Also at federal level: Bas campaigns for the right to vote from the age of 16: For the first time, 16-year-olds will be allowed to vote in this year's European ...
n-tv.de/politik/Bas-wirbt-fuer-Wahlrecht-ab-16-Jahren-article24761052.html
Brits living abroad for more than 15 years get general election vote: The rule change will see around two million more people eligible to register for a vote.
bbc.com/news/uk-politics-67993306
Biden struggles to engage Black voters in Georgia after winning there in 2020: Massive voter drives backed by former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey ...
reuters.com/world/us/enthusiasm-wanes-among-black-voters-who-powered-bidens-2020-georgia-win-2024-03-11/
Abortion rights groups claim victory in Ohio special election: Ohio voters decisively rejected Issue 1, which would have made it tougher to amend the state ...
axios.com/2023/08/09/ohio-special-election-abortion-results
Quick Glance: GOP alarmed by Ohio abortion vote
- A special ballot measure in Ohio that would have made it tougher to protect abortion rights was rejected with a significant voter turnout.
- Republican strategists are sounding the alarm, recognizing abortion as a problem for their party in 2024.
- The results in Ohio suggest that abortion rights could be a critical issue for voters, potentially impacting the outcome of Senate races and the presidential contest.
It’s time to recalibrate our Election Day expectations : As voters in Virginia, New Jersey and elsewhere head to the polls, in what will be just the fourth ...
thehill.com/opinion/campaign/4296257-its-time-to-recalibrate-our-election-day-expectations/
India’s Election Will Stretch Over 44 Days. Why Does It Take So Long?: India’s 28 states and eight federal territories will vote at different times ...
thediplomat.com/2024/03/indias-election-will-stretch-over-44-days-why-does-it-take-so-long/
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South Africa sets May 29 elections that could be the most pivotal since apartheid ended | Africanews
africanews.com/2024/02/21/south-africa-sets-may-29-elections-that-could-be-the-most-pivotal-since-apartheid-ended/
Quick Glance: Mark Your Calendar - President Cyril Ramaphosa Announces SA Election Day
- South Africans will vote in national and provincial elections on Wednesday, May 29, 2024.
- President Cyril Ramaphosa revealed the election date on Tuesday night.
- The official proclamation of the date will be in the Government Gazette.
- Voter registration will cease once the date is proclaimed.
Wuppenau: Candidates to succeed Mayor Martin Imboden: On April 14th, the Wuppenau voters will elect a new mayor. After the previous mayor Martin Imboden died ...
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Right to vote at 16: Why NRW is now getting serious: 16-year-olds in NRW should not only be able to vote in the European elections on June 9 ...
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Over nine million Portuguese to take to the polls on Sunday: More than nine million Portuguese are expected to go to the polls next Sunday to vote in early ...
euronews.com/2024/03/07/over-nine-million-portuguese-to-take-to-the-polls-on-sunday-to-vote-in-early-legislative-e
🔜 100 days to EU and local council election on June 9th
The countdown 🕚 has begun: From today there are exactly 100 days until the double election ... Show more
The Pakistan women barred from voting by their husbands - News | Khaleej Times: Some rural areas in the country are still ruled by a patriarchal system of male ...
khaleejtimes.com/world/the-pakistan-women-barred-from-voting-by-their-husbands-2
UK opens voter registration for Brits in Europe as 15-year rule finally ends: The UK has changed its rules on overseas voting, meaning that thousands of Brits ...
thelocal.de/20240115/uk-to-open-voter-registration-for-brits-in-europe-as-15-year-rule-finally-ends
Followers of jailed ex-PM Imran vow covert vote during Pakistan elections: Surveys show Imran still has immense personal popularity despite the muzzling of his ...
gulftoday.ae/news/2024/02/07/followers-of-jailed-ex-pm-imran-khan-vow-covert-vote-during-pakistan-general-elections
Millions of overseas Brits now eligible to vote in UK elections - News | Khaleej Times
khaleejtimes.com/world/europe/millions-of-overseas-brits-now-eligible-to-vote-in-uk-elections
‘The Tories have broken Britain’: More than 18,000 expats register to vote: Just a week after winning back the right to vote, Britons around the world have ...
inews.co.uk/news/world/expats-register-tories-broken-britain-2869150
🤔What does a day as a poll worker actually look like?
✖️An election takes place almost every year. This year it is the European elections on June 9th ... Show more
Voter ID rules could be seen to benefit Conservatives, warns elections watchdog: John Pullinger says forcing voters to carry identification could disenfranchise ...
ft.com/content/7db6f3f7-d1e7-4c2d-871b-b93e14abf0dd
‘New expat rules mean I can vote in the UK again, and I’m not happy with Sunak’: An estimated three million British expatriates around the world will be able to ...
inews.co.uk/news/world/18-year-abroad-vote-not-happy-sunak-2821321
The chief economist: pension policy is always also clientele politics: Every third eligible voter in Germany draws an old-age pension. For the major parties ...
handelsblatt.com/meinung/kommentare/der-chefoekonom-rentenpolitik-ist-immer-auch-klientelpolitik/100003961.html
Congo-Kinshasa: North Kivu Pins Hopes for Peace On President: As citizens prepare to head to the polls on December 20, civil servants and traders in ...
allafrica.com/stories/202312190017.html
'Votes for life': Brits in Europe given boost as new rules finally published: British citizens living in Europe who had lost their electoral rights in the UK ...
thelocal.fr/20231027/votes-for-life-brits-in-europe-given-boost-as-new-rules-finally-published
Port Waikato by-election on 'earliest possible' date: Voters in Port Waikato will be heading back to the polls just six weeks after the general election - so ...
rnz.co.nz/news/election-2023/499846/port-waikato-by-election-on-earliest-possible-date
Jepak by-election: Come out and exercise your right to vote, urges S'wak Deputy Premier
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/11/03/jepak-by-election-come-out-and-exercise-your-right-to-vote-urges-s039wak-deputy-premier
Democrats keep slim Pennsylvania House majority in special election win: Democrats will maintain their narrow Pennsylvania House majority after winning a special ...
pbs.org/newshour/politics/democrats-keep-slim-pennsylvania-house-majority-in-special-election-win
Conservative challenges of voters’ eligibility to be put on trial in Georgia: A trial begins this week to determine whether mass challenges against Georgia ...
ajc.com/politics/trial-to-decide-whether-georgia-voter-challenges-are-illegal-intimidation/V4MWD7VOXVC5DKQDE3GY3VKNZI/
Swiss People’s Party International: for an independent Switzerland: From Swiss sovereignty in Europe to opposing e-voting, branch chair Inge Schütz outlines the ...
swissinfo.ch/eng/business/swiss-people-s-party-international--for-an-independent-switzerland/48722424
Ecuador introduces remote voting for overseas citizens in early parliamentary elections
riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/mercosur/ecuador/ecuador-introduces-remote-voting-for-overseas-citizens-in-early-parliamentary-elections/
The biggest upheaval in the electoral system since the 1970s is coming: Gerard Howlin: Lowering the voting age or increasing seats would be transformative ...
irishtimes.com/opinion/2023/08/11/the-biggest-upheaval-in-the-electoral-system-since-the-1970s-is-coming/
Campaigns off and running ahead of early voting start on State Issue 1 — and abortion isn’t far behind
cleveland.com/news/2023/07/campaigns-off-and-running-ahead-of-early-voting-start-on-state-issue-1-and-abortion-isnt-far-behind.html
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Only AL can hold a free, fair election: PM: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday unequivocally told the Parliament that only Awami League (AL) can hold a ...
en.samakal.com/bangladesh/170821527/only-al-can-hold-a-free-fair-election-pm
The Detail: How old is old enough?: How do governments and societies decide when you're old enough for certain rights and privileges?
newsroom.co.nz/podcast-the-detail/page/how-old-is-old-enough
Sunday poll - Union slumps slightly in RTL "trend barometer".: What if there were a federal election today? The AfD continues to be strong in the current RTL/ntv ...
stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.sonntagsfrage-union-sackt-im-rtl-trendbarometer-leicht-ab.02054070-e87c-48a0-8a28-3334a8b3185c.html
Issue 1 and its misleading ballot language are just the latest bid to impair Ohioans’ voting rights: editorial
cleveland.com/opinion/2023/06/issue-1-and-its-misleading-ballot-language-are-just-the-latest-bid-to-impair-ohioans-voting-rights-editorial.html
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PM says next national polls will be free, fair under AL govt: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said the next general election in Bangladesh will be held ...
en.samakal.com/bangladesh/170820041/pm-says-next-national-polls-will-be-free-fair-under-al-govt
Voters head to home provinces to cast ballots: NAKHON RATCHASIMA: Many people headed to their home provinces on Saturday to exercise their voting rights ...
bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2569790/voters-head-to-home-provinces-to-cast-ballots
Legislature considers additional election changes affecting mail voting, ID cards, more
miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/state-politics/article273973130.html
Battenfeld: Mayoral candidate Mel King was ahead of his time, influenced generations
bostonherald.com/2023/04/11/battenfeld-mayoral-candidate-mel-king-was-ahead-of-his-time-influenced-generations/
HUMAN RIGHTS FESTIVAL: Change must come — civil society’s hopes and goals for the 2024 general election
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2023-03-26-change-must-come-civil-societys-hopes-and-goals-for-the-2024-general-election/
Politics: Disagreement on the correct voting age in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt
volksstimme.de/sachsen-anhalt/landespolitik/uneinigkeit-zum-richtigen-wahlalter-im-landtag-von-sachsen-anhalt-3555554
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Green Party deputy Emilia Fester polarizes with statement on voting age: In a double interview with Wolfgang Schäuble, Fester said that his grandchildren should ...
tagesspiegel.de/politik/waehlen-bereits-mit-zwei-jahren-gruenen-abgeordnete-emilia-fester-polarisiert-mit-aeusserung-zum-wahlalter/28546512.html
Important reminder for voters: Almost one million Finns receive a notification of their right to vote in general elections electronically
helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finland-news/domestic/22904-important-reminder-for-voters-almost-one-million-finns-receive-a-notification-of-their-right-to-vote-in-general-elections-electronically.html
Family minister supports demand for voting age 16: First pleads Bundestagspräsidentin Bas for voting from 16 also in the federation. Now joins a prominent Green ...
wn.de/welt/politik/familienministerin-unterstuetzt-forderung-nach-wahlalter-16-2681149
Hardly any turnout in parliamentary elections in Tunisia: TUNIS. Not even one in ten eligible voters voted in the parliamentary elections in Tunisia.
nachrichten.at/politik/aussenpolitik/kaum-beteiligung-bei-parlamentswahl-in-tunesien;art391,3761013
Voting from 16: too young to vote? Initiative calls for lowering the voting age in Bavaria
augsburger-allgemeine.de/politik/waehlen-ab-16-zu-jung-zum-waehlen-initiative-fordert-absenkung-des-wahlalters-in-bayern-id64652951.html
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Yeah, in the 2024 European elections young people aged 16 and over can vote.
#Europawahl #Wahlalter #Wahlalter16 #klimaschutz #wahlen #europa #newsup
Leaders back lower voting age but poll disagrees: Residents in Otago have strongly backed keeping the voting age at 18, but significant support has emerged among ...
odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/leaders-back-lower-voting-age-poll-disagrees
Thomas Coughlan: Change to local body voting age possible - even likely: Watch out local body politicians - teenage voters might be coming.
nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/thomas-coughlan-change-to-local-body-voting-age-possible-even-likely/HCF265YDDRDBTEVCH74XBWQJJI/
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How translators help remove barriers to voting for Indigenous communities: For Native American communities across the country, the effort to translate ballots ...
pbs.org/newshour/show/how-translators-help-remove-barriers-to-voting-for-indigenous-communities
Mask up when casting your ballots: ALOR SETAR: Voters, especially senior citizens, should mask up while casting their ballots at polling centres this Saturday ...
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/14/mask-up-when-casting-your-ballots
How the U.S. Senate runoff will work in Georgia: Once again, Georgia will stand alone in the nation with a runoff election in four weeks that could decide ...
ajc.com/politics/how-runoffs-work-in-georgias-2022-election-for-us-senate/TAYWVZNL2JFBVKGG65XYXWL5Q4/
Lowering the voting age - A logical step: Lowering the voting age to 16 in European elections is important. But that's not enough, comments Julian Ruf.
stuttgarter-nachrichten.de/inhalt.absenkung-des-wahlalters-ein-logischer-schritt.98bb3feb-e38d-4baa-bd43-139ae6f818b1.html
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‘Have special lanes for Covid-19 patients to vote’: GEORGE TOWN: A dedicated lane in polling stations should be made available for those with Covid-19 to cast ...
thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/11/02/have-special-lanes-for-covid-19-patients-to-vote
SPD and Greens call for the Union to give in at the voting age: SPD and Greens see a benefit in lowering the voting age in federal elections to 16 years ...
onetz.de/deutschland-welt/spd-gruene-fordern-einlenken-union-wahlalter-id3708515.html
ELECTORAL REFORM INDABA: SA’s voting system worked for all in 1994, but today serves politicians more than citizens – civil society
dailymaverick.co.za/article/2022-09-06-sas-voting-system-worked-for-all-in-1994-but-today-serves-politicians-more-than-citizens-civil-society/
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