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Felon voting bans will disenfranchise a historic 6 million voters
Almost 6 million Americans will not be able to vote in November’s presidential election under tough state rules that have pushed the number of disenfranchised former convicted criminals to a historic high.A new study by the Sentencing Project estimates that a record 5.85 million people – some 2.5% of the…
Tens of thousands protest Mexican presidential election results
Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through Mexico CitySaturday against the presidential election win of Enrique Pena Nieto, accusing him and his party of widespread vote-buying. The marchers claim Pena Nieto, from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), “bought” his way to victory by handing out gift cards and securing paid favorable media coverage from the country’s two…
Mexico runner-up demands presidential vote recount
MEXICO CITY — The runner-up in Mexico’s presidential election, leftist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, demanded Tuesday a full recount of the ballots, pointing to “inconsistencies.” “We have presented a formal request on behalf of the (leftist) coalition asking for a recount and counting the votes cast in the 143,000…
WATCH LIVE: Egyptians in Tahrir Square await results of presidential election
Egypt’s election results are expected to be announced on Sunday. Watch live coverage from Al Jazeera English: Watch the reaction live from Tahrir Square, courtesy of RT:…
Egypt to announce presidential poll result on Sunday
Egypt’s electoral commission will announce the results of a presidential poll pitting Muslim Brotherhood candidate Mohamed Morsi against ex-premier Ahmed Shafiq on Sunday, it said on Saturday. “Faruk Sultan, the head of the presidential election commission, will announce the results of the presidential election run-off on Sunday at 3:00pm (1300…
Chavez, after cancer treatment, launches reelection bid
CARACAS — Thousands of supporters thronged the streets of Caracas Monday to join cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as he registered to seek reelection amid ongoing concerns about his health. The president sought to play down any concerns he might seek to extend his long-ruling socialist government — which has…
Hollande tipped to cement Socialist power in France vote
France was voting on Sunday in round one of a parliamentary election tipped to give Socialist President Francois Hollande the majority needed to implement his tax-and-spend programme. Hollande defeated right-winger Nicolas Sarkozy in last month’s presidential election and has called for voters to turn out en masse to give him…
Carter: Egypt polls ‘encouraging’ despite constraints
CAIRO — Former US President Jimmy Carter, who is leading a delegation monitoring Egypt’s first post-revolt presidential election, said on Saturday the process was “encouraging” despite unprecedented constraints. “I would say that these (elections) have been encouraging to me,” he told a news conference in Cairo, but added that his…
Egyptians vote on second day of presidential elections
Egyptians swarmed polling stations on the second day Thursday of a gripping presidential election in which candidates are pitting stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak’s rule. Long queues formed outside the voting centres after they opened at 8:00 am (0600 GMT), with authorities declaring Thursday…
Egyptians vote in historic presidential election
CAIRO — Egyptians take to the polls on Wednesday in a historic presidential election contested by Islamists and secularists promising radically different futures for the country. The election is the final phase of a tumultuous transition overseen by the ruling military council after a popular uprising ousted longtime president Hosni…
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