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| | UNDP-POGAR: Country Index: Elections |
 | | Elections for 12 seats in 6 electoral districts were postponed pending a judicial decision. | | | In response to charges of fraud and corruption leveled at earlier elections, the Supreme Constitutional Court in July of 2000 ruled that the elections of 1990 and 1995 were unconstitutional. | | | Second round elections were not held in 3 electoral districts as a result of judicial decisions. |
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| | UNDP-POGAR: Country Index: Elections |
| | Elections to the House of Representatives are governed by the Law of Election to the House of Deputies, No. 22 of 1986. | | | The new Elections Law, issued by Royal Decree on July 22, 2001, raises the number of Lower House seats from 80 to 104, increases the number of constituencies from 21 to 44, redistributes parliamentary seats, and lowers the voting age from 19 to 18. | | | Election results were as follows: tribal candidates and candidates of conservative social forces achieved a decisive victory by capturing 84 parliamentary seats, while leftist and nationalist political parties failed to win any seat in parliament. |
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| | Encyclopedia article: Elections in Georgia (country) |
| | Elections in Georgia gives information on election (A vote to select the winner of a position or political office) and election results in Georgia (A state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War). | | | An election (A vote to select the winner of a position or political office) is a process in which a vote is held to elect candidates to an office. | | | Georgia legislative election, 2003 (additional info and facts about Georgia legislative election, 2003) |
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http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/encyclopedia/e/el/elections_in_georgia_(country).htm
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| | Election - KnowledgeIsFun.com |
| | In order for democratic elections to be fair and competitive, opposition parties and candidates must enjoy the rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and movement as necessary to voice their criticisms of the government openly and to bring alternative policies and candidates to the voters. | | | In the 2004 Iranian parliamentary elections almost all of the reformist candidates were ruled unfit by the Guardian Council of religious leaders. | | | An example of this kind of structural bias was the 2004 re-election of Russian president Vladimir Putin, in which the state controlled media consistently supported his election run, consistently condemned his opponents, provided virtually unlimited free advertising to Putin's campaign, and barred attempts by his opponents to run campaign advertisements. |
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| | Country profile :: Parliamentary elections |
| | The CEC is responsible for preparing and supervising elections for the Presidency, for deputies of the Majilis and Senate of the Parliament, and for national referenda. | | | Even before the elections it had ruled on 90 cases, its judgments in nearly all cases being accepted by the public. | | | The Central Election Commission has published on its website (www.kazelection2004.org) the full text of an independent scrutiny of the Elections Law presented by one of the UK's leading international law experts, Professor Christopher Greenwood, QC. |
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| | 150, "Elections, Elections, Elections" |
| | The result of such a free election is supposed to be considered a legitimate decision about who shall govern a political unit (or in the case of a referendum what decision shall have force of law). | | | It was argued that in the U.S. elections, intimidation took the form of challenging without good reason the right of voters to vote or by spreading untrue rumors about the rights of voters to vote. | | | If one thinks of recent or forthcoming elections in the world, there have been a series of elections with contested results: for example, Iran, Venezuela, the United States, Georgia, and Ukraine in 2004, and Iraq and Palestine, upcoming in 2005 and already being contested in advance. |
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| | Promoting Democracy, Election Monitoring - Carter Center Democracy Program |
| | Election observers analyze election laws, assess voter registration processes, voter education efforts, and the openness of campaigns, focusing on competitiveness, unhindered participation in the election process, and access to the media. | | | The presence of impartial election observers reassures voters they can safely and secretly cast their ballots and that vote tabulation will be conducted without tampering. | | | East Timor: Monitoring its third election in East Timor since 1999, The Carter Center commended the new country on its 2002 presidential election that met international standards for freeness and fairness. |
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| | Elections and Electoral Systems by Country |
| | The Center for Voting and Democracy is dedicated to fair elections where every vote counts and all voters are represented. | | | Parliamentary Election 1994 names and state of the parties | | | Adam Carr's Electoral Archive has complete (ie, seat by seat) federal elections statistics from 1901 (federation) to the present, and statistics for all Australian state elections since 1990. |
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| | Voting in home country elections The San Diego Union-Tribune |
| | Most immigrants who vote in their home country elections are relatively new to the United States and do not yet have citizenship. | | | The prospect of millions of Mexican immigrants voting in their home country elections at places in the United States is likely to rekindle criticism about immigrants' low political participation and questions about where their loyalties and commitments lie. | | | In the 2002 congressional elections, for the first time, Colombia allowed its nationals in the United States to vote for a special overseas representative in addition to a general representative to the national assembly. |
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| | Mercer County Board of Elections |
| | Board members are nominated by the County Central Committees and are approved by the Ohio Secretary of State. | | | The Mercer County Board of Elections is made up of two Democrats and two Republicans. | | | They are directly responsible for the election process in Mercer County. |
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| | From A World to Win News Service: Iran Elections: A Glimpse of a Country in Turmoil - revcom.us |
| | Iran Elections: A Glimpse of a Country in Turmoil | | | The 17 June presidential elections in Iran ended in what the Islamic government announced as a near tie between Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a former president and core regime figure now rebranded as a “moderate,” and ex-Tehran mayor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, close to the regime’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and former leader of its paramilitary forces. | | | Scattered demonstrations against the elections were held in some parts of the country. |
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| | Did you vote in the last elections in your country? |
| | I read that some US states are trying to set up their elections so that voters can participate on-line. | | | I voted in the last elections for the first time. | | | I didn't vote in the last elections and never have. |
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| | Women in Parliaments: World Classification |
| | 2 - Timor-Leste: The purpose of elections held on 30 August 2001 was to elect members of the Constituent Assembly of Timor-Leste. | | | These reserved seats were filled in September and October 2005, being allocated to political parties in proportion to their share of the national vote received in the 2001 election. | | | 4 - Serbia and Montenegro: For the first time since Yugoslavia ceased to exist and the new State, Serbia and Montenegro, was created, indirect elections were held in the two assemblies of the two member states. |
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- Getting out vote in Indian Country |
| | While they fought for their country and were later honored by the White House, the code talkers were not allowed to vote. | | | In another effort to increase participation, the Navajo tribal council election will be held this year on the same day as the U.S. presidential election. | | | While voter turnout often runs low on many reservations, recent elections in Arizona, South Dakota and other states have seen an upswing in political activism among American Indians. |
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| | Calendar of Elections |
| | Last elections: May 1997; the ADN replaced the National Revolutionary Movement (MNR) in the Senate and has a plurality in the Chamber of Deputies. | | | Last election: May 31, 1998; no candidate received a majority; runoff to be between Quito mayor Jamil Mahuad and Alvaro Noboa. | | | Last elections: May 1994; the Social Chrisitian Reformist Party has a majority in the Senate and the Dominican Revolutionary Party (PRD) has a plurality in the Chamber of Deputies. |
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| | Former president of Haiti demands free elections in his country |
| | The will of Aristide, who is in South Africa as guests of the government of that African country, is that free elections serve to solve the crisis in his country, said South African Foreign Business Minister Nkozasana Dlamini Zuma, cited Friday by the local press. | | | Former president of Haiti demands free elections in his country | | | Meanwhile, Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim admitted Aristide could play an important role in the reconstruction of the Caribbean country, but gave no further details. |
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| | EurasiaNet Eurasia Insight - Georgian Local Elections Will Reshape Country's Political Landscape |
| | Former Parliament Speaker Zurab Zhvania, a long-time ally of Shevardnadze who split with the president in 2001, has wrestled for control of the former presidential party with Levan Mamaladze, a pro-Shevardnadze Governor of Kvemo Kartli region. | | | However, the New Rights Party may reap significant political benefits from its decision to focus on elections nationwide, with the exception of Adjaria. | | | At the same time, the court upheld the replacement of Zhvania supporters on the Central Election Commission with Mamaladze partisans. |
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| | The following speech, "Fiji's 2001 Elections: Our Country at the Crossroads'", was delivered by the Fijian chief and former High Court judge, Ratu Joni Madraiwiwi, at the University of the South Pacific, at 7pm, Wednesday, 15 August 2001, as part of the university's 2001 Parkinson Memorial Lecture Series. | | | On Wednesday, September 19, the university will host a Fiji post-election panel discussion: "Fiji's 2001 Elections: Rebuilding a Fractured Nation". | | | FIJI'S 2001 ELECTIONS: Our Country at the Crossroads |
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| | CNN.com - Officials discuss how to delay Election Day - Jul 12, 2004 |
| | "We've had elections in this country when we were at war, even when we were in civil war, and we should have the elections on time. | | | Newsweek reported that Soaries expressed concern that no federal agency had the authority to postpone an election and asked Ridge to ask Congress to give his commission such power. | | | The department has referred questions about the matter to the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel, said a spokesman, confirming a report in this week's editions of Newsweek magazine. |
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| | Big Country elections could bring heavy voter turnout |
| | Voter turnout on Saturday is expected to be heavy in some communities as voters throughout the Big Country have their say in 85 city, school board and hospital district elections. | | | Colorado City set a new record for early voting although uncontested city and school board elections were canceled. | | | A race for four at-large seats on the Mitchell County Hospital District’s board of trustees is attracting all the interest because the newly-organized board will have the final say on whether a new hospital is built. |
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| | Pravda.RU Slovenian Elections |
| | The second round, which will determine who is the Head of State for the next five years, is decided by a simple majority. | | | The Prime Minister of Slovenia, the 52-year-old Janez Drnovsek (Liberal Democratic Party, LDS) and the Attorney General, Barbara Brezigar (48, Independent, but backed by the Social Democrats and other centre and right-wind formations) stand in the second round of the election to find a substitute for President Milan Kucan. | | | Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko is certain that he made a right decision not to listen to IMF’s recommendations |
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| | Human Rights Watch World Report 2001: Haiti: Human Rights Developments |
| | Bypassing the country's constitution and electoral law, which required first-round winners to have an absolute majority of votes cast, the Provisional Electoral Council (Conseil Electorale Provisoire, CEP) dramatically shrunk the pool of votes counted, eliminating all but those accruing to the four or six leading candidates in each province. | | | The May 21 elections were largely peaceful, if disorganized, and well over 50 percent of registered voters turned out. | | | As a result, all nineteen Senate seats at issue in the elections were won in the first round, eighteen of them by Fanmi Lavalas. |
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| | “If the United States of America or Britain is having elections, they don't ask for observers from Africa or from Asia. | | | But when we have elections, they want observers. | | | “This election is about who's going to be the next President of the United States! |
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| | Political Science Resources/Foreign Politics |
| | Includes election laws, results, and documents from both observers and the Central Committee for Elections | | | Highlights of the 1996 Canadian Elections Act, its changes on campaigns and voter registration | | | Current representation by country with number of seats held by individual parties |
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| | Campaigns & Elections: Initiatives Across the Country |
| | As a result, state legislatures across the country are now reconsidering the process by which an initiative reaches voters for consideration. | | | Campaigns and Elections, August, 2001 by Carey Arvin | | | While the presidential controversy raged in Florida, last November's election also sparked disputes at the state level regarding the legitimacy of citizen ballot initiatives. |
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| | China - Hong Kong - Taiwan - Referendum - Worldpress.org |
| | In the special administrative region of Hong Kong, a record 44 percent of the electorate came out to vote in the district council elections on Nov. 23, handing the pro-Beijing party a stunning defeat and giving the pro-democracy camp a major boost. | | | The pro-China press was quick to point out that the pace and scope of political reforms are limited by the Basic Law, Hong Kong’s mini-constitution drafted when the former British colony was returned to China in 1997. | | | Omaha Steaks: Save 67% and get 12 FREE Burgers |
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| | TIME Europe TIME Trail: Zimbabwe |
| | Mugabe became Zimbabwe's first executive President and the larger ZANU-PF went on to win the 1990 elections. | | | For almost 15 years Smith led settler-ruled Rhodesia in a rebellion against Britain, | | | Despite the continuing political malaise, ZANU-PF won a fourth general election in 1995 and Mugabe was returned to office as President in 1996. |
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| | Iraq Preparing to Lock Down Country for Elections |
| | Interim Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has already declared the country is under emergency law. | | | Naqib said he is confident that enough sites will be open to limit the distance that people will have to walk in order to vote. | | | As part of the security preparations for election day, the minister announced on Saturday that officials will close Baghdad International Airport on the 29th and the 30th, the day of the vote. |
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| | Ethiopia Holds Legislative Elections - Prensa Latina |
| | Civil wars wracked the ethnically fractured country in the 1980s, and famine took as many as 1 million lives. | | | Late Saturday, opposition leaders accused the police of rounding up hundreds of opposition candidates and poll observers in order to rig the elections in the rural areas. | | | In all, more than 500 foreign election observers are to monitoring the elections for the first time in Ethiopia´s history. |
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| | Africa News Service: GOVERNMENT PREPARES NEXT ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY@ HighBeam Research |
| | The Director of the National Department of Elections (DNE), Paulo Soma, said the document that served as a platform of discussion by members of the Council of the Republic (CR), in its last session held July the 1st, is the result of this work. | | | Luanda, Jul 25, 2003 (Angola Press Agency/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The Angolan Ministry of Territory Administration (MAT) is since January this year working in the projection of the next general elections in Angola, an official source told Angop in Luanda. | | | Africa News Service: GOVERNMENT PREPARES NEXT ELECTIONS IN THE COUNTRY@ HighBeam Research |
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| | Iraq not yet stable for polls, says minister -DAWN - International; 27 January, 2004 |
| | "We ask for this matter to be postponed, even if it is for a short time, until all the political and security preparations can ensure that elections can run in a free and stable manner," Interior Minister Nouri Badran, a secular Shia, told a news conference when asked whether Iraq could hold early elections. | | | "We have asked the United Nations...for a second opinion on this issue of is it possible to get world standard elections within four, five or six months before June," said US Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy Lorne Craner. | | | BAGHDAD, Jan 26: Security in Iraq may be too precarious to hold early elections, the country's interior minister said on Monday, as the United Nations considered whether to send a team to see if a nationwide vote is possible. |
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| | Elections in Ireland |
| | The country is a parliamentary democratic republic, divided in 26 counties. | | | Freedom House rated the country on political rights with a 1 and on civil rights with a 1, both on a scale of 1 to 7 (in which 1 is the most free). | | | The Seanad Eireann/Senate has 60 members, 11 members nominated, 6 members selected by the universities and 43 members elected from five vocational panels, all in short time after the parliamentary elections. |
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| | A database of election results in Sub-Saharan Africa | | | Choose a country below to access election results. |
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| | PHNO: Elections 1998 |
| | He added that the problem with the Commission on Elections is that while the Constitution allows several parties to compete, it is moving in to disqualify nuisance candidates. | | | Why not allow them to participate because it is guaranteed by the Constitution?" | | | - Former President Cory Aquino was blamed by her own Vice President for the chaotic and unprincipled elections the country is going through. |
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| | NorthEast Country Music Association_Elections |
| | If you, or someone you know, is interested in serving as a Board member, you may send a nomination to: NorthEast Country Music Association, PO Box 511, Clifton Park, NY 12065 prior to the December 13th meeting or submit the nomination at the December 13th meeting, in person. | | | At that meeting, Elections to the Board of Directors will be held, as well as election of officers for the following year. | | | We are currently seeking nominations for several two year terms to the Board. |
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| | JURIST - Paper Chase: Saudi Arabia holds first elections in country's history |
| | The election was for 127 local government seats around the country in the first of three local elections to be held through April. | | | More than 1,800 candidates stood for the elections, with many of them competing for seven seats in the capital Riyadh. | | | JURIST - Paper Chase: Saudi Arabia holds first elections in country's history |
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| | Country Studies - Austria: Elections and Parties |
| | By achieving an increase to 48 percent in 1966, the party was able to win eighty-five parliamentary seats, an absolute majority. | | | Prior to the 1966 election, the share of the vote received by the ÖVP fluctuated between 44 and 46 percent. | | | Theodor Körner, who had succeeded Renner in 1951, died in office prior to the 1957 presidential election. |
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| | Boston.com / News / Local / R.I. / College students from Afghanistan cheer country's elections |
| | But she has watched, over time, reforms of the judicial system, the drafting of a new Constitution and finally the direct presidential election. | | | And although the election was plagued by threats of boycotts from some candidates and allegations of fraud, three women at Roger Williams University were delighted. | | | For a group of Rhode Island college students, the elections in Afghanistan are more than a faraway curiosity. |
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| | BBC NEWS In Depth Vote 2004 Austria European Election |
| | Its share of the vote slumped dramatically from 23.4% in the last election to 6.4%, losing the party four of the five seats it had previously held. | | | Seen as far more significant however, were the losses suffered by the far-right Freedom Party - which prompted uproar in the European Union when it entered the national government in 2000. | | | The other surprise of the contest was the success of a list fielded by independent candidate Hans-Peter Martin, an MEP who waged an anti-fraud campaign after being kicked out of his party for exposing what he saw as expenses abuses by his European colleagues. |
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| | United Nations - OCHA IRIN Web Special Togo elections |
| | Diplomats and opposition politicians question how long the army and Togo's restless unemployed youth will allow Eyadema to stay in power if he rigs the election in his favour. | | | "He is a weight on the country and he rules it as if it were a clan," the law professor said with a sigh. | | | One senior economist who works for an international organisation in Togo, said the country was now at a crossroads. |
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| | HoustonChronicle.com - Friedman: On with the elections ... in the country we've got |
| | The insurgents are clearly desperate that they not be cast as fighting a democratically elected Iraqi government — which is why they are desperately trying to scuttle the elections. | | | This is a tough call, but I hope the elections go ahead as scheduled on Jan. 30. | | | We have to have a proper election in Iraq so we can have a proper civil war there. |
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| | [EM] Elections Scheduling? |
| | There is also some info about British and American politics and elections. | | | It has several fairly detailed pages of info about how Australian elections work, about the political parties and so on. | | | andnbsp;It has several fairly detailed pages of info about how Australian elections work, about the political parties and so on. |
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| | A car bomb, 16 ETA arrests, early elections in Basque Country |
| | Spanish Interior Minister Jaime Mayor Oreja of the country’s ruling Popular Party has said he will run against the current Basque president, or lehendakari in the Basque language, Juan José Ibarretxe. | | | Spanish Politics - A car bomb, 16 ETA arrests, early elections in Basque Country - http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/spanish_politics/61739 | | | A car bomb, 16 ETA arrests, early elections in Basque Country |
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| | NPR : As Elections Near, Iranian Women Stage Protest |
| | NPR : As Elections Near, Iranian Women Stage Protest | | | Morning Edition, June 13, 2005 ·; Hundreds of Iranian women protested against gender discrimination, just five days before the country holds presidential elections. | | | Iranian women take part in a protest in front of the Tehran University in Tehran June 12, 2005. |
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