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Voting for change and for tradition

WESTERN BUREAU: A 19-year-old woman who is a first-time voter in St James North Western says the incumbent Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government has motivated her to vote based on their track record of performance. The teenager, who was among the...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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Former ACP boss decries lack of official result in Guyana's elections

GEORGTOWN, Guyana (CMC) — Former secretary general of the African Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), Dr Patrick I Gomes says it is “shameful” that four months after a regional and general election, voters in Guyana are yet to know the official

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8 minutes and 46 seconds: May we never witness this again | New Pittsburgh Courier

by Ray Curry, Secretary-Treasurer, UAW Over the past weeks across the nation, united demonstrations have made the message clear: People have had enough of the ongoing struggle for equality and equity, of the battle against systemic injustice, and the fear of being a person of color in America. The

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Somalia unable to hold election this year - Commission

Commission Chairlady Ms Halima Ismael Ibrahim, alias Halima Yareey, on Saturday spoke to members of the Lower House of Parliament (better known as Golaha Shacabka – the people’s hall), proposing two methods of conducting the

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Source: The East African

Malawi opposition leader sworn in as president after vote re-run

Malawi's opposition leader Lazarus Chakwera was sworn in Sunday as the southern African country's new president after winning the re-run of a hotly disputed

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Report from Guyana’s chief elections officer rejected by OAS

Deeming it as acting in bad faith and contrary to the interest of democracy in Guyana, yesterday the Organization of American States (OAS) rejected the latest report of the country’s chief elections officer which gives the win in the disputed March...

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Chakwera Sworn In as Malawi President

Malawi held an investiture for President Lazarus Chakwera and Vice President Saulos Chilima on Sunday, hours after the elections body declared Chakwera winner of the June 23 polls.

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Phillips wants legal assurances on 2-in-1 election

President of the People’s National Party (PNP), Dr Peter Phillips, is demanding assurances that the legal and technical issues involved in staging both the local government and general elections on one ballot be ironed out before concluding on what would be a historic

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Assemblyman Michael Blake makes allegations of voter suppression | New York Carib News

Assemblyman Michael Blake on Thursday refused to concede the closely-watched Democratic primary race alleging that the election was hampered by “intentional black voter suppression.” He would replaced retiring South Bronx Rep. Jose Serrano.

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"It's a Runoff Election" | The Savannah Tribune

In a runoff election, the candidate with the greatest number of votes wins outright in the first round if he/she obtains more than a predefined fraction of the votes (called the threshold for the first-round victory). If no candidate wins in the first round, then a second round is held between the

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8 minutes and 46 seconds: May we never witness this again | New Pittsburgh Courier

(NNPA)—Over the past weeks across the nation, united demonstrations have made the message clear: People have had enough of the ongoing struggle for equality and equity, of the battle against systemic injustice, and the fear of being a person of color in America. The catalyst for the latest

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#JaVotes2020 | Beckford returns as independent candidate for Westmoreland Central

With just 47 votes as an independent candidate in the 2016 general elections, 29-year-old Torraino Beckford has again thrown his hat into the ring with much hope of representing the people of Westmoreland Central, having completed his nomination...

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LeBron James Joins Other High-Profile Athletes in Effort to Galvanize Black Vote | L.A. Focus Newspaper

To the side of those words on LeBron James’ Instagram was printed over and over again, “more than an

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Op-Ed: We Will Not Be Silenced.

Murders of our black sisters and brothers either at the hands of, or sanctioned by, the state are all too

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Oprah's OWN Network Launches New Voting Intiative For Black Women

This week media mogul Oprah Winfrey's television network, OWN, has announced that it will be launching the "OWN Your Vote" as a bipartisan initiative to encourage Black women to go out and vote.

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Problems In Atlanta on Polling Day

Voters who were out to vote in Atlanta woke up to a few surprises on Tuesday, June

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Source: Headlines - The Atlanta Inquirer

Anxiety as Burundi polls bring an end to Nkurunziza’s rule

A cloud of anxiety hangs over Burundi as the electoral agency continued counting votes days after Wednesday’s election that is guaranteed to end the 15-year rule of President Pierre

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Floyd murder unleashes Black parents’ worst fears

Her tears, she said, are for the senseless, callous murder of another innocent unarmed Black person, for the constant terror that African-Americans live under because of police brutality and extra-judicial murders; and a deep and persistent anxiety about her

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Election ready - PNP gearing up if poll called after SOEs lifted

THE LEADERSHIP of the Opposition People’s National Party (PNP) has declared itself fit and ready to challenge the ruling Jamaica Labour Party if Prime Minister Andrew Holness calls a general election shortly after winding up states of emergency (SOEs) across the

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Eyrika Parker wins race for Jefferson County (Ala.) Treasurer; first Black female to win seat

By Barnett Wright The Birmingham Times Eyrika Parker, a lifelong Birmingham resident, on Tuesday won 57.45 percent of the vote to defeat Roderick “Rod” Scott, state lawmaker, 42.22 percent, for Jefferson County Treasurer in the Democratic primary runoff. The unofficial results are with 95 percent

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Source: The Birmingham Times

Texans begin voting Monday in runoff elections. Officials are doing what they can to make it safe.

Poll workers will begin greeting voters from behind face masks and shields as early voting begins in primary runoffs that will look and operate differently from any Texas election in the past 100

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Malawi election commission appeals for calm as it tallies votes

Malawi’s electoral commission appealed for “peace and calm” on Wednesday as it counted ballots following a historic poll to re-elect a president after Peter Mutharika’s victory was

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Burundi: Anxiety As Burundi Polls Bring an End to Nkurunziza's Rule

A cloud of anxiety hangs over Burundi as the electoral agency continued counting votes days after Wednesday's election that is guaranteed to end the 15-year rule of President Pierre

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Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena team up to create Georgias largest voting precinct | The Atlanta Voice

It was announced on June 29 that the Fulton County Board of Registration has voted for the approval of the use of State Farm Arena for upcoming elections in 2020. This will transform the beloved home of the Atlanta Hawks into a temporary home of Georgia’s August run-off and November’s general

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Source: The Atlanta Voice

EFF to approach courts to challenge rules for National Assembly virtual meetings | News24

The EFF have announced it will approach the courts to challenge a parliamentary ruling in which "MPs were forced to vote through their chief whips during a division".

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Stagnant NDM in a coma, says chairman

THE NATIONAL Democratic Movement (NDM) is emerging from “a coma” and has scaled down to an advocacy group, Chairman Michael Williams has

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Source: Jamaica Gleaner

Black teen accused of killing sex trafficker released from jail on $400k bond

Chrystul Kizer, a Wisconsin teenager accused of killing her alleged sex trafficker, was released from jail on Monday after an unnamed organization paid for her $400, 000

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Motion to strengthen INDECOM tabled in House

A motion calling for legislative changes to the Independent Commission of Investigations (INDECOM) Act, to strengthen the investigative capabilities of the organisation, was tabled in the House of Representatives by Justice Minister Delroy Chuck this

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Nigeria: The Deceitful Propaganda for Zoning in Enugu

Akpa Francis, a public affairs analyst interrogates the current succession plan into public offices in Enugu State, which excludes people of Greater Awgu cultural group from the zoning arrangement

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19-Year-Old Black Lives Matter Activist Oluwatoyin 'Toyin' Salau Found Dead

A social media firestorm started after news circulated that a 19-year-old woman named Oluwatoyin “Toyin” Salau was found dead on Monday

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Political debates influencing decisions since 2007 — JDC

THE executive of the Jamaica Debates Commission (JDC) says the national debates are still relevant to the country's political landscape and that the upcoming debates will amp up interest in the upcoming general election, given their absence prior to the 2016 polls.

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