Mali: Benchmarks Needed To Hold Elections in July

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Election News Editor

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[Bridges Institute]Mali burst onto the international scene in January 2012 when disgruntled fighters returning from Libya renewed their interest in a separate state carved from territory in northern Mali. Their success in destabilizing the north led to a March coup, UN resolutions, the formation of an ECOWAS force, a French intervention, kidnapping and chaos in Amenas, Algeria, internal …

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U.S.casts doubt on credibility of Iranian election

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Election News Editor

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By Arshad Mohammed TEL AVIV (Reuters) – The United States on Friday called into question the credibility of Iran’s presidential election next month, criticising the disqualification of candidates and accusing Tehran of disrupting Internet access. On a visit to Israel, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry also warned that time was running out to resolve the deadlock over Iran’s contested nuclear …

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Obama to embark on first major African tour in June

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Election News Editor

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US President Barack Obama to visit South Africa, Senegal and Tanzania, but politics appears to have dashed any hope of him reconnecting with his Kenyan roots

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Scytl Acquires E-Parliament Solution Provider PressVote

Posted on May 21, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Scytl, the worldwide leader in secure online voting and election modernization, has announced today the acquisition of PressVote, a leading provider of modernization solutions for parliaments, assemblies and legislative bodies.

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Presidential limbo in Algeria a year before election

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Official silence about the health of Algeria’s ailing leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika, hospitalised in France last month, has fed the rumour mill over presidential elections due in less than a year.

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Andrew Grice: Friends abroad, but blood-scenting rivals at home

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Election News Editor

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It has been a topsy-turvy week. David Cameron headed off to the United States for a trip that should have been a spin-doctor’s dream. It turned into a nightmare. He was dogged by events back home as Eurosceptic Conservative MPs caused mayhem in his absence

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Barack Obama accused of cover-up over tax-targeting scandal

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Freshly forced from his job by an increasingly defensive President Barack Obama, the man at the heart of a swirling tax-scandal denied to members of Congress yesterday that the Internal Revenue Service’s extra scrutiny of conservative political groups in the run-up to the 2012 election was politically motivated. Related Stories Obama accused of cover-up over tax-targeting scandal ‘Hatchet …

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Obama accused of cover-up over tax-targeting scandal

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Freshly forced from his job by an increasingly defensive President Barack Obama, the man at the heart of a swirling tax-scandal denied to members of Congress yesterday that the Internal Revenue Service’s extra scrutiny of conservative political groups in the run-up to the 2012 election was politically motivated. Related Stories ‘Hatchet hitcher’ who went viral is charged with murder Not quite …

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Zimbabwe PM confident he'll oust Mugabe in vote

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Zimbabwe Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai said Friday he is poised to sweep to victory in upcoming presidential elections and return the nation to the world community after years of isolation. “We …

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Obama embarrassed by IRS controversy

Posted on May 17, 2013 by Election News Editor

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U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday assumed an “angry” avatar to limit the damage to his administration’s reputation after it was revealed that in May 2012, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS)…

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Zimbabwe media expect fresh onslaught before vote

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Zimbabwean journalists are no strangers to harassment, but as fresh presidential elections near, there is a gloomy sense the media is being thrust back into the firing line.

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Nawaz Sharif free to rule Pakistan without unwieldy coalition

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Election News Editor

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By Nick Macfie ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif won enough seats in Saturday’s parliamentary election that he won’t need to form a coalition with other major parties to push through badly needed reforms, final figures showed on Thursday. Sharif’s Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) won 124 of a total 272 seats, with its nearest rival, the Pakistan People’s Party …

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Rights groups condemn Azerbaijan over Internet defamation bill

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Election News Editor

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By Margarita Antidze TBILISI (Reuters) – Human rights groups criticised Azerbaijan on Wednesday for legislation that will make defamation over the Internet a criminal offence punishable by imprisonment ahead of a presidential election in the tightly controlled nation. Amnesty International and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) accused the oil-producing former Soviet …

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Ghana: Supreme Court Fixes May 16 to Hear Motion

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Election News Editor

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[Ghanaian Chronicle]The Supreme Court (SC) hearing the election petition filed to challenge the validity of the declaration of President John Dramani Mahama as winner of the December 2012 presidential election has fixed May 16, this year, to handle a motion placed before it for their attention.

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VIDEO: Presidential Address By President Goodluck Jonathan On The Declaration Of A State Of Emergency In Borno, Yobe …

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Dear compatriots: 1. It has become necessary for me to address you on the recent spate of terrorist activities and protracted security challenges in some parts of the country, particularly in Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Gombe, Bauchi, Kano, Plateau and most recently Bayelsa, Taraba, Benue and Nasarawa states. These unfortunate events have led to needless loss of lives and property of many innocent …

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B.C. election has been NDP's to lose; Liberals' to survive

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Voters in British Columbia go to the polls today in what was the provincial New Democrats’ election to lose.

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Opposition calls for the disruption of Swazi elections

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Voters have begun registering for elections in Swaziland, Africa’s last absolute monarchy, with unions calling for a boycott of a “rubber-stamp” poll.

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A new rainbow nation

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Election News Editor

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MAY 13 — Can early ethnic inequality lead to institutionalised injustice later, and eventually result in an overall unbalance for a melting pot country? When foreigners look at the United States, they see a kaleidoscope of American colours (black, white, yellow, brown), ethnicities (Italians, Indians, Chinese, Arabs) and religions (Christians, …

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Last-minute entry transforms Iranian race

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani threw himself into Iran’s election race on Saturday as a flurry of heavyweight candidates rushed to beat the registration deadline in the most unpredictable contest for decades.Iranian media reported that Rafsanjani – a relative moderate – had registered for the June 14 presidential election with just minutes to spare. His candidacy radically alters what …

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Group: Iran jails journalists as election looms

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Iran has launched a campaign to intimidate and imprison journalists ahead of the June 14 presidential election, according to a new report from a New York-based advocacy group.

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Khamenei adviser enters Iran's presidential contest

Posted on May 10, 2013 by Election News Editor

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DUBAI (Reuters) – An adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei joined the presidential race on Friday, with authorities keen to make the June vote a peaceful contrast to the upheaval that followed the disputed 2009 poll. Reformist groups have been suppressed or sidelined since then and the next president is likely to be picked from among a handful of politicians known for fealty to …

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Son of former Pakistan PM kidnapped at gunpoint during election rally

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Election News Editor

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The son of former Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani was kidnapped at gunpoint during an election rally on Thursday, officials said.Ali Haider Gilani, whose father was prime minister from 2008 to 2012, was seized by several armed men in Multan in central Pakistan. The Gilanis are members of the liberal PPP party.Punjab government official Rao Iftikhar Ahmad told The Associated Press that …

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Obama called 'chief of devils'

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Election News Editor

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CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela brushed off criticism from President Barack Obama on Sunday and maintained its accusation that an American detainee in Caracas is a spy pretending to be a filmmaker.

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Madagascar election set for July despite mediator's unease

Posted on May 5, 2013 by Election News Editor

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By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – Madagascar will go ahead with a planned presidential election in July, an international mediator said on Sunday, days after the leader of the Indian Ocean island reneged on a promise not to run. Andry Rajoelina, who seized power in a coup in 2009, had said in January he would not put his name forward, bowing to pressure from regional powers to stand …

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Fund misuse claims 'suspect' ahead of elections, says Jordaan

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Safa vice president responds to claims the association had ‘dipped into’ Fifa’s legacy fund to keep it afloat

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Black voter turnout rate higher than white voter turnout rate in US election: study

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Election News Editor

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A higher rate of African American voters than white voters cast ballots in the 2012 US presidential election, according to an analysis conducted for the Associated Press.

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Wife of Madagascar's ousted president makes leadership bid

Posted on April 25, 2013 by Election News Editor

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By Alain Iloniaina ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) – The wife of Madagascar’s ousted President Marc Ravalomanana has put herself forward to run in July’s presidential election, a move that could be aimed at preparing a comeback by the fallen leader. The impoverished island nation has been in crisis since Marc Rajoelina, now president, led an uprising that ousted Ravalomanana from office in 2009 …

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Candidates line up for Northern Districts job

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Northern Districts has had global interest in the head coaching job at the Northern Knights.

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Alegre concedes defeat in Paraguay presidential vote

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Election News Editor

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ASUNCION, April 22 — Efrain Alegre of Paraguay’s ruling Liberal Party conceded defeat to millionaire businessman Horacio Cartes of the powerful Colorado Party in a presidential election yesterday. — Reuters

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California Politics Leave Hollywood and Silicon Beach Vulnerable

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Election News Editor

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For the past several years, California politicians have been raising taxes, adding new user fees and finding every possible way to raise revenue from the business community. Governor Jerry Brown has refused to make serious cuts in union pensions and state entitlements while Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa asked voters for a sales tax increase. California’s economy has crashed — falling …

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Traore says Mali will be ready to vote in July

Posted on April 20, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Mali’s interim president has reassured international partners that the country will be ready to hold democratic elections by July as promised.

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Tunisia: Parliamentary and Presidential Elections, Focus of National Dialogue

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Election News Editor

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[Tunis Afrique Presse]Carthage -”The political parties attending the national dialogue held at the initiative of the Presidency of the Republic have agreed to hold the elections in the last three months of this year with Sunday December 29 as a deadline,” affirmed Head of Ettakatol group at the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) Mouldi Riahi.

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SA debates loan for Zim elections

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Election News Editor

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SA is in discussions on whether to help cash-strapped Zimbabwe fund its presidential and parliamentary elections, says the national treasury.

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Razor-Thin Win

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Nicolás Maduro eked out the Venezuelan presidential election by 235,000 votes. By Mac Margolis.

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Can Stephen Colbert's Sister Beat Disgraced Ex-S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford?

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Election News Editor

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In her first run for office, Stephen Colbert’s sister, Elizabeth Colbert Busch, faces a man who might seem like an easy opponent.

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Venezuelans go to polls in presidential election

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Venezuelans are headed to the polls on Sunday for their second presidential election in less than six weeks, in which Chavez favorite Nicolas Maduro is pitted against 40-year-old challenger Henrique Capriles Radonski for the office.

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Jones: Why Obama's base is angry

Posted on April 13, 2013 by Election News Editor

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Van Jones says it was a mistake for President Obama to advocate a new formula that will reduce Social Security benefits

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Zimbabwe: Zuma Insists on Reforms Before Polls

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Election News Editor

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[Financial Gazette]SOUTH African President Jacob Zuma, the mediator in the Zimbabwe crisis, is insisting on the implementation of an election roadmap to be agreed by all the partners in the power-sharing pact before the proclamation of elections dates for the pending make-or-break general elections.

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Obama campaign, Bieber Internet ad score Webby award nominations

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Election News Editor

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The teams behind President Barack Obama’s 2012 social media election campaign and Justin Bieber’s fragrance launch were among the nominees on Tuesday for the annual Webby Awards, which honour excellence on the Internet. Tom Hanks, Lady Gaga, Tiger Woods, Alec Baldwin and Charlize Theron were among many other celebrities whose high-flying careers provided fodder for …

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Zimbabwe not ready for elections: Biti

Posted on April 9, 2013 by Election News Editor

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By Stella Mapenzauswa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Zimbabwe is on track for another flawed election this year unless it can refresh outdated voter lists, approve “an army” of outsider observers and find foreign donors willing to pay for the vote, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Monday. However, postponing the poll to maintain a stop-gap unity government between President Robert Mugabe and Prime …

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