Election Polls News
- Meghalaya government defers civic polls in Garo Hills Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:29PMShillong, Jul 14 : The Meghalaya government has decided to defer municipal polls in two municipal boards of Baghmara and Williamnagar.
- Palace welcomes Bedol revelations Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:06PMBy Cris G. Odronia, Reporter Malacañang on Thursday said that it would assess and verify revelations made by former Maguindanao elections supervisor Lintang Bedol on alleged irregularities in Maguindanao province during the 2007 senatorial elections. Meanwhile, former Commission on Elections (Comelec) Chairman Benjamin Abalos denied other revelations, this time from suspended Gov. Zaldy Ampatuan ...
- LETTER: GOP plays dirty pool with redistricting Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:05PMWhatever happened to government of the people, by the people, for the people? Wisconsin’s proud tradition of participatory government has been defiled once again by a legislative leadership that is ou
- Kenya: Rawal Elected New KLTA Boss As Njeri Onyango Retains Seat Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:00PMPurvi Rawal is the new chairperson of the trouble-ridden Kenya Lawn Tennis Association (KLTA).
- Abbott eyes mandate to dump tax Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:50PMTONY ABBOTT says he will call a double dissolution election if he wins power and Labor and the Greens combine in the Senate to stop him from repealing the carbon tax.
- Kenya: Case Against Mayoral Polls in Mombasa Certified Urgent Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:49PMThe High Court in Mombasa has certified as urgent a case seeking to challenge the election of the mayor and his deputy. Justice Maureen Odero has further directed that ODM nominated councilor Janet Mbete, who is contesting the election, to serve her application to all those she has sued.
- Primary reeks of fraud (Part of 2009 Election Series) Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:47PM(This is an ongoing series by the Alice Echo-News Journal on potential voter fraud in the March 4 Primary in Jim Wells and Brooks counties.)
- BBR launches campaign to de-power plant in Redondo Beach Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:33PMThe citizens group Building a Better Redondo last week launched an initiative effort aimed at rezoning the AES power plant site so that power generation would no longer be allowed beginning in 2020.
- Publicly funded home care appeals to Ontario voters and politicians Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:42AMAll three provincial parties are making it part of their election strategy, even if the details are vague
- France debates Dominique Strauss-Kahn return to politics Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:41AMPARIS - The weakening of the case against Dominique Strauss-Kahn is fueling intense debate in France about...
- This week’s weather outlook Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:19AM As we head into the first full week of July, rain chances will be on the increase across the area with temperatures not quite as hot as we have seen the past month. Upper level ridging will once again weaken over Mississippi and Alabama as the center of high pressure shifts westward away from us.
- Star of The Week: Cindy McCormick Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:19AM Cindy McCormick started out as an English teacher, but she found her true calling when a lack of jobs teaching English pushed her in a new direction - special education. "Once I got into specia
- City set to celebrate with music, food and fireworks Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 11:19AM There will be fireworks popping all over Lauderdale County tonight, but the biggest ones by far will be at Bonita Lakes, where the city is hosting its annual Independence Day fireworks show. The fireworks start at 9 p.m., but the gates open at 3:30 p.m., with celebrations kicking into gear by 4 p.m.
- Ibrahim warns MCA, Gerakan against antagonising Malays Monday, July 4, 2011 @ 10:52AMKUALA LUMPUR, July 4 — Datuk Ibrahim Ali today told MCA and Gerakan to make peace with Perkasa and the Malay community ahead of the next general election, warning that failure to do so would cost them dearly during the polls. The Perkasa president predicted that only two parties would likely emerge victors in the coming polls — Umno and DAP — ...
- Beekmantown Voters Deny Proposed School Budget Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 3:48AMBeekmantown voters denied the school board the budget it had proposed.
- Pattaya Mail Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 3:40AMSome 65,000 Chonburi residents cast early ballots for this weekend’s general election despite traffic gridlock and polling-place chaos.
- Dade Voters Cast Ballots For New Mayor Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 12:05PMMiami-Dade voters will head to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballot for the county’s next mayor.
- Governor vetoes voter ID bill Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 12:00PMCONCORD – Gov. John Lynch vetoed a Senate bill that would have required voters to flash a photo ID before being allowed to enter the polls. The plan, Senate Bill 129, meant voters who couldn’t provide ID would get a provisional ballot that would be counted if they later presented identification to a city or town clerk, according to the bill. Lynch said the plan risks denying residents their ...
- Democrats use Medicare as scare tactic to win votes Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:29AMDemagoguery is defined by Webster’s as stirring up the people by appeals to emotion, prejudice or fear to achieve selfish ends.
- Bar Council a ‘bastard’ council, says Ibrahim Ali Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:22AMKUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Datuk Ibrahim Ali called the Bar Council today a “bastard council” and accused it of playing double standards for attacking the Barisan Nasional (BN) government. “They are hypocrites...I don’t respect at all the Bar Council,” said the Perkasa chief at a press conference today. Ibrahim pointed out that the Bar Council had ...
- Kraisak and Thitinan on the establishment and Abhisit Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 11:04AMPeter Jaansen of DPA has this interesting quote from Democrat executive member Kraisak Choonhavan: Like many Democrats, Kraisak worries about the what lies in store for Abhisit should his political opponents triumph at the polls. ‘Abhisit was probably one of the best prime ministers we’ve had, and the establishment used him and now they’re going
- School board candidates can be scared away by the scope of duties Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 8:12PMIt started last summer as a recruitment pitch. Pete Regan had just voted against a 9.5 percent property tax increase, the only member of the Camp Hill School Board to do so. In less than a year, he would have to stand for re-election.
- Amarillo gears up for historic election Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 10:07PMElection day is Saturday across the Panhandle.
- Gwynne Dyer: Scottish National Party majority may lead to independence "neverendum" Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 9:58PMIndependence for Scotland would not necessarily be a financial and demographic disaster, but the permanent expectation of another independence referendum certainly would be.
- Esquimalt, Saanich polls put Garrison over the top Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 9:56PMRandall Garrison’s popularity within Esquimalt and Saanich helped bolster the NDP candidate to a narrow win in the May 2 federal election.
- Voter ID among top issues at Janesville listening session Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 9:38PMLawmakers, residents talk gun, alcohol rules
- Jayalalithaa rides wave, decimates DMK-led front Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 9:37PMRESOUNDING VICTORY: AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa waves to her supporters from the balcony of her Poes Garden residence in Chennai on Friday.
- UDF scrapes through in Kerala Friday, May 13, 2011 @ 9:37PMUDF leader Oommen Chandy, with his supporters, celebrates victory in the Puthuppally constituency where he won, on Friday.
- Reflections on West Bengal, where communism is on verge of collapse Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:27PMAn extraordinary thing is about to happen in my native state. More than three decades of communism is about to fall -- not through revolution or bloodshed but by the sheer power of the ballot box.
- The good and the bad of this week in Cowichan for May 12 Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 11:08PMHow about those math students? In Friday’s edition, we told you about the top 10 results being put up by Cowichan students in the B.C. leg of the Canadian Mathematics Competition.
- Watson took every town and most polls en route to victory Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 10:54PMESSEX COUNTY — When Conservative candidate Jeff Watson was re-elected as MP for the Essex riding, he did so by sweeping every municipality in the riding and winning the bulk of the polls.[...]
- Vote will show how badly Berlusconi hurt by scandals Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 3:44PMMILAN, May 12 – Italians vote in local elections on Sunday and Monday, a test of how badly Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been hurt by a sex scandal, three trials for corruption and a stagnating economy. Almost a quarter of the 60 million population are eligible to vote in 1,177 towns and nine provinces, although turnout is expected to be ...
- Election roundup Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 3:36PMVoters will go to the polls next Tuesday, May 17, and vote for the candidates of their party who will run for office in the general election in November. Winning a primary means earning a nomination for the next election. In a primary election, voters choose only candidates who are running for their particular party.
- Most Surveyed Favor Showing Photo IDs at the Polls Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 3:32PMMINNEAPOLIS (AP) - An overwhelming majority of Minnesotans surveyed favor showing photo identification at the election polls. The Star Tribune Minnesota Poll says 80 percent of respondents support the idea.
- Primary reeks of fraud (Part of 2009 Election Series) Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 3:28PM(This is an ongoing series by the Alice Echo-News Journal on potential voter fraud in the March 4 Primary in Jim Wells and Brooks counties.)
- Dem voters give Meer victory Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 12:24AMMICHIGAN CITY — Third Ward Councilman Ron Meer will be the Democratic mayoral candidate in November’s general election.
- Voter turnout improves slightly, but still low Thursday, May 5, 2011 @ 12:23AMLA PORTE COUNTY — Voter turnout for this year’s primary election in La Porte County was more than 1 percent higher than in 2007.
- Property dealer shot dead Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 2:36PMA property dealer was shot dead here Sunday, and police said business rivalry may to be blame.
- Labor hits 15-year low Sunday, April 17, 2011 @ 2:23PMPoll shows that voters disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing, while Kevin Rudd and Malcolm Turnbull are preferred party leaders.
- MANVILLE: Borough will have one polling place Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:51PMManville will now have a new polling place for all elections beginning with the annual school board election on Wednesday, April 27.
- Polls open to elect police chiefs, mayors Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:49PMVoters in six Pittsburg County communities were going to the polls today to elect municipal officers, with two cities electing police chiefs and two electing mayors. Voters will be going to the polls in Haileyville, Hartshorne, Kiowa, Krebs, Quinton and Savanna.
- MONTGOMERY: population rise causes township redistricting Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:48PMStephanie VaccaroStaff Writer
- Bill comes due for state-restored funding to Millstone schools Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:45PMBY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent A lthough the Millstone Township School District’s proposed budget does not rely on increasing the tax rate, taxpayers will receive higher bills this year as a result of school spending. read more
- Off to a slow start Tuesday, April 5, 2011 @ 5:37PMWorkers staffing at least one polling place in Garden City this morning called voter turnout light.
- Spotlight on Sarawak Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:48AMAll eyes will be on Sarawak today as the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly dissolves to make way for the state’s 10th election.
- Early Voting Wraps Up, Traffic Steady on Sunday Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:37AMJACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Early voting wrapped up Sunday in Duval County.
- Libya-Campaign Political Bounce for Cameron, Sarkozy May Be Short-Lived Monday, March 21, 2011 @ 12:29AMAny political bounce for U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy as they head the international drive against Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi may ebb the longer the military campaign lasts.
- Leesburg Election Date Change Petition Has Its Signatures Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 1:34PMA proposal to change when Leesburg voters cast ballots for municipal elections is a bit closer to getting its own day at the polls.
- With Harper 16 points up in poll, do Liberals need ‘a head transplant’? Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 1:27PMIpsos Reid puts Tories in majority territory at 43%, with Grits at 27% and NDP at 13%
- Cosatu slams Solidarity Wednesday, March 2, 2011 @ 1:07PMColoured and Indian workers must not allow themselves to be used by the trade union Solidarity, Cosatu general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi said on Sunday.