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By Peta Thornycroft Harare 31 May 2008 A senior military officer in Zimbabwe is quoted as calling on the country's troops to vote for President Robert Mugabe in the upcoming presidential runoff election against opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. Wi
Poll Watchers Hope to Cut Fraud in Russia Vote Row upon row of Russians take lecture notes in a university classroom on a Saturday afternoon. They are not poor students. They are just 50 faces from an army of 200,000 Russians volunteering to work as
He is almost four decades ago to the day that i and millions of others in Britain cast my vote in favor of my membership of the European Communities. Alike millions of others i believe that i was voting for an economic community that would break sign
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
By Nico Colombant Abuja 23 April 2007 Nigeria's ruling party, whose candidate won the deeply flawed presidential election on Saturday, denied the ballot was rigged. The opposition candidates, however, have rejected the results of the election, which
By Jeffrey Young Washington 13 September 2007 The process of voting and electing national and local officials begins with registering people as participants in elections. In this second segment of the How America Elects series, VOA's Jeffrey Young lo
By Nico Colombant Lugbe, Nigeria 21 April 2007 The presidential and legislative election in Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, has taken a slow and troubled turn as many voting centers were without ballots for hours Saturday, while police said
By Nico Colombant Kinshasa 30 July 2006 Voters waiting in line for historic poll Congolese are voting in their first open election in more than 40 years, in hopes of putting an end to years of misrule, corruption, conflict, and poverty. --------- Un
By Franz Wild Brazzaville 24 June 2007 Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Congo are proceeding in most of the country. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Brazzaville, many Congolese say they have no voting cards and cannot find their voting o
By Challiss McDonough Kuwait City 29 June 2006 In Kuwait, women turned out in large numbers to exercise their newly won right to vote. VOA Correspondent Challiss McDonough has more from Kuwait City on the parliamentary election, in which 28 women al
Record numbers of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting - more than 28 million people in 34 of the 50 states. Election statistics and a new opinion survey show that registered Democrats are turning out to vote early in far greate
At least 18 people were killed as India's voters cast ballots in the first part of a five-stage election in the world's largest democracy. More than 2.5 million security officers were on duty in the 15 Indian states and two territories where balloti
US Muslims Join Together to Impact Politics, End Discrimination The number of Muslims living in America has increased by two-thirds since the terrorist attacks on U.S. soil 11 years ago. Many emigrated here and they live with discrimination from some
African Americans Recall 1960s Fight for Voting Rights 非洲裔美国人纪念20世纪60年代争取投票权 BIRMINGHAM U.S. President Barack Obama and thousands of people will gather in the small southern U.S. city of Selma, Alabama, Saturday, Mar
KELLY MCEVERS, HOST: A Russian intelligence agency launched a cyberattack last year against a company that helps run American voting systems. That detail appeared today in a top secret National Security Agency document that was posted by the news web
NOEL KING, HOST: The midterm elections are four months away. And there are real concerns about election interference. Yesterday, at the Aspen Security Forum, Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats talked about the threat that Russia poses. (SOUN
RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: Paperless voting machines are having their day in court today in Georgia. A federal judge is weighing whether the state should use paper ballots instead of the electronic voting machines in November or whether all that would just
Record numbers of Americans have already cast their ballots in early voting - more than 28 million people in 34 of the 50 states. Election statistics and a new opinion survey show that registered Democrats are turning out to vote early in far greater
By Robert Berger Jerusalem 15 January 2006 Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert chairs an emergency cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Jan. 5, 2006 Israel will allow Palestinian voting in East Jerusal
Election officials in several closely-contested states say Democrats are turning out to vote early in greater numbers than Republicans. With 34 states allowing voters to go to the polls in person before election day, experts estimate that up to 30 pe