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Stalin Questions Election Commission Over Voter Roll Irregularities, CEC's Media Interaction
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- IANS) Chennai, Aug 18 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK President M.K. Stalin on Monday intensified his attack on the Election Commission of India (ECI), alleging large-scale irregularities in the preparation of electoral rolls and...
By-election marred by vote-buying, intimidation, alleges Oyo APC
Eagle Online
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August 18, 2025
The All Progressives Congress in Oyo State has alleged widespread irregularities in Saturday’s Ibadan North Federal Constituency by-election, faulting the declaration of the People’s Democratic Party candidate as winner. This is contained in a...
By-Elections: Polls Won By Might Shouldn’t Be Condoned — Ex-PDP Legal Adviser
Channels TV
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August 18, 2025
A former National Legal Adviser of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mark Jacob, has faulted the conduct of the August 16, 2025, by-elections and re-run across 13 states, describing them as a setback in Nigeria’s democratic process. Jacob, who...
Israeli opposition MK Gantz's party out of Knesset in next election, polls shows; Likud declines
Haaretz
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August 18, 2025
Opposition MK and former IDF chief Benny Gantz's Blue and White party would fail to cross the electoral threshold if elections were held today, according to a poll by Israel's Channel 12 News published on Sunday. The poll offered three scenarios....
Congress questioning SIR in Bihar, attacking EC to win polls with votes of illegal immigrants: BJP
The Economic Times
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August 18, 2025
The BJP on Monday slammed the Opposition for disrupting Parliament business, accusing the Congress of raising questions on the voter list revision in Bihar and levelling baseless allegations against the Election Commission to protect illegal...
Politicians, parties buying votes are criminals, same as killers, robbers, kidnappers: Obi
Peoples Gazette
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August 18, 2025
Peter Obi has appealed to Nigerians to register and collect their Permanent Voter Cards in order to prevent looters and corrupt leaders from leading the country. In a statement on Monday urging action, Mr Obi described the PVC as a tool to fight...
Vote for change in Bolivia as two right-wing candidates head to presidential run-off
Buenos Aires Times
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August 18, 2025
A centre-right senator and a right-wing ex-president will advance to a run-off for Bolivia's Presidency after the first round of elections on Sunday, marking the end of two decades of leftist rule, preliminary official results showed. Senator...
Election day arrives in Battle River-Crowfoot
Red Deer Advocate
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August 18, 2025
Polls opened at 8:30 a.m. and will close at 8:30 p.m. Voters in Battle River-Crowfoot are headed to the polls on Monday to select a new Member of Parliament. After the April Federal Election, MP Damien Kurek stepped aside in the riding, making way...
Polls open for Alberta federal byelection as Poilievre seeks new seat
Today in BC
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Polls opened at 8:30 a.m. and will close at 8:30 p.m. local time Voters in Battle River-Crowfoot are headed to the polls on Monday to select a new Member of Parliament. After the April Federal Election, MP Damien Kurek stepped aside in the riding,...
Voters decide Monday if Pierre Poilievre goes back to parliament
CJLS - Massachusetts
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August 18, 2025
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre speaks in Toronto during the 2025 federal election campaign, CPAC screen shot, April 2, 2025 Pierre Poilievre hopes to win back his place in parliament tonight. A crucial by-election in Alberta will decide if...
Voters temporarily moved to North Wilkesboro
Wilkes Journal-Patriot - North Carolina
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The Wilkes County Board of Elections passed a resolution during a meeting earlier this month temporarily transferring voters in the Cricket, Fairplains, Wilkesboro 2 precincts who are eligible to vote in North Wilkesboro municipal elections to the...
Politics Reuters Zelenskiy says he's open to election in Ukraine, if safe
Yahoo News
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday he was open to holding an election in safe circumstances if the war with Russia comes to an end. During a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office,...
Political Party Funding Act amendments pave way for more donations
BusinessLIVE
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Higher disclosure threshold comes ahead of the 2026 local elections when parties will require greater financial resources for campaigning 18 August 2025 - 18:37 by Thando Maeko The restrictions on private donations for political parties has eased...
VOTE: Should mail-in ballots for federal elections be banned?
ABC St. Louis - Missouri
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by The National News Desk Mon, August 18th 2025 at 9:57 AMUpdated Mon, August 18th 2025 at 10:00 AM FILE - Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020....
Voter registration trends continue; Republicans within 17,000 of Democrats
The Center Square
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August 18, 2025
(The Center Square) – Should the next six months go as the last six have, Republicans could soon for the first time outnumber registrations of Democrats in North Carolina. They will not, however, be the largest voting bloc. No affiliation remains...
Tanzania envisions a civilized General Elections campaign
Daily News Tanzania
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August 18, 2025
DAR ES SALAAM: The Registrar of Political Parties, Justice Francis Mutungi, has called on political party leaders in Tanzania to ensure that campaigns for the 2025 General Election are conducted peacefully in a civilized manner, without the use of...
Political deals stall Iraqi Parliament
Shafaq News
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2025-08-18T11:25:44+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad On Monday, Iraq’s Parliamentary Legal Committee accused the Council of Representatives’ leadership of deliberately extending the suspension of sessions, arguing that...
Voters’ registration: Be ready to stop ‘electoral robbers’, Adeleke tells Osun residents
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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August 18, 2025
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has urged indigenes and residents of the state to be ready to prevent those he described as electoral robbers from thwarting their will at the polls. One of the ways he recommended for them to stop electoral...
Election 2026: Jake Levine challenges Rep. Brad Sherman for LA congressional seat
Los Angeles Daily News - California
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August 18, 2025
Jake Levine, a clean energy advocate who served in the White House under the last two Democratic presidents, has jumped into the race for California’s 32nd Congressional District, which encompasses parts of western San Fernando Valley and the...
Election Commission begins groundwork for special voter list revision in Assam
The Economic Times
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August 18, 2025
The Election Commission has directed booth-level officers (BLOs) in Assam to prepare a list of voters aged over 100 years and households with 10 or more voters as part of the upcoming Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls. Assam is...