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Casting a vote for former state lawmaker and congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib wasnt about making history for Detroit voter David White It was about making a difference. Rashida represents everything that undermines those stereotypes. She doesnt

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By Jeffrey Young Washington 29 October 2007 In the United States, touch-screen voting machines are more and more becoming the norm. While this new technology enables election officials to quickly tally the vote and determine the winners on Election D

VOA常速英语2008年-Voting Ends in Zimbabwe

By Scott Bobb Johannesburg 29 March 2008 Zimbabweans wentto the polls Saturday to choose a president, parliament and local councils. The balloting was mostly peaceful although police said a bomb went off at the home of a ruling party parliamentary ca

VOA标准英语2012--Historic Marijuana Vote Pits States Against US Government

Historic Marijuana Vote Pits States Against US Government A historic moment for supporters of marijuana legalization in the U.S. The states of Colorado and Washington have legalized the possession and sale of marijuana for adult recreational use. The

VOA标准英语2012--New York Candidates Court Muslim Voters

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VOA标准英语2011--Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections

Tallest Candidate Wins Majority of US Presidential Elections When it comes to voter preference, a candidates positions on the issues count. But some may check a name on a ballot for a more primal reason: the candidates stature. Researchers at Texas T

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Against Odds, Libyans to Elect New Parliament 利比亚人希望选举出新议会 CAIRO, EGYPT Libyans head to the polls Wednesday for their second parliamentary elections since the 2011 toppling of leader Moammar Gadhafi. Few Libyans are expected t

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In 2008, then-Senator Barack Obama won the U.S. presidency in large part because of strong voter turnout from young people, minorities, women and independents. For this year's midterm congressional elections, analysts say that Democrats need to motiv

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Millions of people in Venezuela have gone to the polls to vote in a presidential election. It started yesterday morning. The leader of the South American country has chosen through a simple majority vote and the incumbent president, Nicolas Maduro, i

VOA常速英语2008年-US Democrats Overseas Give Obama Another Victor

By Eve Troeh Los Angeles 22 February 2008 Barack Obama garnered his 11th consecutive primary win this week, when Democrats Abroad announced from Geneva, Switzerland, that the Illinois senator had won the party's Global Primary. Obama got about 65 per

VOA标准英语2013--动荡过后美国众议院就卫生保健法举行投票

Amid Turmoil, US House Votes to Alter Health Care Law 动荡过后美国众议院就卫生保健法举行投票 Polls show that President Barack Obamas credibility has taken a hit because of promises he made concerning his landmark health care reform

VOA标准英语2013--阿富汗部落领袖就美阿安全协议投票

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By Michael Bowman Caracas 03 December 2006 Polls have closed in Venezuela, where voters were deciding whether socialist President Hugo Chavez deserved another six-year term in the oil-rich nation. VOA's Michael Bowman reports from Caracas, official

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Suicide bombers have attacked two polling stations in Baghdad, killing at least seven soldiers, while an explosion near another voting place not yet in use took the lives of seven civilians. The blasts occurred as early voting got under way for Sunda

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By VOA News 06 November 2007 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto arrived in Islamabad Tuesday for meetings with opposition parties to discuss ways to overturn emergency rule imposed by President Pervez Musharraf. Ms. Bhutto said she has no

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In U.S. politics, all eyes are on Pennsylvania as that eastern state holds a crucial primary election. On the eve of the primary, the two candidates for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination were campaigning virtually non-stop. 美国各方面

VOA双语新闻：卡尔扎伊以54%得票率领先

For the first time since the August 20 presidential election in Afghanistan, the preliminary vote totals now show incumbent Hamid Karzai with a percentage high enough to avoid a runoff. But the country's electoral watchdog, backed by the U.N., says i

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Afghan election officials have begun recounting disputed ballots from the August 20 presidential election. The recount amid fraud allegations leaves open the possibility of a second round for the disputed election. 阿富汗选举官员开始对8月2

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今天我们要学的词是 revert. revert 的意思是还原，复原。U.S. President Donald Trump said that if a trade deal with China was possible, it would get done, but if the two sides could not resolve their disputes he would revert to tariff