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.
