The commission investigating reports of vote fraud in Afghanistan’s presidential election is invalidating the ballots from polling stations in two provinces. The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission announced Thursday that it is excluding votes from 32 polling stations in Ghazni and Paktika provinces.
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More votes than voters
August 27th, 2009 |
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Gloom descends after a deeply flawed election in Afghanistan
BY MID-MORNING on August 20th, election day, the police standing outside the Haji Janat Gul High School, a polling centre a few miles east of Kabul, estimated it had been visited by just four lorries, carrying a score of voters each, and three or four cars. After long conflicts, the second set of elections is often a story of unrealistic expectation turned to disillusion and apathy.
Across Kabul, turnout was sluggish. But at Haji Janat Gul the lack of voters had not dented the tally of votes. Only an hour after voting began, 6,000 had been cast. Yet not a voter was in sight. Staff insisted that the 6,000 had all come at 7am, when polls opened: “The Taliban said that they would cut off the fingers of people voting so they came early.” …
Votes counted as West hails Afghan election
August 21st, 2009 |
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Votes were counted in Afghanistan on Friday after a presidential election hailed as a success by the international community despite low turnout, Taliban violence and allegations of irregularities. President Hamid Karzai – bidding for another five years in office – praised the war-weary Afghan
Opposition “7 or 8″ votes short to pick president
July 31st, 2009 |
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With 99.9 percent of the votes counted, the Communists look like they’ll control 48 seats in the new Moldovan parliament. Their political rivals will hold a combined 53 seats.
Sotomayor Confirmation: Senate Judiciary Committee Votes: WATCH LIVE
July 28th, 2009 |
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On Tuesday the Senate Judiciary Committee will convene to vote on the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court. Sotomayor is expected to win approval on a “near party line” vote.
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Czech Politicians Strip Down for Swimsuit Billboard Pitch for Votes (VIDEO)
July 26th, 2009 |
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For Czech holiday makers the “nightmare has become a reality.” A selection of Czech politicians have been photographed in swim trucks– prominently displayed on billboards in Croatia– in an attempt to gain political popularity before the upco…
Carol Felsenthal: Should Obama Put Bill Clinton to Work on Swinging Votes for Health Care Bill?
July 17th, 2009 |
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Here’s an idea for President Obama. How about naming the former president and Arkansas governor special envoy to Arkansas Congressman Mike Ross?
First Votes Cast As Polls Predict Defeat For Howard
November 12th, 2007 |
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SYDNEY – Aboriginal voters cast the first ballots in Australia’s elections
yesterday as the latest polls forecast a landslide defeat for Prime
Minister John Howard.
The votes cast by Aborigines at Kybrook Farm south of Darwin marked the
start of early voting for those unable to make it to polling stations on
election day and for Australians abroad.
The first to cast a ballot, Mr George Huddlestone, said he had voted for
Mr Howard in the last election in 2003 but objected to the government’s
move this year to seize control of remote Aboriginal communities.
“I voted Liberal last time but Howard, he’s changed the rules on us,” Mr
Huddlestone said. “Some things are changing and people are worried for
their families.”
The poll, published yesterday, showed Labour had gained two percentage
points to extend its lead over Mr Howard’s Liberal-National coalition 55
per cent against 45 per cent.
It also showed that Mr Rudd had increased his lead over Mr Howard as
preferred Prime Minister, with backing from 48 per cent of the 1,119
voters polled against 40 per cent for Howard.
Mr Howard refused to comment directly on the poll results, but said he was
“optimistic” he could win a fifth term on the basis of his handling of the
economy.
The poll also showed that Mr Howard, 68, retains a strong lead over Mr
Rudd, 50, on the question of who could best manage the economy. – Agencies