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News Articles: election

Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Su Chao Hui, left, is seeking another term in office. Jason Hsu, right, a former law maker and current advisor to KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih.

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  • Asia

As China looms large, two opposing visions face off in Taiwan's election

The two parties that have historically dominated Taiwanese electoral politics are trying to sell voters their visions of the island's future – starting with the issue of China.

January 12, 2024
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By:
  • Patrick Jarenwattananon,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 2 more
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows her ballot paper as she casts her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party.

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  • Asia

Prime minister wins overwhelming majority in Bangladesh as opposition boycotts vote

Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to seize a fourth term.

January 07, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi waves to his supporters after casting his ballot inside a polling station during the presidential elections in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023.

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  • Africa

Congo's president is declared winner of election that opposition wants redone

The results of the Dec. 20 election were announced amid calls from the opposition and civil society groups for the vote to be rerun due to logistical problems they said had undermined the balloting.

December 31, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
 Brionte´ McCorkle

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  • News

Voting rights decision may curb push to diversify Georgia, Alabama utility commissions

Plaintiffs in the challenge to Georgia Public Service Commission’s statewide elections appear headed to the U.S. Supreme Court

 

December 18, 2023
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By:
  • Kristi Swartz
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in November 2018.

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  • Elections

How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer

What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Courtney Dorning,
  • and 1 more
Tamara Jones and Shivy Brooks

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  • News

Fulton to recount ballots from Nov. 7 election, including Atlanta school board races

Fulton County will recount all the votes cast during the Nov. 7 election, including those for the Atlanta Board of Education contests.

 

November 13, 2023
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By:
  • Collin Kelley
Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit challenging Georgia’s 2021 election law overhaul were unsuccessful on Oct. 10 in their attempt to temporarily block several rules for absentee and provisional voting. The case is being heard in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Georgia in downtown Atlanta.

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  • News

Georgia’s controversial 2021 voting law overhaul survives preliminary legal challenge

A Georgia federal court judge declined this week to temporarily block the state’s controversial election rules, which several voting rights and civil rights organizations claim will disenfranchise Black voters throughout the 2024 election.

October 13, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
A student casts his ballot at Georgia Tech’s McCamish Pavilion in the 2021 Senate runoff.

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  • News

State Election Board shelves bid to allow more hand-marked ballots, affirms touchscreen use

On Tuesday, the Georgia State Election Board rejected a proposal that would have increased the number of voters casting hand-marked paper ballots in the 2024 election cycle when existing touchscreen machines raise ballot privacy concerns.

October 04, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap

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  • News

Attorneys spar over Georgia’s voting law after federal judge temporarily blocks some provisions

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will determine whether to continue blocking provisions of Georgia’s 2021 election law overhaul that civil rights groups say discriminates against Black and disabled voters.

September 26, 2023
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a polling station to cast his vote, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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  • Africa

Zimbabwe's opposition alleges fraud in vote that extends governing party's rule

Zimbabwe's main opposition leader on Sunday alleged "blatant and gigantic fraud" in the country's election after President Emmerson Mnangagwa was declared the winner.

August 28, 2023
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By:
  • The Associated Press
This booking photo, provided by Fulton County Sheriff's Office, shows former President Donald Trump after he surrendered and was booked at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta this week. Trump is accused by District Attorney Fani Willis of scheming to subvert the will of Georgia voters.

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  • Opinion

Opinion: Trump's mug shot may become his best-known portrait

A mug shot for a former president and others in his circle: NPR's Scott Simon recalls his days as a crime reporter, and reflects on the significance of mug shots.

August 26, 2023
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By:
  • Scott Simon
Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot multiple times outside a campaign event Wednesday.

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  • Latin America

How Ecuador reached the shocking point of a political assassination

Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.

August 11, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
 Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger speaks to attendees at a Savannah Rotary Club luncheon, in Savannah, Ga., Monday, August 7, 2023

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  • News

2024 elections: ‘Hold on tight,’ Raffensperger says

Georgia’s secretary of state campaigns in Savannah for the state’s besieged voting system

 

August 08, 2023
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By:
  • Craig Nelson
 The study by political scientists from Stanford and Tufts universities appears just as a heated debate is flaring again in Congress over the partisan and racial impact of recent voting laws.

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  • News

Changes in state election laws have little impact on results, new study finds

Meaning of Georgia’s higher turnout is debated.

 

July 18, 2023
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By:
  • Zachary Roth
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  • Law

Supreme Court rulings could lead to redrawn congressional maps for Georgia

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Louisiana's new congressional map reduces Black voting strength in violation of the U.S. Civil Rights Act.

June 27, 2023
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  • Donna Lowry
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