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Kosovo Local Elections Could Be Delayed Until 2014 - Balkan Insight
Kosovo Local Elections Could Be Delayed Until 2014
Balkan Insight
As the Kosovo president Atifete Jahjaga is due to continue consultations with political parties on the upcoming local elections, BIRN discovered they might be delayed until next year when “chances to have a successful electoral process in the northern ...
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Orangeburg elections chief to lead Richland elections office - The State
The State
Orangeburg elections chief to lead Richland elections office
The State
COLUMBIA, SC — Howard Jackson was selected Wednesday to try to restore public confidence in Richland County's bruised elections office. After meeting with Jackson behind closed doors for about 35 minutes, the four-person Board of Elections & Voter ...
Richland County names new elections directorWSAV-TV
Richland picks Orangeburg County official to direct electionsThe Tand D.com
Richland County Approves New Elections DirectorAbccolumbia.com
Patch.com
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The ECP and rigged elections - DAWN.com
The Asia Foundation - In Asia
The ECP and rigged elections
DAWN.com
THE campaigning in the run-up to Saturday and the voting on election day were generally orderly but allegations of rigging were aplenty as the results poured in. To an extent, the complaints may be due to the misplaced confidence of the defeated party ...
May 15, 2013Pakistan's Elections Give Grounds for HopeThe Asia Foundation - In Asia
Calls for re-elections across Sindh gather momentumThe Express Tribune
Pakistan Elections 2013: A Preliminary AnalysisEurasia Review
The News International -PakistanToday.com.pk -Pakistan Daily Times
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Voter turnout in BC Elections 2013: Slightly higher than 2009 - globalnews.ca
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Voter turnout in BC Elections 2013: Slightly higher than 2009
globalnews.ca
More than 1.6 million people voted in the BC Elections on May 14. 2013 (according to preliminary voting results), but despite being slightly higher than the 2009 turnout, it is still a lower turnout than many hoped for. According to data provided by ...
Preliminary numbers show fewer votes cast on the North Coast than in past two ...Prince Rupert Northern View
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South Africa ready to fund Zimbabwe elections if reforms implemented - Irish Times
Irish Times
South Africa ready to fund Zimbabwe elections if reforms implemented
Irish Times
Zimbabweans register to vote during a registration drive in Harare. The public confirmation that South Africa would like to see more reforms introduced in Zimbabwe is good news for President Robert Mugabe's political nemesis, Movement for Democratic ...
South Africa ready to help fund electionsNew Zimbabwe.com
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Calls for re-elections across Sindh gather momentum - The Express Tribune
Fars News Agency
Calls for re-elections across Sindh gather momentum
The Express Tribune
KARACHI: The Sindh Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) president, Syed Ghous Ali Shah, joined the rising chorus of demands for fresh elections across Sindh and accused the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and its allies of hiring criminals to rig the ...
Pakistani electionsThe Seattle Times (blog)
14 women win electionsThe News International
Iranian Speaker Felicitates Nawaz Sharif on Victory in ElectionsFars News Agency
Pakistan Daily Times -The Nation
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Lanao Sur makes history: No failure of elections - Inquirer.net
Malaya
Lanao Sur makes history: No failure of elections
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines—Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. was a happy bearer of good news on Wednesday: Balloting actually took place on Monday in Lanao del Sur. “In the history of Lanao del Sur since 1987, there had ...
Comelec to proclaim 6 new senators tonightSun.Star
Lanao del Sur holds elections, the first in yearsMalaya
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Putin against 'filters' for small parties in elections - RT
RT
Putin against 'filters' for small parties in elections
RT
President Vladimir Putin has spoken against initiatives aimed at limiting the participation of new, small, political parties in Russia's federal elections. “I don't want to introduce any regulations that would restrict citizens' access to ruling the ...
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India eyes return to Olympics, fresh elections on the card - Hindustan Times
India Today
India eyes return to Olympics, fresh elections on the card
Hindustan Times
It has directed the IOA to hold its Annual General Meeting within a month so that dates for fresh elections can be announced. An IOC observer will closely monitor the process, indicating that administrators with a tainted past will not have a place in ...
IOA agrees to IOC's demand, hold fresh electionsTimes of India
No Indians in Olympics yet. Hold free and fair elections first, says IOCIndia Today
Hold fresh elections to get suspension lifted: IOC tells IOA - News Track IndiaNewstrack India
Jagran Post
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The Return of Nawaz Sharif: Assessing Pakistan's 2013 Elections - Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
The Return of Nawaz Sharif: Assessing Pakistan's 2013 Elections
Foreign Policy
Pakistanis went to the polls on May 11th to participate in landmark national and provincial elections. Violent attacks by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) insurgency disproportionately targeted vocal opponents of the TTP prior to the vote, and ...
Pakistan elections present opportunity amid violencePublicServiceEurope.com
Pakistan's Elections: A Harbinger of Peace on the Subcontinent?the Diplomat (blog)
Pakistani electionsThe Seattle Times (blog)
Fars News Agency -Business Recorder (blog) -Battleground Blog (blog)
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2013 midterm elections: Continuity and change - ABS CBN News (blog)
2013 midterm elections: Continuity and change
ABS CBN News (blog)
While the canvassing has yet to conclude, a look at the partial and unofficial results of the 2013 midterm elections for the local, congressional and senatorial elections indicates that the biggest winners will be the political dynasties and their ...
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Johor state expected to undergo major transformation after elections - Channel News Asia
Channel News Asia
Johor state expected to undergo major transformation after elections
Channel News Asia
However, post-election voter sentiments indicate the growth has not been all that inclusive. The need for skills upgrading, better job matching, the lack of low-cost housing and security are just some of the pressing issues the new chief minister and ...
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Azerbaijan criminalizes free speech online ahead of elections - Amnesty International
Azerbaijan criminalizes free speech online ahead of elections
Amnesty International
Date: Wed, 15/05/2013. The Azerbaijani authorities must not use the upcoming presidential election as a pretext to silence critical voices and meaningful debate, Amnesty International said following a move to extend criminal defamation laws to the ...
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Elections BC warned candidates not to tweet on election day - CTV News
Vancouver Sun
Elections BC warned candidates not to tweet on election day
CTV News
VANCOUVER -- Candidates in British Columbia's election could knock on all the doors they wanted to on Tuesday as voters headed to the polls, but they better not have tweeted about it. Mainstreeting was no problem, so long as no evidence made its way ...
Elections BC warns candidates: don't tweet on election dayNews1130
New Elections BC app guides you to the polling station - Vancouver SunVancouver Sun
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Fewer school board commissioners after next elections - Montreal Gazette - Montreal Gazette
Fewer school board commissioners after next elections - Montreal Gazette
Montreal Gazette
MONTREAL — Just as the Parti Québécois government promised, the next time Quebecers vote in school-board elections, the number of commissioners will be sharply reduced, dropping nearly by half. The government says the reduction will create savings ...
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Equatorial Guinea targets opposition ahead of elections - Amnesty International
Equatorial Guinea targets opposition ahead of elections
Amnesty International
The arrest of at least nine activists who were trying to organize a peaceful demonstration in Equatorial Guinea is further evidence of the authorities' determination to clamp down on free speech ahead of up-coming elections, Amnesty International said ...
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Elections BC warned candidates: don't tweet on election day - CTV News
CTV News
Elections BC warned candidates: don't tweet on election day
CTV News
And Gary Young, an Independent candidate in Cariboo-Chilcotin, practically dared Elections BC to do something about his many tweets on voting day, writing: "The law breaking tweets... nothing will happen, consider the Balanced budget Act that does ...
Elections BC warns candidates: don't tweet on election dayNews1130
New Elections BC app guides you to the polling station - Vancouver SunVancouver Sun
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Md. City Lowers Voting Age For Its Elections To 16 - CBS Local
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Md. City Lowers Voting Age For Its Elections To 16
CBS Local
TAKOMA PARK, Md. (AP) — A small Maryland city just outside the Washington, D.C., city limits has voted to lower the voting age for city elections to 16. The Takoma Park City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in city ...
Takoma Park's 16-Year-Olds Can Now Vote in Local ElectionsDCist.com
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Md. City Lowers Voting Age for Its Elections to 16 - ABC News
Md. City Lowers Voting Age for Its Elections to 16
ABC News
A small Maryland city just outside the Washington, D.C., city limits has voted to lower the voting age for city elections to 16. The Takoma Park City Council voted 6-1 on Monday to allow 16- and 17-year-olds to vote in city elections starting in November.
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Iran elections: Hardliners urge poll ban on Rafsanjani, Mashaei - Al-Arabiya
The Guardian
Iran elections: Hardliners urge poll ban on Rafsanjani, Mashaei
Al-Arabiya
Hardline Iranian lawmakers have petitioned authorities to bar two contenders - a moderate former president and a protege of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad - from running in next month's presidential election. About 100 lawmakers appealed to the country's ...
Iran's presidential elections thrown into doubt by last-minute entriesThe Guardian
Expert: Odds against Mashaei, Rafsanjani to be approved for Iran's ...Trend.az (subscription)
Global Insight: Iran elections raise problems for regimeFinancial Times
BBC News -Iran's View
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