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Kiyoshi Takenaka 2 minute read A jogger runs past a newly installed Olympic rings for celebrating the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games in Yokohama, Japan, June 30, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon TOKYO, July 4 (Reuters) - Tokyo residents went to the polls on Sunday to pick members of its metropolitan assembly just 19 days before the Olympic Games begin, as surveys showed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) was likely to win the vote. The capital's election, in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, will have little impact on the long-planned Games, but is important as a bel...

He goes to the polls in Tokyo in the shadow of the pandemic while the Olympics are held by Reuters By Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO (Reuters) -Tokyo residents went to the polls on Sunday, 19 days before the start of the Olympics, to elect members of the metropolitan committee, as polls showed Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) is likely to win the vote. The elections in the capital, in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, will have little effect on the long-planned Games, but it is important for the lower house elections to be held in October. Suga’s term as presid...

Voting rights advocates defeat zombie bill that got killed four times but kept coming back April 27, 20213:14 pm Pulaski County Election Commissioner Josh Price was among the voting rights activists rallying at the Capitol Tuesday. UPDATE: They did it! The House rejected a bid to end early voting on the Monday before Election Day. Advertisement Voting rights advocates poured into the Capitol this morning to rally and chant in protest of a zombie voter suppression bill that keeps getting killed but then comes back to life. Senate Bill 485 shortens the window for early voting, and eliminates vo...

A scaled-back, more vague version of a previous hate crime bill has been passed through the Arkansas legislature after some contention across party lines.

Arkansas Senate passes law opponents say is 'not a real hate crime bill' "Senate Bill 622 is not a real hate crimes bill. It is a substitute for what a real hate crimes bill could do." - Kymara Seals Author: Jade Jackson Updated: 8:15 PM CDT April 8, 2021 LITTLE ROCK, Ark — A scaled-back, more vague version of a previous hate crime bill passed through the Arkansas Senate Thursday after a week of contention within the state legislature. Arkansas Senate Bill 622 requires a criminal defendant to serve at least 80% of their sentence if they were proven to have se...