pulling campaign money not only from his own pocket and from major GOP national donors ...