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\t On Friday, internet and international calls were cut off across the West African nation in anticipation of the election results, according to locals and international observers in the capital, Conakry.
\t This was the third time that Conde matched-up against Diallo. Before the election, observers raised concerns that an electoral dispute could reignite ethnic tensions between Guinea's largest ethnic groups.
Former Alabama Congressman Artur Genestre Davis was born on October 9, 1967 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was raised by his mother and grandmotehr and graduated from Jefferson Davis High School in Montgomery in 1986. He received his degree Magna Cum Laude from Harvard University in 1990 and Cum Laude from Harvard Law School in 1993. His academic career led way for his professional career as an attorney.
After law school, Davis worked briefly as an intern at the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery before receiving a clerkship with Judge Myron F. Thompson, one of the first black judges on the Federal bench in Alabama. Davis worked as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama from 1994 to1998, fighting drugs and violence. In 1998, he worked as a litigator in private practice.
In 2002, Davis was elected Congressman of the 7th Congressional District in Alabama which includes Birmingham and counties in south-central Alabama, defeating Congressman Earl F. Hilliard in the Democratic Primary. He was overwhelmingly reelected in 2004 and 2006. Davis was appointed to the Ways and Means committee, which oversees economic policy including tax law, trade policy, health care and Social Security. He is the tenth Alabamian to serve on this committee. Davis also serves on the Judiciary Committee, which covers immigration and criminal systems.
During his first term, Davis worked to reverse funding cuts for minority colleges like Tuskegee University and Alabama A&M. In his second term he worked to renovate public housing with the HOPE VI program.
Davis, one of the first black leaders to endorse the presidential bid of U.S. Senator Barack Obama, a fellow classmate at Harvard Law School. However once Obama was elected he became the only member of the Congressional Black Caucus to vote again the 2010 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Presidents signature legislation.
In 2009 Davis sought to become Alabamas first African American governor. He lost in the Democratic Primary to
The Collective Political Action Committee has announced a campaign to register 250,000 African American voters on Juneteenth.
According to a release, The Collective, a group dedicated to electing black candidates, will launch its “Vote to Live” campaign, an attempt to register 250,000 African American voters.
The Vote to Live campaign is a data driven voter engagement program to reach African American voters through digital advertising, mail, and text messaging.
On Thursday June 18, The Collective will launch an extensive digital voter registration campaign using online ads aimed at reaching unregistered Black voters.
“The Black vote is powerful and when we vote, we change the course of history,” The Collective’s Founder and President
Quentin James said in a press release.
[Nation] Jubilee Party has retained the Huruma ward seat in Uasin Gishu County after Ms Lucy Ng'endo was declared the winner.
Much has been made of the impact that Black voter turnout had on Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election.
But the contributions go far beyond just showi
However, democrats believe that this effort is less about fighting voter fraud and more about enabling voter suppression and making the voting process especially difficult for black voters and other minorities.
Republicans are able to do this in part because of a 2018 federal court ruling that allows the national republican party to start campaigns against alleged voter fraud without court approval.
There was previously a ban on republican party voter-fraud operations after courts found instances of republicans intimidating or prioritizing the exclusion of minority voters, with the most recent account taking place in 2004.
The ongoing global pandemic is also having an impact on the voting process, with several democrats calling for the expansion of voting by mail and some republicans saying that doing so would invite voter fraud.
Fair Fight also believes that republican spending on alleged voter suppression will far exceed $20 million.
On Friday, October 9, 2020, the Milwaukee Health Services, Inc., hosted a voter registration event at their Isaac Coggs Heritage Health Center, 8200 W. Silver Spring Dr. Attendees could safely register to vote for the upcoming presidential election as well as receive a free COVID-19 safety kit containing hand sanitizer, facial tissues, masks and more.... [Read More]
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An exciting new ruling out of Florida is a victory for voting rights.
READ MORE: Federal trial opens over Florida’s felon voting law
Voters in the state chose overwhelmingly to restore voting rights to felons who had completed “all terms of their sentence including probation and parole” in 2018.
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The additional requirements meant that more than 1.5 million felons were barred from participating in the voting process.
The court ruled that the “Twenty-Fourth Amendment precludes Florida from conditioning voting in federal elections on payment of these fees and costs.”
READ MORE: GOP spending $20M on alleged voter suppression for the 2020 election
According to the report, Hinkle’s order requires the state to tell felons whether they are eligible to vote and what they owe.
The Central Islamic Organisation of Guyana (CIOG) today called on the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) to fulfill its constitutionally mandated duty and declare the winner of the 2020 election as soon as the Caribbean Court of Justice has made its ruling on a case to be heard on Wednesday.
“After intense scrutiny, the CARICOM Observer Team declared that they were of the `unshakeable belief that the people of Guyana expressed their will at the ballot box on March 2.”
The CIOG, under the name of its President, Shahabudeen Ahmad, said that to the great credit of the Nation, all international and CARICOM observers have vouched that Guyana’s 2020 election process was free, fair, and credible.
“The Guyanese people should be proud of this accomplishment, for when democracy wins, everyone wins”, the CIOG said.
The CIOG also called on the Guyana Police Force to uphold the rule of law in a responsible manner while monitoring and addressing any inflammatory actions in order to serve and protect all Guyanese citizens.
She recently announced her department will be sending out unsolicited absentee ballot applications to 7.7 million registered voters in Michigan.
In the past, opponents have been successful before Michigan courts stopping mass mailings of absentee ballot applications.
In Fleming, the court ruled unconstitutional the Macomb County Clerk’s mass mailing of absentee ballot applications.
The case relied on the following facts: the applications discriminated in favor of a narrow portion of voters, they were limited to persons over 60-years of age; the applications were sent out by a county clerk; and it violated Art. 2, Section 4 of the Michigan Constitution.
This time around a different legal outcome is more likely; because the mass mailing of absentee ballot applications is being done by a current Secretary of State, Michigan’s principal elections official, not a local county clerk.
In February 2010, the military of Niger staged a coup and overthrew the government of President Mamadou Tandja, replacing him with a leader of their own choosing, Salou Djibo. A new government, deemed the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, was also formed. Djibo promised the people of his country a return to civilian rule and elections to choose a new leader, but he has not said when that event will occur. The overthrow of Tandja, a former military man himself, is evidence that many in Niger were deeply unhappy with his recent abolishment of presidential term limits, seeing it as a threat to the countrys young democracy. Tandja had been in office for over 10 years.
In the first round of 2011 presidential elections which saw 51.6% voter turnout, Mahamadou Issoufou of the Niger Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS) won 36.2% of the vote while Seyni Oumarou of the National Movement for the Development of Society (MNSD) tallied 23.2%, triggering a runoff, which was held in March. After capturing 58% of the runoff vote, Mahamadou Issoufou assumed the presidential office. He appointed Brigi Rafini as prime minister.
See also Encyclopedia: Niger .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Niger
According to Fox News, White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow indicated Republicans are open to a back-to-work bonus for unemployed Americans in the next round of coronavirus aid.
Under the proposal, the money would be distributed through July 31, the same week the extra $600 a week unemployment benefit ends.
According to Fox News, Portman is reportedly working with the Senate Finance Committee on the proposal.
House Democrats, meanwhile, have passed a $3 trillion stimulus package that includes additional unemployment benefits.
According to unemployment numbers released Wednesday morning, another 2.1 million people filed for unemployment benefits last week.
On July 14, Texas will hold its 2020 runoff elections to decide the final spots for Democrats and Republicans on the November general election ballot.
Abbott also doubled the length of the early voting period for the July primary runoff elections in a move to aimed at easing crowds at the polls during the pandemic.
“It is necessary to increase the number of days in which polling locations will be open during the early voting period, such that election officials can implement appropriate social distancing and safe hygiene practices,” Abbott wrote in a May proclamation.
Democrats sued the state hoping to expand voting by mail as a safer alternative to in-person voting during the pandemic, but the Texas Supreme Court ruled in late May that a lack of immunity to the coronavirus alone does not qualify a voter to apply for a mail-in ballot.
Those who will not be in the county where they registered on election day and throughout the early voting period also have the option to request a ballot by mail
As early voting wraps up this week, the state of Georgia is preparing for its primary election slated for Tuesday, June 9.
For Burke Countians, a number of local races will also be determined or narrowed down for the general election in November.
As of Tuesday afternoon, Laverne Sello, executive director for the Burke County Board of Elections and Registration […]
I looked on as he went to college and law school, and I was so proud when he achieved his dream and became a State Senator.
I found this photo of me, his father Willis, and Royce on the day Royce was sworn in as President Pro Tempore of the Texas Senate.
What has made me so proud of Royce is that he understands that his duty as a leader is to care for others, to keep them safe, to help them learn, and to help them find their way in life.
My son, Senator Royce West, can do so much more for every Texan in Washington as your U.S. Senator.
Royce West is running for US Senate to unseat John Cornyn and end Mitch McConnell’s reign as Majority Leader.
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By BRYAN ANDERSON, Associated Press/Report for America
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Republican lawmakers in North Carolina are planning to vote this week on a measure that would allow President Donald Trump to speak in front of a packed Republican National Convention without some of the restrictions officials have required elsewhere to stop the coronavirus.
“What we need to do is continue our conversations with the RNC,” Cooper said, referring to the Republican National Committee, which runs the convention.
A draft of the bill, authored by Republican State Rep. John Torbett of Gaston and circulated last week by North Carolina Republican Party chairman Michael Whatley, calls for convention events in Charlotte to be held at full capacity, just as Trump had demanded from Cooper.
The Republican National Committee is exploring other sites for Trump to speak in front of a full capacity crowd after Cooper’s refusal, but said it plans to keep its official business meetings in Charlotte.
Senate Bill 105, which was introduced last year to make changes to certain state motor vehicles laws, was anticipated to be amended but was removed from the committee’s Tuesday agenda on Monday afternoon.
