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By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 28 February 2007 Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi won a confidence vote in the Senate on Wednesday, exactly one week after he submitted his resignation. Sabina Castelfranco reports from Rome for VOA that the vote ensure
By Challiss McDonough Kuwait City 30 June 2006 A Kuwaiti woman, left, casts her vote at a polling station in Salwa, Kuwait City, June 29, 2006 Women candidates have failed to win a single seat in the Kuwaiti parliament in the first election where th
Following up on the election of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to lead the United States, votes were still being counted a day after the election. In the Electoral College, Trump was projected to receive at least 290 electoral votes, bu
The South African Constitution Court has ruled citizens who are registered voters and reside abroad are entitled to vote. The decision overturns sections of the country's electoral law. In a unanimous decision the Constitutional Court, the country's
In the final days of the U.S. presidential election campaign, candidates Barack Obama and John McCain will focus on a relatively small handful of states that will provide the margin of victory on Election Day, November 4. VOA National Correspondent
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 April 2007 Voting has officially ended across Nigeria in a presidential vote dogged by violence, charges of fraud and logistical problems. Gilbert da Costa reports for VOA from Abuja that election officials say results ar
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 25 October 2006 Some 60 million eligible Nigerian voters are expected to visit 120,000 polling centers to register as Nigeria begins the long-awaited voters registration exercise. Some question marks have been raised about
By Nancy-Amelia Collins Dili 02 July 2007 Vote counting has been slightly delayed in the East Timor parliamentary elections but the count has finally gotten under way in the capital Dili, two days after the June 30 elections. VOA's Nancy-Amelia Colli
By Sean Maroney Washington 28 March 2007 watch Global Elections report Challenges to democracy in the complex world of the 21st century are the topic of a week-long conference that opened in Washington Tuesday. Sponsored by the Global Electoral Orga
With just two weeks to go until Election Day, U.S. presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are campaigning in states that could decide the election on November 4. VOA National Correspondent Jim Malone has the latest from Washington. In
The longest presidential election campaign in U.S. history is in its final week, and Democrat Barack Obama continues to hold a lead in the polls over Republican John McCain. Both candidates are focused on the economy in the final days of the campaig
US President Chosen by Electors, Not Popular Vote Americans vote for their next president on November 6. But the real presidential election takes place on December 17, and only 538 people are involved. This small group is called the Electoral College
By Michael Bowman Washington 25 October 2009 Afghan President Hamid Karzai (file photo) Afghanistan's president and his main electoral challenger say the country's political future should be decided at the ballot box, not through the formation of a
Iraq's Electoral Commission says voter turnout in Saturday's Kurdish election was high and polling went smoothly, despite allegations of irregularities by Kurdish opposition groups. The results of the election are not expected for several days. Iraq
Kurdish candidates are trying to rally support in the final hours before Saturday's election in Iraq's three northern provinces which constitute Kurdistan. Campaign posters dotted Kurdish cities and candidates spoke on television in a frenetic cresc
Mauritania's former military leader has won election as president. Opposition candidates are rejecting the results of a vote meant to return the country to constitutional rule. A supporter of former military leader Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz celebrates
By Greg Flakus Mexico City 10 July 2006 watch Mexico Election report Felipe Calderon waves to supporters Mexico's Federal Electoral Institute says Felipe Calderon of the ruling National Action Party narrowly won the presidential election held a week
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 11 April 2006 Official results in the Italian general election show center-left challenger Romano Prodi won enough seats in both houses of parliament to form a government.