elections

Whether it’s the historic presidential contest between Barack Obama and John McCain in 2008 or a local school board, elections are and will always be a hot topic on the Internet, in the blogosphere, and social media realms. Elections can take many forms, from a simple majority rules format in which anyone can participate, to more complex primary run-off systems, for example, where registered members of a party participate in a process that first selects a few top candidates before a final vote is held.

While the "who" of elections is always of interest for important races in which important issues and political power are at stake, elections themselves are themselves meaningful in many ways, such as in terms of access to free and open elections, and election reform movements.

Election reform in the state of Florida, for example, became an area of intense debate stemming from the presidential election between George W. Bush and Al Gore. And more recently, Al Franken and Norm Coleman engaged in a protracted legal battle in the aftermath of an unclear election outcome for a Senate seat in the state of Minnesota that led to a recount trial.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “elections”

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “elections”

 

• Greece Has Proved That the ECB Bailout Scheme is Based On Nothing But Lies and Fraud

  
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  by Phoenix Capital Research   I’ve assess the significance of the Greek elections in an earlier article.   However, there is one final element to Greece’s current predicament that is even more important than any of the above items. That element is the following:   The Second Greek Bailout has proven to ...
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• Dim the Spotlight: De-emphasizing Pay for Performance

  
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  Editor’s Note: Simon Wong is a partner at Governance for Owners, an adjunct professor of law at the Northwestern University School of Law, and a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. This post is based on an article by Mr. Wong that appeared The Conference Board Review . Work ...
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• Conflicting Results in Greek Opinion Polls 3 Weeks Ahead June-17 Elections

  
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  Conflicting are the results of the two latest public opinion polls ahead the June-17 elections. Two different polls give the first place in ‘voting intention’ to two different parties. At the same time the majority of respondents believe that conservative Nea Democratia will win the elections. Results from  ...
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• Elections in Egypt are a sphinx-like riddle – Haaretz

  
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  Haaretz Elections in Egypt are a sphinx-like riddle Haaretz Any effort to predict the results of the Egyptian presidential election is doomed; but we can try to make some educated guesses. By Avi Issacharoff | May.25, 2012 | 9:43 AM Electoral coordinators preparing to count votes at a school used ...
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• Saturday Politics: Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics

  
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  Hat/tip to Joe.My.God [IMG: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y725e3dbgX8/T8DDZYn4ZsI/AAAAAAAARXQ/a_i4IHMrf6U/s1600/GOPstatistics.jpg]
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• Two Faces of the Old Order

  
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  They called him the ‘spare tyre’, but he may become the next president of Egypt – the first president of the post-Mubarak order. Mohamed Morsi, the candidate for the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party, is a charmless man, doctrinaire in disposition and impatient with the reform-minded currents in ...
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• Money Unlimited: How John Roberts Orchestrated Citizens United

  
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  In one sense, the story of the Citizens United case goes back more than a hundred years. It begins in the Gilded Age, when the Supreme Court barred most attempts by the government to ameliorate the harsh effects of market forces. In that era, the Court said, for the first time, …
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• From the Vaults

  
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  Ive popped to the party offices in Clapham, and run across our archivist here. So, I put him to work, and here are our votes from the 1973 GLC election : Islington North Buick 284 Hackney North & Stoke Newington Carter 250 Hampstead Cox 191 Hornsey Porter 144 Streatham Simpkins 120 Vauxhall ...
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• Let the Votes Stand in Atlantic Beach

  
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   Saturday’s editorial urges the losers in Tuesday’s Atlantic Beach election to accept defeat and move on. Not that we really expect it to happen, but hope springs eternal: Atlantic Beach ’s 2003 election was not settled until mid-2005. Its 2007 election was not settled until mid-2009. Its 2009 ...
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• Government can increase real GDP -- John Redwood (Con)

  
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  Some replies to the new that real public spending grew by 1.6% contributing positively to economic growth said they did not think government could produce positive output. I have used official figures, based on normal GDP accounting conventions. Presumably all agree that if someone sets up a fee paying school or a ...
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• Akhilesh Yadav’s wife to contest Kannauj by-election (Lead)

  
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  Lucknow, May 26 (IANS) Dimple Yadav, wife of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, will contest the June 24 Lok Sabha by-election from Kannauj constituency, the Samajwadi Party announced Saturday. Akhilesh Yadav, who thrice represented the constituency, resigned after he took over as the chief minister in ...
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• Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple to fight Kannauj Lok Sabha by-polls

  
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  The Yadav Bahu of Uttar Pradesh, Dimple Yadav is once again set to test political waters. Wife of UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, will contest the Kannauj Lok Sabha by-election.
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• A reply to Umno Youth’s challenge to debate

  
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  Hiu Woong-Sin Malaysiakini May 25, 2012 An open reply to Umno Youth’s challenge to a debate published in The Star over my ‘heckling’ of PM Najib Razak in London: Dear Khairun Aseh, There is enough evidence on YouTube to substantiate my act of chanting “Bersih” (during Najib’s event in London). I do not ...
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• MEC Commissioners sworn in Monday, JB hailed

  
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  All major political parties and social commentators have hailed Malawi’s first female President Joyce Banda for the inclusive way in which she has appointed the new Commissioners for the Malawi Electoral Commission (MEC). With powers vested in her by the Malawi Constitution, State President Banda on the 19th of May ...
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• Instead of raging over Mahathir’s outrageous and preposterous blog Malaysians should commiserate with him

  
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  Yesterday, former Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir blogged that the Bersih 3.0 rally was a “preparation” and “warm-up” by Pakatan Rakyat for violent demonstrations to reject the results of the 13th general election should the opposition fail to win it. He said: “Their defeat will be followed by violent ...
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• Fill in my “Summer Survey” and let me know what you think about our area! -- Norman Lamb (Lib Dem)

  
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  I am carrying out survey of people across North Norfolk, to find out what the issues are that people care about locally. I will be reading all of the responses: I think it is really important for me to know your views, to help me represent you properly as your MP. You can fill in [...]…
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• Nuts to Nutting: Under Obama, Real Spending Has Exploded

  
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  Accounting flimflammery has hidden the ascent.
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• Obama Is Apparently Now A Tired Old Nag, Stumbles Out Of Gate

  
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  So says The Politico . Of course, in reality, said gate was opened sometime back on January 20th, 2009, the day Obama took office and started campaigning for re-election and worked extra hard to destroy America’s economy, stuck her with massive amounts of debt, attempted to ruin our health care/insurance industry, ...
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• Democrats predict fallout from Senate redistricting vote

  
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  MONTGOMERY, Alabama -- Republicans sped a redistricting vote past Senate Democrats in the wee hours of Thursday morning, but Democrats said that the move will become part of their legal challenge to the plan and could impair the Senates ability to function for years to come.
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• Muslim Brotherhood claim lead in Egyptian elections

  
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  Although they werent leading the protests that pushed out the last corrupt government, theyve been around for a long time and have a solid ground game. Mubaraks government gave its best effort to shut down the Muslim Brotherhood but it was a losing battle for Mubarak.Whoever wins in Egypt is likely to be less ...
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