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Over the past decade, the 87-year-old Mahmoud Abbas has become increasingly unpopular among Palestinians. But he has also refused to appoint a successor.

Copyright 2021 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: Will Palestinians finally get a chance to vote? After a decade and a half without elections, a parliamentary vote is scheduled for May 22. But NPR's Daniel Estrin reports from Ramallah the vote might be called off. DANIEL ESTRIN, BYLINE: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced long-overdue elections to unite Palestinians and renew his own legitimacy, confident his Fatah party could win. Instead, it just brought out opposition. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Speaking in Arab...

Accusations Allege Tampering with Voters’ Records Ahead of Palestinian Elections Mohammad Al-Kassim 02/18/2021 Locations of polling stations for the first elections in 15 years were changed without voters’ knowledge Palestinian voters are accusing elements within the Palestinian Authority’s intelligence services of being behind changes made to their personal records on the last day of registration for upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections. The elections officially announced last month are scheduled for May and July, respectively. The head of the Palestinian Central Electi...

13 shares Members of Gaza's Central Elections Commission's field team register a local woman to the electoral roll, at the main road of Gaza City, February 10, 2021 (AP Photo/Adel Hana) More than 93 percent of eligible Palestinian voters registered to take part in the scheduled Palestinian elections in May before voter registration closed on Tuesday, the Palestinian Central Elections Commission said Wednesday. “The stage of updating the electoral register has ended with excellent rates indicating awareness of the rights of citizenship and people’s thirst for the ballot box; much res...