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Oscar had just moved to New York City. He registered to vote. A week later, he received his voter card. Now he was a registered voter. He read the voter notice from the Board of Elections. It said to call VOTE-NYC if he had a question. He had a quest

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Provincial authorities in Henan are taking steps to try to unify the household registration system. The changes to the Hukou system will make no distinction between rural and urban registrations. This means both farmers and people living in the citie

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By Anne Look Dakar 29 September 2009 Ivory Coast announced that it will release provisional voter lists Thursday for the country's long-delayed presidential elections, now scheduled for November. With just two months before the presidential poll, th

VOA标准英语2012--Democrats, Republicans Battle Over Voter ID Laws

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VOA标准英语2012--Low Voter Enthusiasm Doesn't Prevent Romney Win in Ohio

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Debate continues in Ivory Coast over the creation of a definitive voter list, despite pressure from the United Nations Security Council this week to hold the country's long-delayed presidential elections as soon as possible. The U.N. Security Council

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It's been revealed that renowned entrepreneur and now US president-elect, Donald Trump, applied for trademarks in China on over 80 occasions since 2006, successfully registering 78 trademarks in total, according to a report of Beijing Youth Daily. 据《

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By announcing a 57-million US dollar extension of its current programme, the UK is signaling that it wants to make electric cars a mainstream option for car buyers. The money will go towards four areas, with proposals like building street lights that