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Hurricane Matthew forces Haiti to postpone crucial elections — for a fourth time

VICE News - ‎3 hours ago‎
Haiti's decision to postpone the election follows a trail of electoral misfires and controversies. In the last round of elections in October 2015 a handful of front-runners decried the initial results as fraudulent, and eventually forced a new round of ...

American Elections: How Long Is Too Long?

The Atlantic - ‎2 hours ago‎
By one measure, the U.S. presidential campaign will be 597 days old on Election Day in November. That's 14,328 hours, for those accustomed to CNN's Countdown Clock.
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Local elections early results

KTUU.com - ‎17 hours ago‎
Anchorage, KTUU The polls have closed for multiple local elections across the state. Here are the latest numbers we have. Mat-Su Borough: In the Mat-Su Borough voters rejected a ban on the commercial sale of marijuana outside cities.
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This will overshadow earnings: BofA

CNBC - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
In the note, titled "Election uncertainty may overshadow 3Q earnings," the bank forecasted third-quarter earnings would average $30.25, below analysts' expectations.
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Trump v Clinton: College professor correctly called the last 8 elections

My Fox Boston - ‎1 hour ago‎
Party mandate: After the midterm elections, the incumbent party holds more seats in the U.S. House of Representatives than after the previous midterm elections. 2. Contest: There is no serious contest for the incumbent party nomination. 3. Incumbency ...
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Crucial Haiti election still on despite Hurricane Matthew

USA TODAY - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
Crucial, controversial and long-delayed elections in Haiti are scheduled to take place Sunday despite the devastating storm now smashing through the tiny Caribbean nation.

Athens-Clarke elections officials expecting heavy turnout for balloting

Online Athens - ‎8 hours ago‎
With the Nov. 8 general election a little more than a month away, Athens-Clarke County elections officials have been seeing indications of the potential for a massive election-day turnout. For some time now, on a daily basis, the county elections ...
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France moots DRC sanctions with elections delayed

Deutsche Welle - ‎9 hours ago‎
France moots DRC sanctions with elections delayed. France says it's seeking EU sanctions to press Congolese President Joseph Kabila to make way for delayed elections. The US imposed sanctions last month against two individuals, with the EU yet to act.

Q&A: The myths and realities of hacking an election

CSO Online - ‎11 hours ago‎
Election hacking has become a key topic during this year's presidential elections, more so now that candidates and voters are being actively targeted by actors that are assumed to be acting with Russian support.

Mexican Senators Encourage Countrymen to "Use Every Tool" to Influence US Elections

The New American - ‎6 hours ago‎
The true intent of the Mexican senators speaking at the “Promotion of the Latino Vote in the U.S. Presidential Elections” forum sponsored by the Mexican Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs was made less clear by a statement made by another Mexican ...
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Judges Who Are Elected Like Politicians Tend to Act Like Them

New York Times - ‎Oct 3, 2016‎
Judges in 39 states face elections, and it is only natural that they might find it hard to take an unpopular position. But Chief Justice Roberts wrote that both appointed and elected judges must ignore public sentiment. “Politicians are expected to be ...
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Georgia's Elections Get Explosive … Literally

EurasiaNet - ‎6 hours ago‎
If Georgia's unusually low-drama parliamentary election-campaign seemed too good to be true, it was. Any appearance of normality ended abruptly last night with the explosion of a leading opposition MP's car in downtown Tbilisi, the Georgian capital.
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Do vice presidential debates influence elections?

CBS News - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
The latest CBS News poll finds only 14 percent of registered voters say a presidential candidate's running mate has a great deal of influence on their vote, but seven out of 10 voters say they plan to tune in Tuesday night for the debate between Gov.

Georgia's Parliamentary Elections and US-Georgian Relations

Heritage.org - ‎8 hours ago‎
The ruling Georgian Dream coalition, led by Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili, will seek re-election on October 8 in what many expect to be another peaceful transfer of power in Georgia.
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In 'national interest' for all Palestinians that elections be held in both West Bank and Gaza – UN envoy

UN News Centre - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
4 October 2016 - Welcoming today's decision to postpone Palestinian municipal elections, the United Nations senior official coordinating efforts towards the peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict called on all Palestinians to work ...

Local elections taking place across Alaska today

KTUU.com - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
Notably, in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough local election, voters will be choosing whether to allow or prohibit the commercial sale of marijuana outside cities.
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Changing Votes Isn't the Only Way Hackers Could Undermine an Election

Slate Magazine - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
When the House Committee on Science recently held a hearing on cybervulnerabilities and our elections systems, the committee focused only on threats facing the actual systems of voting—tabulations, electronic machines, and the possibility of a “rigged ...
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Elections over, Brazil tackles unpopular spending reforms

Reuters - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
BRASILIA Brazilian President Michel Temer's government introduced to Congress on Tuesday a landmark constitutional amendment to cap public spending, seeking to press ahead with unpopular reforms in the wake of last weekend's municipal elections.
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Ohio voters request absentee ballots for presidential election at record pace

cleveland.com - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
County elections boards across Ohio got more than 150,000 new requests for the mail in ballots in the last week. Those requests boosted the total to 957,260 statewide, according to the Ohio secretary of state's office.
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Early Elections for the U.K.? Don't Bet on It

Bloomberg - ‎Oct 4, 2016‎
Within days of taking office, British Prime Minister Theresa May ruled out holding an early general election to seek a mandate of her own.
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