Local Councils to Announce Election Results Publicly
7 years ago

Local Councils to Announce Election Results Publicly

Dutch News  

Local councils will be required to announce election results in public meetings and publish them online from next year as part of a plan to make the system more transparent. The measures are expected to lengthen the time it takes for representatives to be sworn in after election day from eight days to 13.

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Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Officials ask for patience in waiting on Election Day results

Raw Story  

It’s Election Day in America. “Election Day is not Results Day,” Virginia Kase Solomón, president and CEO of the voting rights organization Common Cause, told reporters last week. “Every vote must be counted, and that will take time.” Later, she added: “Democracy is worth waiting for.” Timelines for counting In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, two states that could seal the race …

A torrent of Election Day disinformation is coming. Here’s how to avoid falling for it.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

A torrent of Election Day disinformation is coming. Here’s how to avoid falling for it.

Politico  

Complicating it all, of course, is a worry far closer to home: that former President Donald Trump will follow the same playbook he used in 2020, declaring victory before the outcome is clear and discrediting the results if he loses. State-backed foreign hackers targeting the election, the U.S. intelligence community has said, have therefore settled on a different strategy: exaggerating …

Municipal Elections: It is time for comprehensive reforms to elections | Data
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Municipal Elections: It is time for comprehensive reforms to elections | Data

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court judgment on the Chandigarh mayoral election gives us a good occasion to think more broadly about elections to municipalities. Table 1 | The table shows urban local governments without elected councils across States and UTs. Table 2 | The table shows the urban local governments without elected councils as per the CAG’s performance audit reports. Second, where …

Forget election night answers: Results may take far longer in many close races
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Forget election night answers: Results may take far longer in many close races

LA Times  

Workers process vote-by-mail ballots at the Los Angeles County registrar’s tabulation and processing center in the City of Industry. “I think oftentimes what people don’t understand about the California election process is that the Legislature, by intent, has allowed voters to have every opportunity to cast a ballot and to get their ballot in,” said Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk …

Provisional council election declaration times
1 year, 7 months ago

Provisional council election declaration times

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Thanks …

Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin
2 years, 1 month ago

Election Day is Nov. 8, but legal challenges already begin

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Contesting an election that is clearly lost is now where all the incentive structure …

US Election 2020: No candidate can declare results, everyone must respect sanctity of vote, says ex-CEC VS Sampath
4 years, 1 month ago

US Election 2020: No candidate can declare results, everyone must respect sanctity of vote, says ex-CEC VS Sampath

Firstpost  

India has to learn not only from its own experience but also from the experience of others like for example postal balloting and how we can liberalise it since there is an increasing demand for it for various reasons, says Sampath. As far as elections in India are conducted, from the national level up to the polling station level, the …

US Election 2020: Counting the vote - Will we know who won on election night?
4 years, 1 month ago

US Election 2020: Counting the vote - Will we know who won on election night?

India TV News  

HOW WILL VARIOUS BALLOTS BE COUNTED, AND WHAT RESULTS WILL BE KNOWN ON ELECTION NIGHT? In some places, election officials can begin processing ballots weeks before Election Day. Doing so readies ballots for counting on Election Day and will speed up the release of results. Republicans, including Trump’s campaign, have been filing lawsuits to stop election officials from counting ballots …

Local Councils to Announce Election Results Publicly
7 years ago

Local Councils to Announce Election Results Publicly

Dutch News  

Local councils will be required to announce election results in public meetings and publish them online from next year as part of a plan to make the system more transparent. The measures are expected to lengthen the time it takes for representatives to be sworn in after election day from eight days to 13.

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