Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro looks on during the change of presidential guard ceremony, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil December 16, 2021. REUTERS/Adriano Machado
BRASILIA, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro had a "direct and relevant" r
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Even compared to past Philippine elections, the upcoming presidential polls are shaping up as unusually divisive.
The statue commemorating the 1986 People Power Revolution in Manila, Philippines.
Election protests have shaped Philipp
The Union Cabinet has passed a bill regarding electoral reforms that will link a citizen's Aadhaar card to its voter ID cards. The proposal was initiated by the Election commission of India to get four turns to register in a year. The citizens who are turning the age of 18 need to register as
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An unknown number of biometric voter verification machines being used in Uganda’s election failed to verify the identity of people at polling centers during national elections this week, The East African reports.
A spokesperson for the Electoral Commission said presiding officers had b
Both Houses of Parliament have enacted The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which seeks to change the law governing elections. It modifies both the 1950 and 1951 Representation of the People Acts.
A significant change is the inclusion of a capability to "connect electoral roll data
On Tuesday, Rajya Sabha passed by voice vote The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021, enabling “the linking of electoral roll data with the Aadhaar ecosystem” as the Opposition walked out in protest. The Bill had been passed by Lok Sabha on Monday.
The government says the Bill incor
The far right is moving towards decentralized movements in regional venues where, experts warn, they can have far-reaching and dangerous impacts
T his month more than 100 members of a white supremacist group called Patriot Front marched on the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC with shie
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Alison Lundergan Grimes has denied ethics commission allegations that she improperly used her former position as Kentucky’s secretary of state for personal and political reasons, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported.
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Phil Waldron, who owns a bar in Texas, is a case study in how pro-Trump fringe players managed to get a hearing for conspiracy theories at the highest level during the presidential transition.
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