• This decision has not been taken lightly but it is necessary to ensure that there is adequate time to back up the data stored on the over 176,000 BVAS machines from the Presidential and National Assembly elections held on 25th February 2023 and then to reconfigure them for the Governorship and State Assembly elections," electoral body INEC said in a statement late Wednesday. (newsknocking.com)
  • On Sunday, July 9, 2023, Uzbek voters will head to the polls to elect a president in the country's snap elections. (ifes.org)
  • Ahead of this important electoral process, the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES) provides Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on Elections in Uzbekistan: 2023 Snap Presidential Elections . (ifes.org)
  • Uzbekistan's 2023 snap presidential election is scheduled for July 9, 2023. (ifes.org)
  • Early voting opens 10 days before Election Day (June 28, 2023) and closes three days before Election Day (July 5, 2023). (ifes.org)
  • The 2023 snap elections will help indicate how effective the changes implemented since Mirziyoyev took office have been in reforming and opening Uzbekistan's political system. (ifes.org)
  • Tharman Shanmugaratnam at Taman Jurong Market and Food Centre while awaiting the result of the 2023 Singapore Presidential Election. (yahoo.com)
  • With five weeks to go before the election, the pre-campaign has been underway for the past few weeks, and Alternance 2023 has joined forces to protest against a recent amendment to the electoral code. (africanews.com)
  • Articles and Columns for October 2020 You have rights when you go to vote - and many people are there to help if there's trouble at the poll - Despite all the challenges to this year's election - long lines, calls for voter intimidation, baseless claims of fraud - voting is a fundamental civil right. (llrx.com)
  • Lots of people are working at the polls and behind the scenes to ensure election 2020 runs smoothly and safely. (llrx.com)
  • This distraction, brought to you (no paywall) by The New York Times, has visuals and audio focused on calming and interesting subject matter that has nothing to do with Election 2020. (bespacific.com)
  • Could Legislatures Hijack the 2020 Presidential Election? (nymag.com)
  • In the first of what will no doubt be a series of blockbuster voting rights rulings or opinions in this 2020 electoral season, the U.S. Supreme Court let stand a Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling to count mail-in ballots received within three days of November 3rd's Election Day, even if they lack a legible postmark. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • The opposition challenged the election results, arguing that Tinubu was not qualified to run for president because he was a citizen of Guinea and allegedly did not have the required academic credentials. (kxnet.com)
  • The election results are being contested by three opposition candidates, including former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, who came in second, and Peter Obi of the Labor Party, who finished third. (kxnet.com)
  • The opposition has also alleged that Tinubu was indicted for drug trafficking in the United States, that he is a citizen of Guinea which disqualifies him to run in presidential elections in Nigeria, and that his academic qualifications were forged. (kxnet.com)
  • Opposition leader Raila Odinga, making his fifth presidential bid, says Deputy President William Ruto's narrow win was the product of massive fraud. (liveafricanews.com)
  • Nigeria's electoral commission has postponed governorship elections planned for this weekend by another week, citing limited time to reset its voting machines nearly two weeks after a controversial presidential vote was disputed by opposition parties . (newsknocking.com)
  • The leading opposition coalition, Juntos por el Cambio, expects a victory in the upcoming elections and promises to put in place a stability plan based on fiscal balance and the lifting of myriad currency and regulatory regimes that have strangled the economy. (newsfinale.com)
  • The 45-year-old opposition leader did not approach the court this time despite describing the poll as a "blatant and gigantic fraud" and calling for fresh elections supervised by the country's neighbors. (wlns.com)
  • In February, a consensus-building forum, shunned by the main opposition leaders, led to a change in the Constitution, reducing the presidential term from seven to five years and returning the ballot to a single round. (africanews.com)
  • The opposition disputed the presidential election results after Mnangagwa was declared the winner. (wwlp.com)
  • Tanzanian President John Magufuli won a resounding election victory with 84% of the votes amid allegations of irregularities by the opposition. (turkishpress.com)
  • We do not accept the result," Lissu told reporters, saying opposition election monitors had been barred from entering polling stations and faced other interference. (turkishpress.com)
  • Dakar) - Some members of Guinea 's security forces used excessive lethal force, engaged in abusive conduct, and displayed a lack of political neutrality when responding to election-related opposition protests in April and May 2015, Human Rights Watch said. (hrw.org)
  • When the Electoral Commission announced in March 2015 that the presidential elections would take place before local elections, the opposition accused the government of trying to give the ruling party an unfair advantage, since the majority of local officials represent the ruling party and could be in a position to influence the vote. (hrw.org)
  • In the Presidential election of 1800, Thomas Jefferson runs for President and Aaron Burr for Vice President on the Democratic-Republican ticket. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • Bongo won a second term in disputed elections in 2016. (africanews.com)
  • The U.S. news media has already turned its sights to the 2016 presidential election, speculating on who is running and who might win . (cfr.org)
  • But before Americans decide who will square off in November 2016, the world will have plenty of important elections in 2015. (cfr.org)
  • Under that agreement, both candidates would accept the outcome of an audit of all the votes cast in the runoff election. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Noor threatened mass protests after the disputed presidential runoff election in June, but then had not been seen in public since the election controversy and it was rumored he fled Afghanistan. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • So consider this scenario: After a close election and a long count (lengthened by high levels of mail ballots), with court orders and lawsuits flying through the air, one or two or three unresolved states are in a position to give Trump 270 electoral votes, and Republican-controlled legislatures announce they are intervening (much as Florida's did in 2000) to avoid chaos and "election fraud" and even civil war. (nymag.com)
  • Voters cast ballots in the Michigan primary election in Detroit on March 10. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Previously, that deadline was Election Day, but the state court ruled that ballots should be counted if they are received up to three days after Election Day unless a "preponderance of the evidence" shows that a ballot was mailed after Election Day. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • They argued that the state court's ruling will allow ballots cast and received after Election Day to be counted, thereby violating federal election law, which establishes a single Election Day, as well as the U.S. Constitution, which gives state legislatures the power to set the time, place and manner of federal elections. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • Protesters in support of the Miami-Dade canvassing board decision to stop the handcounting of ballots in the 2000 presidential election. (thenation.com)
  • Election officials had congregated there to review disputed ballots marred by ambiguous or otherwise imperfect impressions of electoral intent on the part of voters in the deadlocked 2000 election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. (thenation.com)
  • Formerly a deputy managing director of the Monetary Authority of Singapore, he entered politics in 2001, securing victory in the general election as a People's Action Party (PAP) candidate in the Jurong Group Representation Constituency (GRC). (yahoo.com)
  • And a Republican National Committee spokesman, Steve Guest, called Mr. Biden's comments "an irresponsible allegation," adding that "President Trump has made it clear that the general election will happen on November 3rd. (nymag.com)
  • The upcoming general election in Zimbabwe is crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with vast mineral resources and rich agricultural land. (wwlp.com)
  • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Colorful campaign posters adorn street poles, buildings, vehicles and trees in Zimbabwe, but the buzz surrounding the country's upcoming general election appears to end there. (wwlp.com)
  • But the July 2018 general election turned into a disappointment. (wwlp.com)
  • Milwaukee is the site of the party's nominating convention next year, and Wisconsin is among roughly a half-dozen states seen as crucial to winning the general election. (gulfnews.com)
  • In Washington, DC, a low turnout in the general election led to a runoff between a pair of candidates similar to those in Miami. (heartland.org)
  • Mnangagwa Monday hailed recent elections as a sign of the country's "mature democracy" and a victory over Western adversaries, as he took an oath of office following polls whose credibility was questioned by multiple observer missions, including those from Africa. (wlns.com)
  • HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday hailed recent elections as a sign of the country's "mature democracy" and a victory over Western adversaries, as he took an oath of office following a vote whose credibility was questioned by both Western and African observers. (wlns.com)
  • Mnangagwa also won disputed presidential elections against Chamisa in 2018. (wlns.com)
  • Mnangagwa did not directly address Chamisa's concerns or those of the observers during Monday's speech, but he described the elections as "peaceful, free, fair, transparent and credible" and criticized Western sanctions as "illegal" and "heinous. (wlns.com)
  • ISTANBUL Azerbaijan's presidential adviser said Wednesday that The New York Times is curbing alternative views, amid reports by media outlets on an alleged 'blockade' on. (turkishpress.com)
  • DeSantis called it a territorial dispute but walked back the remark amid criticism. (gulfnews.com)
  • Speaking of Bush v. Gore , Florida's Republican legislators came very close to naming electors pledged to George W. Bush during the 2000 election dispute, until the Supreme Court made it all moot by awarding the election to W. via an order to stop recounts. (nymag.com)
  • The legal arm of the GOP's orchestrated bid to shut down the 2000 election recount in Florida boasted no less than three future Supreme Court justices among its foot soldiers: Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. (thenation.com)
  • BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina presidential candidate and economy minister Sergio Massa conceded defeat to far-right libertarian Javier Milei in the country's presidential runoff on Sunday. (yahoo.com)
  • Andry Rajoelina is set to be sworn in as president of Madagascar on Jan. 19, following his victory over longtime rival Marc Ravalomanana in the final round of the country's presidential election last month. (mongabay.com)
  • Afghan presidential candidates Abdullah Abdullah, left, and Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai shake hands after signing a power-sharing pact in Kabul Sunday. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • The seven-member court will rule following three days of oral arguments last week by lawyers representing the two main candidates and rival camps of election commissioners. (liveafricanews.com)
  • The 66-year-old secured 1,746,427 votes, or 70.40 per cent of the total valid votes to emerge victorious over two other presidential candidates. (yahoo.com)
  • The Gabonese Election Centre (CGE) on Monday published a list of 19 candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for August 26. (africanews.com)
  • Raymond Joseph, Haiti's former ambassador to the United States (and Wyclef Jean's uncle), explains why he and other presidential candidates were unfairly disqualified from running. (csmonitor.com)
  • But Haiti has failed the first fundamental test in holding credible elections - certifying candidates, and affording each due process under the law, equally and without discrimination. (csmonitor.com)
  • On Friday August 20, Haiti's Provisional Electoral Commission (CEP) rejected, without any justification or explanation, the candidacy of 15 potential presidential candidates. (csmonitor.com)
  • If the selection of candidates is not transparent, how can one expect that the election will be open and representative? (csmonitor.com)
  • The Organization of American States and other donors have raised few if any concerns that election laws were applied arbitrarily for the purpose of narrowing a political field to preferred candidates. (csmonitor.com)
  • The Washington Teachers Union and United Teachers of Dade (UTD, Florida), currently under administration by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), are enduring accusations of vote fraud by losing candidates for the office of president in elections designed to allow the two unions to undertake local self-rule. (heartland.org)
  • The Article first illustrates just how easy it could be for unscrupulous political actors to reverse the results of a presidential election by exploiting the Act's weaknesses. (ssrn.com)
  • If the appeals court upholds the election commission's declaration of Tinubu as the winner of February's election, it could open a path for the body to decide on its own when and how future election results are announced. (kxnet.com)
  • The delays in uploading and announcing election results could have given room for ballot tampering, critics say. (kxnet.com)
  • Voters are accredited with the BVAS device, which also transmits election results from polling stations to an online server. (newsknocking.com)
  • But results were not transmitted on time in the last election, sparking allegations of vote rigging. (newsknocking.com)
  • The election results were officially announced by Returning Officer Tan Meng Dui on Saturday at 12.20am. (yahoo.com)
  • It's over when election administrators complete their postelection activities and the election results are certified. (bespacific.com)
  • The Probability of Narrow, Reversible Election Results in the Electoral College versus a National Popular Vote, Michael Geruso, Dean Spears. (bespacific.com)
  • Though there has been no direct attempt to overthrow the government, some government authorities have referred to the opposition's refusal to recognise the election results as a "coup" or part of an attempt to bring about a coup. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyans are expecting to hear the final results today of Tuesday's already disputed presidential election. (foxnews.com)
  • Following an incident in which the then-Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu's bodyguard was shot, the Supreme Court was unable to raise a quorum to hear a petition demanding the cancellation of the election results. (aljazeera.com)
  • Political figures may calculate that limiting their responses to the election results and ensuring that the intra-Afghan negotiations move forward is actually the best route to securing the interests of their supporters and communities," Watkins added. (rferl.org)
  • Hawa Alam Nuristani, the head of the Independent Election Commission of Afghanistan, arrives for the final presidential election results announcement in Kabul on February 18. (rferl.org)
  • Since the first Presidential debate, Trump has had terrible results at the polls. (oanda.com)
  • Any decision to seek a recount or otherwise contest the election results would depend on the margin in any one state and its potential for affecting the national outcome. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • A suit challenging presidential election results almost certainly would have to be wrapped up before Dec. 19, the date electors will meet. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Cholera, caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and disputed results that triggered periods of protest, violence, characterized by a profuse watery diarrhea, has been public transportation disruption, and work stoppages a serious public health problem since the fi rst recorded throughout the country. (cdc.gov)
  • This time, protests briefly broke out in several Odinga strongholds after the election commission chair declared Ruto the victor on Aug. 15, but Odinga urged supporters to stay peaceful and the streets have remained calm since. (liveafricanews.com)
  • Via LLRX - Why there's so much legal uncertainty about resolving a disputed presidential election - As stated in this article by Richard Pildes , Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University - the Constitution does not create rules or an institutional structure for resolving a modern, disputed presidential election. (bespacific.com)
  • A later Supreme Court ruling that upheld that election was quickly rejected by the losing coalition and the country entered a period of political instability, violence and uncertainty which ended with the " Handshake " of March 2018, a power-sharing deal in all but name. (aljazeera.com)
  • The long-awaited result of Afghanistan's bitterly disputed presidential election was expected to end months of uncertainty. (rferl.org)
  • Wall Street is bracing for more election uncertainty after President Trump tests positive for the coronavirus. (oanda.com)
  • Actually, he probably doesn't have much choice in the manner, since barring an invocation of the Insurrection Act and an unlikely positive reaction by the courts, Trump has no real power to move Election Day from its constitutional moorings. (nymag.com)
  • The Trump administration's decision to scale back briefings on election security needs to be reversed. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Following the first presidential debate, President Trump outlined the groundwork to dispute the election. (oanda.com)
  • Washington: Republican presidential contenders will face off Wednesday night in their first debate of the primary season - minus frontrunner Donald Trump, who continues to lead his GOP rivals by a double-digit margin. (gulfnews.com)
  • While Mirziyoyev currently has three and a half years remaining in his second term resulting from the 2021 presidential election, he stated the decision to conduct snap elections was based on the need for a leader who would lead the country and its people per the new constitution. (ifes.org)
  • As stated in this article by Richard Pildes , Professor of Constitutional Law, New York University - the Constitution does not create rules or an institutional structure for resolving a modern, disputed presidential election. (llrx.com)
  • Under the Constitution, the Vice Presidential election then goes to the U.S. Senate. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • Influenced largely by the bloodletting that followed the disputed 2007 presidential election, the constitution sought to overhaul the country's systems and create a straitjacket to restrain their psychopathic instincts in the hope of forestalling future disasters. (aljazeera.com)
  • Every presidential election since the constitution was promulgated has been disputed. (aljazeera.com)
  • And even if federal election law and the U.S. Constitution were at issue in the dispute, they continued, neither the Pennsylvania Republican Party nor the Republican legislators have a legal right to sue, known as standing. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • NAIROBI - Kenya's Supreme Court will decide on Monday whether to uphold or nullify the result of last month's presidential election, a ruling anxiously awaited in a country scarred by previous bouts of poll-related violence. (liveafricanews.com)
  • The Supreme Court made history in the last election in 2017 by annulling President Uhuru Kenyatta's victory over Odinga because of procedural irregularities. (liveafricanews.com)
  • In 2013, the Supreme Court, whose primary mandate is to adjudicate disputes around presidential elections, gave a widely panned judgement legitimising what many saw as yet another stolen election. (aljazeera.com)
  • While it is possible this election could get contested in the Supreme Court, it seems unlikely. (oanda.com)
  • Election decision by a divided Supreme Court? (capitolhillblue.com)
  • We know what happened in 2000, when the Supreme Court in a 5-4 vote effectively settled the election in favor of George W. Bush. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • The reason a tie Supreme Court vote is even possible stems from another aspect of this unusual election year, the Senate Republicans' refusal to act on President Barack Obama's nomination of Judge Merrick Garland to fill the seat of Justice Antonin Scalia, who died in February. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • But for some who already are dismayed about the extended Supreme Court vacancy since Justice Scalia's death, a tie would have broad implications beyond the election. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Those are the incoherent, conspiracy theory ramblings of a lost candidate who is out of touch with reality," Tim Murtaugh, communications director for Mr. Trump's re-election campaign, said in a statement. (nymag.com)
  • Trump's handling over coronavirus pandemic has made him go from a landslide favorite for re-election to a likely one-term president. (oanda.com)
  • If the judges annul the presidential election, it would be a first in Nigeria's history. (kxnet.com)
  • The 71-year-old Tinubu won the election with less than 50% of the vote, also a first in Nigeria's history. (kxnet.com)
  • Nigeria's presidential election on Saturday, February 14, 2015. (cfr.org)
  • Nigeria's election could itself be a source of violence. (cfr.org)
  • But that's not the path the most disputed presidential elections have taken since 1824. (llrx.com)
  • This year's elections "certainly do not offer the same hope of a reset that the 2018 elections did," Nicolas Delaunay, the East and Southern Africa director of the International Crisis Group, wrote in an analysis on the organization's website. (wwlp.com)
  • despite progress in encouraging gender equality, discrimination and violence against women and the LGBT community remain critical issues, as does endemic corruption in the country's economic and political life and a lack of genuinely competitive elections. (ifes.org)
  • Previous disputed presidential elections were genuinely, well, disputed. (thedailybeast.com)
  • The Florida legislature claimed that court disputes over the Bush-Gore presidential contest had made it impossible to name electors "in a timely manner," and also that recounts had illegally changed election rules after the fact. (nymag.com)
  • In Florida, losing presidential candidate Shirley Johnson filed election complaints claiming poor ballot security, secret meetings, bias on the part of AFT Administrator Mark Richard, and an "attempt to confuse members. (heartland.org)
  • And while he promised to hold presidential elections within a year or two (the promises varied), his transition government ended up lasting five years. (mongabay.com)
  • From the moment polls closed on June 14, Abdullah Abdullah alleged the election had been rigged against him. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Afghanistan Abdullah ally warns of unrest Attah Mohammed Noor, a powerful Afghan governor and former militia leader, warned on Wednesday of a 'civil uprising' if the election audit fails to name Abdullah Abdullah the winner (Post). (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Losing presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah slammed the result as a "coup" and vowed to form "an all-inclusive government. (rferl.org)
  • New York Gov. Daniel D. Tompkins was maneuvered into the vice presidential slot by New York politicians-including Martin Van Buren . (britannica.com)
  • The fragmented Federalists put forth two-time vice presidential candidate Rufus King as their nominee, not even bothering to formally pair him with a vice presidential candidate. (britannica.com)
  • The vast show was put together under a decree from President Vladimir Putin and is seen as encouraging patriotism in the runup to the presidential election in March. (yahoo.com)
  • MOSCOW (AP) - With pointed disdain for the West, Russia on Saturday unveiled a sprawling exposition highlighting the nation's accomplishments, which will run through the months leading to the presidential election in which Vladimir Putin is widely expected to seek a new term. (yahoo.com)
  • And now, on Sept. 21, Afghan election officials announced that Ashraf Ghani is the country's the next president. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • Kenyan election officials say only they have the authority to declare the winner, and international election observers say they have seen no signs of interfering with the vote. (foxnews.com)
  • U.S. officials have said that they do not intend to mediate any election disputes in Afghanistan. (rferl.org)
  • Pennsylvania officials urged the justices to stay out of the dispute, dismissing the requests from the legislators and the Pennsylvania Republican Party as an effort to "supplant the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's interpretation of Pennsylvania law" and "intrude upon Pennsylvania's sovereignty. (nakedcapitalism.com)
  • It concludes with a realistic risk assessment of the 2024 presidential election, showing that the most pressing risk comes from manipulation by a governor and the House, not from the two chambers of Congress concurrently voting to reject a legitimate slate of electors. (ssrn.com)
  • Now, dozens of them are contributing to his 2024 bid or have spread his false election claims. (yahoo.com)
  • In addition to DeSantis, Scott and Ramaswamy, five other presidential aspirants qualified to be on stage: former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley, former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, former Vice President Mike Pence, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum and former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson. (gulfnews.com)
  • On Election Day, Democrat Samuel Tilden wins the popular vote by a margin of less than 250,000 votes (out of 8.5 million votes cast) against Republican Rutherford B. Hayes. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • Would Republican legislators in states like Wisconsin be tempted to appoint electors after a disputed election? (nymag.com)
  • United States presidential election of 1816 , American presidential election held in 1816, in which Democratic-Republican James Monroe defeated Federalist Rufus King with 183 electoral votes to King's 34. (britannica.com)
  • As James Madison prepared to leave office following his second term as president, the election of another Democratic-Republican was all but assured . (britannica.com)
  • Though James Monroe was considered the early Democratic-Republican favourite, dissenters within his party disputed his anointment. (britannica.com)
  • Still more remarkably, both disruptive actions aimed at flipping the election into the Republican column took shape under the guidance of fabled right-wing dirty-tricks impresario Roger Stone-an ardent student of Nixonian electoral realpolitik who moved seamlessly into the vanguard of the Trumpian right. (thenation.com)
  • But it's hard to discount any possibility, however remote, in a tight campaign that already has seen Democratic lawsuits charging voter suppression and Republican claims the election will be rigged. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Morley represented Republican Joe Miller in his postelection challenge to Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who won re-election as a write-in candidate after losing the GOP primary to Miller in 2010. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Massa, an unconfirmed presidential candidate, is looking to gain momentum ever since taking the reins of the Economy Ministry. (newsfinale.com)
  • Since Nigeria returned to democracy in 1999, all presidential elections but one have been contested in court. (kxnet.com)
  • As a political scientist who studies campaigns and elections, Daniel R. Birdsong has confidence in American democracy. (llrx.com)
  • The election is a test of democracy in the East African economic power. (foxnews.com)
  • The elections are the second since the ouster of longtime autocratic ruler Robert Mugabe in a 2017 coup. (wlns.com)
  • Today, much like in 2017, Kenya is in the messy aftermath of an election. (aljazeera.com)
  • A presidential election can be annulled only on the basis of evidence that the Independent National Electoral Commission did not follow the law and acted in ways that might have affected an election's outcome. (kxnet.com)
  • The commission declares John Magufuli of CCM (Chama Cha Mapinduzi) who garnered the majority of votes as the winner in the presidential seat…" said Semistocles Kaijage, chairman of the National Electoral Commission. (turkishpress.com)
  • ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - An appeals court in Nigeria convened Wednesday to rule on whether President Bola Tinubu's February election victory was legitimate, a decision that has put Africa's most populous country on edge. (kxnet.com)
  • Likewise, Tan congratulated Tharman on his election victory, and said, 'I wish him all the best in meeting the challenges ahead, and I hope he will be able to help bring a better life for the people. (yahoo.com)
  • Despite all the challenges to this year's election - long lines, calls for voter intimidation, baseless claims of fraud - voting is a fundamental civil right. (llrx.com)
  • In its announcement today, the election commission completely ignored the outcome of the U.N.-supervised audit and simply said Ghani is the new president. (hawaiipublicradio.org)
  • The result of presidential elections cannot be contested in Tanzania, though the parliamentary outcome can be challenged. (turkishpress.com)
  • He even applied for Zimbabwe to rejoin the Commonwealth, a bloc of mainly former British colonies that Zimbabwe left in 2003 after it became apparent that the organization would extend a suspension imposed a year earlier following elections marred by allegations of violence and rigging. (wlns.com)
  • News reports had suggested he might use the opening to announce his candidacy for the March election, but his spokesman later said he would not attend the event. (yahoo.com)
  • Mark my words, I think he is going to try to kick back the election somehow, come up with some rationale why it can't be held," Mr. Biden said at a fund-raiser, according to a news media pool report. (nymag.com)
  • Rumores en forma de fake news en la pandemia de Covid-19: teorías de conspiración, verdades alternativas y buenos consejos. (bvsalud.org)
  • La pandemia de Covid-19 creó una marea informativa en la que los rumores en forma de fake news , comunicaciones individuales y de organismos oficiales bombardean a las personas con mensajes a veces contradictorios. (bvsalud.org)
  • Basado en la psicología social de los rumores, el objetivo es estudiar las características singulares y diferenciales de las noticias comprobadas como fake news , con el fin de obtener criterios que permitan reconocer este fenómeno. (bvsalud.org)
  • Se seleccionaron mensajes sobre Covid-19 compartidos en las redes sociales por individuos ( n = 100), por organismos oficiales ( n = 100) y verificados como fake news en sitios especializados ( n = 100). (bvsalud.org)
  • Se realizó una clasificación jerárquica descendente y las fake news mostraron tres singularidades: énfasis en teorías de conspiración, presentación de verdades alternativas a las de los gobiernos y difusión de consejos benéficos para protegerse y curarse de la enfermedad. (bvsalud.org)
  • Dichos resultados permiten la inserción de estas características en algoritmos de búsqueda de fake news y la adaptación de la comunicación de organismos oficiales, para evitar noticias que desinforman. (bvsalud.org)
  • This election was tainted by fraud," Johnson told the Miami Herald . (heartland.org)
  • Credible elections were viewed by many as a key step toward ending Zimbabwe's international isolation and setting the stage for the recovery of a once prosperous economy in a country with rich agricultural land and vast mineral resources. (wlns.com)
  • The senator also urged President Préval to undertake appropriate restructuring of the CEP to demonstrate a clear political commitment to contesting credible elections. (csmonitor.com)
  • Electors assemble in their states in January following the November election and vote for the Presidential candidate who won the majority of votes in their state. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • He also blamed the losing candidate in Sunday's elections, Henrique Capriles, for the seven deaths last night. (venezuelanalysis.com)
  • Drawing on historical data, it demonstrates that the losing party could have used one of these strategies to steal the presidency in 9 of the 34 elections since 1887 and the opposing party would have been powerless to stop the theft. (ssrn.com)
  • When I came forward to stand for the presidency, I said that my No.1 goal was to ensure that the people of Singapore have redeemed their right to vote in this presidential election,' he added. (yahoo.com)
  • Tharman's presidential campaign had centred around the theme 'Respect for All,' reflecting his vision for a presidency suited to a new era. (yahoo.com)
  • The United Kingdom's parliamentary election on Thursday, May 7, 2015. (cfr.org)
  • The presidential and parliamentary elections taking place Wednesday are crucial to determining the future of a southern African nation endowed with vast mineral resources and rich agricultural land. (wwlp.com)
  • During the announcement of the snap elections, incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev indicated he would be seeking a mandate to continue building on the reforms approved by voters. (ifes.org)
  • Bongo's Gabonese Democratic Party holds strong majorities in Gabon's parliament, placing it as the favourite to come out ahead in the legislative and local elections also scheduled for August 26. (africanews.com)
  • Local elections, which last took place in 2005 and were planned for 2014, were postponed because of the Ebola crisis. (hrw.org)
  • These counties leaned heavily toward the Democratic Party, and they all used the older punch card ballot, a design much more likely than others to produce so-called 'undervotes'--votes that, when put through the machines, did not register any vote for the Presidential election. (historyonthenet.com)
  • Several observers including the European Union said the election fell short of expectations and "lacked transparency. (newsknocking.com)
  • The following is a list of labor-management disputes that caused disruptions in television coverage in sports events. (wikipedia.org)
  • Disruptions of mail aren't just a problem for the election-they're a danger to millions of American lives. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • Lavrov noted that Russia was able recently to resolve a decades-old border dispute with China (see 'RFE/RL Newsline,' 20 and 29 October 2004) and said, 'We want to regularize all our relations with Japan. (rferl.org)
  • More than 1,200 were killed in clashes after the 2007 election, when Odinga accused then-President Mwai Kibaki's party of massive rigging. (liveafricanews.com)
  • Incumbent President Shavkat Mirziyoyev called the election on May 8, one week after Uzbek voters overwhelmingly approved his championed constitutional reforms. (ifes.org)
  • SINGAPORE - Former senior minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam was elected as Singapore's ninth President on Saturday (2 September), following the city-state's first contested presidential election in 12 years. (yahoo.com)
  • Throughout his election campaign, he emphasised his commitment to utilising his 22 years of political experience to foster unity - a crucial responsibility of the President. (yahoo.com)
  • In the first Presidential election, General George Washington of Virginia receives one vote from each of the sixty-nine electors, making him the only President to achieve a unanimous vote in the Electoral College. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • Galvanized by their anger over the previous presidential election, Jackson and his supporters mount an intense campaign against President John Quincy Adams, who is defeated for reelection. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • Which is just as well, because he is a former Pent JCR President and a GIMPA Law Students' Association (LSA) Presidential Aspirant. (kuulpeeps.com)
  • Outgoing Haitian President René Préval has set the presidential elections for Nov. 28, 2010 and technical preparations are underway. (csmonitor.com)
  • Mr. Lugar urged the government of President Préval to move forward with a Nov. 28, 2010 election date, and empower the CEP to initiate preparations for electoral lists, identification cards, and voter education in advance of the election. (csmonitor.com)
  • It was the first court judgement on the African continent to overturn the re-election of a sitting president. (aljazeera.com)
  • The "individual citizen has no federal constitutional right to vote for electors for the President of the United States unless and until the state legislature chooses a statewide election as the means to implement its power to appoint members of the Electoral College. (nymag.com)
  • It wasn't like this five years ago, when Zimbabwe prepared to hold its first elections since a coup ended the repressive 37-year rule of President Robert Mugabe. (wwlp.com)
  • Willie Smith holds four copies of the Chicago Sun-Times, each with a different headline, in Chicago, reflecting a night of suspense, drama and changes in following the presidential race between Vice President Al Gore and Texas Gov. George W. Bush in 2000. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • Thanks to the constitution's introduction of this mechanism for settling the dispute, Kenya avoided a 2008-style meltdown. (aljazeera.com)
  • So if you've been keenly following student leadership elections in Legon, you'll probably recognise this man, Gideon Tettey Tetteh. (kuulpeeps.com)
  • Whatever happened… was not an election, and thus we do not recognise it. (turkishpress.com)
  • The tribunal is empowered to either uphold Tinubu's election win, declare someone else the winner, annul the vote or to order a new election. (kxnet.com)
  • Voters who will not be at their place of residence on Election Day may vote early. (ifes.org)
  • Voters must apply to vote early and indicate on the application the reason for their absence on Election Day, for example, vacation or work abroad. (ifes.org)
  • While it is too early to call the British election, a split vote that forces an uneasy, multi-party coalition in Parliament could be in the cards. (cfr.org)
  • The constitutional and statutory framework for resolving such disputes remains largely untested in courts and only inconclusively examined by scholars, even after the calamitous events of January 6, 2021. (ssrn.com)
  • The Article provides a comprehensive account of the vulnerabilities in current law that leave the process susceptible to election subversion and a detailed analysis of how the law might be modernized to steel it against that manipulation in a time of collapsing constitutional norms. (ssrn.com)
  • The country's constitutional court rejected Chamisa's challenge of the election result. (wlns.com)
  • A state court deciding a federal constitutional issue about the presidential election? (capitolhillblue.com)
  • The governorship polls originally scheduled for Saturday will now hold on March 18 and will run simultaneously with elections for local parliament representatives. (newsknocking.com)
  • National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) - An election isn't over when the polls close. (bespacific.com)
  • Almost a month until Election Day, most polls show former-VP Joe Biden with a comfortable lead in national polls and a strong lead in many of the battleground states. (oanda.com)
  • But there's another more realistic, if still far-fetched, scenario that Democrats should start talking about in order to smoke out and perhaps snuff out evil intentions: one in which state legislatures usurp voters's prerogatives after a disputed election and y directly appoint presidential electors. (nymag.com)
  • Article II, Section 1, Paragraph 2 entrusts to state legislatures the authority to select the presidential electors. (nymag.com)
  • The post-election uprising in Miami-Dade County gives the lie to the depiction of the failed Trumpian coup as an isolated event. (thenation.com)
  • It would be Bush v. Gore, with a twist," said one election law expert, law professor Richard Hasen at the University of California at Irvine. (capitolhillblue.com)
  • So the electors are voting on Monday, and Joe Biden, who won the election , will get 306 electoral votes, and it will all be official. (thedailybeast.com)
  • Further, he has sought an injunction against the election, pending resolution of the matter. (kuulpeeps.com)
  • Nigeria, Africa's largest economy and the continent's biggest oil-producer , holds elections in February. (cfr.org)
  • Previous elections in the West African country have been postponed at very short notice , sometimes just one day before they were due to take place. (newsknocking.com)
  • I think I have accomplished that goal because the presidential election did take place. (yahoo.com)
  • PUNCH Metro gathered that the incident, which happened on Saturday as a result of the land dispute between two family members, also left one other person injured. (punchng.com)
  • Four out of seven election commissioners disowned the result announced by the commission chairman, saying the tallying had been opaque. (liveafricanews.com)
  • Odinga, who was backed by the term-limited Kenyatta in this election, has alleged that a team working for Ruto hacked into the commission's system and replaced genuine pictures of polling station result forms with fake ones, increasing Ruto's share. (liveafricanews.com)
  • If the court nullifies the result, a new election must be organised within 60 days. (liveafricanews.com)
  • The international community has remained unusually silent following the release of the final result on February 18, despite contributing millions of dollars into the election process. (rferl.org)
  • The symbolic staging of the right-wing uprising conveyed the clear message that the votes of a white, upscale electorate were innately more American, legitimate, and potent than the more numerous non-white coalition that broke for the Democratic presidential ticket. (thenation.com)
  • Fatigue has replaced the excitement once held by Zimbabweans who hoped Mugabe's removal would signal a break from decades of political repression, violent and disputed elections, and international isolation resulting from U.S. and European Union sanctions over alleged human rights abuses, analysts say. (wwlp.com)
  • While generally stable, it has seen repeated instances of election-related violence, often along ethnic lines. (liveafricanews.com)
  • With Ghani and Abdullah representing rival communities, the dispute has exposed the ethnic fault lines in Afghanistan, where Ghani is viewed with suspicion by many members of the country's ethnic Tajik, Uzbek, and Hazara groups. (rferl.org)
  • Given the present level of ethnic and political tension, and the potential for ongoing election-related violence, the government simply must take steps to address these abuses," said Corinne Dufka , West Africa director at Human Rights Watch. (hrw.org)
  • Given the present level of ethnic and political tension, and the potential for ongoing election-related violence, the government simply must take steps to address these abuses. (hrw.org)
  • This forces the election into the House of Representatives, where the Federalist Party holds the majority. (annenbergclassroom.org)
  • Many conservationists and civil society representatives were disappointed by his election. (mongabay.com)