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Pakistan will hold delayed national elections on February 8 next year, the election commission said Thursday, as the country grapples with overlapping political, economic and security crises. "It was unanimously decided that the election will be held on Thursday, February 8," the Election Commission Pakistan (ECP) said in a statement, after its members met with President Arif Alvi.

Turkish President President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is facing a tough re-election battle in May made tougher by criticism linked to the devastating earthquake. Rumors are swirling that he might delay the election, even though it's simply not in his Constitutional powers.

  Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the Carolina Journal. The author of this post is Andrew Dunn. Photo: Don Carrington / Carolina Journal     With new U.S. Census data not expected until September, the State Board of Elections is recommending moving all of this year's municipal elections to 2022.     Executive Director Karen Brinson Bell also told the elections board Tuesday, Feb. 23, she recommends delaying the 2022 primary elections from March until May.     The changes would need to be passed by the General Assembly. Bell said she would present these recommend...