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“They (voters) feel like politicians are part of the problem and don’t care about them,” said Colette Forrest, co-founder of the Charlotte Black Voter Project. “I do not know what to do.”

Iranians will cast ballots in legislative and key assembly elections on Friday, with conservatives expected to tighten their grip on power in the absence of any serious competition.The Islamic republic's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is due to be the first to cast his ballot on Friday at 8:00 am (0430 GMT) at one of the 59,000 polling stations.

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Following are unofficial early vote counts in Indonesia's presidential election compiled by independent pollsters, based on ballots counted at a sampling of voting stations nationwide. Unofficial "quick counts" by reputable outlets have in previous elections proven to be accurate. An official result is expected within 35 days of the contest.

"In the United States, previous elections were falsified through postal voting ... they bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers, and that's it," Putin said, without providing evidence. Putin's opponents say the March election in Russia is no real contest as the president wields unchallenged power and his main rival, Alexei Navalny, is serving more than 30 years in jail on charges that Navalny says were tru...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that U.S. elections have been falsified through mail-in voting. “In the United States, previous elections were falsified through postal voting … they bought ballots for $10, filled them out, and threw them into mailboxes without any supervision from observers, and that’s it,” Putin said, according to Reuters. Putin, who…

Democratic Republic of Congo voters were waiting on Friday for the first results from presidential and legislative elections after an unscheduled day-long ballot extension that prompted some opposition candidates to cry foul and call for a rerun. The vote will determine whether President Felix Tshisekedi serves a second term after a first five years in office marked by economic hardship and spiralling insecurity in Congo's rebel-plagued east. Voting for some was extended into Thursday, pr...

Up to 80% poll-related FIRs filed in 2017 pending trial : #RashtraNews #pollrelated #FIRs #filed #pending #trial Even as the focus in this round of elections in the five states is on how far the Election Commission and its machinery will go in booking parties and candidates for electoral offences and Covid-19 violations, there is […]

The Atlantic Misperceptions and rage are blinding Republicans—and their voter-suppression measures may backfire. 6:00 AM ET It’s not only Georgia. In every state where Republicans control a chamber of the legislature, bills to restrict voting are advancing fast. Arizona and Texas Republicans have acted especially aggressively to choke off unwanted voters in time for 2022. Arizona Republicans propose to reduce the number of days for early voting. They want to purge voter rolls of people who ...

The Atlantic Remember Trump’s Accomplices Americans must not forget the 147 members of Congress who advanced the former president’s lies, then ignored his culpability in inciting a coup. February 18, 2021 The Atlantic John Sleezer / Kansas City Star / Samuel Corum / Andrew Harnik / Bloomberg / Jim Watson / AFP / Anna Moneymaker / The New York Times / Caroline Brehman / Getty / The Atlantic First they hid behind obscure interpretations of the Constitution and false claims of voter fraud. The...