Raising corporate taxes and wages, cutting carbon emissions, handling African migrants and standing up to Russia, China and the United States all got an airing in Europe’s “presidential debate” on Wednesday. But though lead candidates from six pan-EU party groups running in next week’s elections to the European Parliament gave polished and concise answers, their […]
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Elections in Canada’s oil-rich Alberta
Voters in Alberta, Canada’s main oil-producing province, head to the polls on Tuesday for an election that opinion surveys show will see the right-of-center United Conservative Party oust the left-leaning New Democratic Party government. A victory by Jason Kenney’s UCP would set the western province on a collision course with Justin Trudeau’s federal Liberal government […]
Poll workers journey to reach India’s most remote voters
The figures involved in India’s general election are staggering: 900 million voters, 83 million first-time voters, 11 million poll workers, nearly 4 million electronic voting machines, 1 million polling booths and 570 special trains for migrant laborers and security personnel. Such numbers convey the scale of the world’s biggest democratic exercise. But its smaller numbers […]
Slovakia could elect its 1st female head of state
Voters in Slovakia are selecting a new head of state in a runoff that could give the country its first female president. Zuzana Caputova, an environmental activist, is up against European Commission vice-president Maros Sefcovic in the vote for the largely ceremonial post in the nation of 5.4 million. Caputova won the first round two […]
Too lazy to vote – Too early to change
Mr. Chaudhry, who lives down the street loves a good holiday. He says, however, that he is too lazy to vote. Mrs. Chaudry feels the same way and so do their children who are old enough to vote now. Well, can’t really blame them, considering the rhetoric their parents have espoused for most part of […]
703,255 registered voters expected to cast votes in Larkana
LARKANA: As many as 703,255 registered voters are expected to cast their votes for two National Assembly (NA) and four Provincial Assembly (PA) seats of Larkana on July 25 when the nation will be electing their leaders to govern the country for next five years. According to figures of Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), 336 […]