Tag: Elections

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CT Candidates Beat the Streets Ahead of Tuesday's Primaries

Monday, August 09, 2010

Some 44 primaries will be held across the state of Connecticut on Tuesday. Christopher Keating, the Capitol Bureau Chief for The Hartford Courant, gives WNYC's Isaac-Davy Aronson a preview of where things stand ahead of Tuesday's primaries.

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Mexican Gang Activity Lowers Voter Turnout

Monday, July 05, 2010

Few voters turned out to vote for hundreds of mayoral and local deputy candidates on Sunday during Mexico's midterm elections. Analysts attribute the low turnout to drug cartel voter intimidation. Gangs allegedly hung four bodies from bridges in Mexico City ahead of the elections.

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Voters Cast Primary Ballots Today

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Voters cast ballots in primary elections in Pennsylvania, Arkansas and Kentucky today.

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Britain Faces Hung Parliament After Elections

Friday, May 07, 2010

For the first time since 1974, there's a hung Parliament in Britain.

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Iraqi Court Disqualified Candidates

Monday, April 26, 2010

A court in Iraq disqualified 52 people in the running for the country's March 7 parliamentary elections today. Two of them barred had come from the Iraqyyia list of former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and had won seats.

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Bombings in Baqouba, Ahead of Iraqi Elections

Wednesday, March 03, 2010

Three attacks killed at least 30 people today in Baqouba, Iraq in Diyala province.

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