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Schoof Cabinet faces declining trust after six months

NL Times

In December 2024, six months after Dick Schoof became the Netherlands' first non-partisan prime minister in decades, his government faces mounting challenges. Once seen as a key player in the coalition, NSC’s decision to exit early negotiations with PVV, VVD, and BBB in early 2024 led to a steep decline in popularity. "The NSC’s fall from grace has been stark," …

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1 day, 14 hours ago

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Salon

Would it not be simpler for the government to dissolve the people and elect another? — Bertolt Brecht It took just over three weeks for top aides on the Kamala Harris campaign to appear on "Pod Save America" and, as a HuffPost writer put it, suggest they'd been doomed all along by a fossilized sense “that there just wasn’t much …

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2 days, 7 hours ago

Punjab Municipal Polls Records 10% Turnout Till 9 AM

ABP News

Chandigarh, Dec 21 An average of 10 per cent polling was witnessed till 9 am in the elections to five municipal corporations and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats underway in Punjab, officials said on Saturday. There was an average of 10 per cent polling till 9 am, the officials said. More than 3,300 candidates are in the fray for …

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2 days, 10 hours ago

Punjab: Voting for municipal polls underway

Deccan Chronicle

Chandigarh: Polling for election to five municipal corporations and 44 municipal councils and nagar panchayats are underway in Punjab, officials said on Saturday.The polling began at 7 am amid tight security arrangements and will continue till 4 pm, they added. The votes will be counted at the polling stations itself after the completion of the polling, the officials said.The five …

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Trump sues Des Moines Register newspaper, claiming ‘election interference’

Al Jazeera

US president-elect’s lawsuit comes days after reaching defamation settlement with ABC News. United States President-elect Donald Trump has filed a lawsuit accusing a newspaper and a polling firm of engaging in “brazen election interference” by publishing a pre-election survey that underestimated his popularity. The lawsuit filed late on Monday accuses The Des Moines Register newspaper, its parent company Gannett and …

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1 week, 2 days ago

CDA rises in polls as coalition loses majority

NL Times

In the latest Peilingwijzer, a weighted average of seat projections from Ipsos, I&O Research, and Verian/EenVandaag, the Christian Democratic Appeal continues its upward trajectory. The party, which holds 20 seats, is now polling between zero and three seats, reflecting a major setback since the previous Peilingwijzer three months ago. Despite the coalition’s declining popularity, Ipsos and I&O found that three …

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1 week, 2 days ago

General elections: Mohali poll observer takes stock of preparedness

Hindustan Times

With municipal councils and nagar panchayats in Mohali district set to go on general elections on December 21, election observer Amrit Singh, who is also the Punjab tourism director, on Friday took stock of arrangements to ensure free, fair and transparent elections in the district. During a meeting, Mohali deputy commissioner Aashika Jain briefed about the arrangements and said the …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Ensure free, fair gurdwara body elections: Addl chief secy home

Hindustan Times

Additional chief secretary, home, Sumita Misra on Friday asked the director general of police, commissioners of police, inspector generals of police, deputy commissioners and superintendents of police in the state to ensure free and peaceful elections to the Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. Justice HS Bhalla, commissioner of Gurdwara elections notified the election for the 40-member Sikh body. In her …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Germany: Scholz launches polling process, calls for vote of confidence next week

Firstpost

In a brief televised statement, Scholz said he wanted “to clear the way” for the elections and stressed that until then his government and the legislature would remain “fully capable” of steering the ship of state German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday set the election process in motion leading up to early polls in February next year as politics in …

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1 week, 5 days ago

VVPAT verification done but Oppn ups ante over EVMs

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: Amid large-scale protests by the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi, which has alleged manipulation of Electronic Voting Machines during the recent assembly elections, the Election Commission of India has said the mandatory a VVPAT slip count in five randomly selected polling stations in each assembly constituency had been conducted on November 23, and the outcome matched the results delivered by …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Election Commission refutes Opposition's claims of VVPAT discrepancy in Maharashtra polls: 'No mismatch found'

India TV News

Maharashtra Assembly elections 2024: The Election Commission said on Tuesday denied the Opposition's charge of discrepancy in VVPAT verification of votes in recently held Maharashtra assembly polls, saying that "no mismatch found in any VVPAT voter slips with their EVM numbers." No discrepancy found As per Supreme Court of India and Election Commission of India guidelines, the poll officials must …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Maharashtra polls: ECI denies EVM discrepancies as Opposition continues to question election integrity

New Indian Express

MUMBAI: The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released a statement denying claims of discrepancies in electronic voting machines and mismatched tallies between EVM and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail slips. The ECI explained that it is mandatory to count the VVPAT slips from five randomly selected polling stations per state assembly constituency and assembly segment. “Accordingly, VVPAT slip count …

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2 weeks ago

GOP bill aimed at increasing transparency could sow chaos for election officials: experts

Raw Story

Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Texas’ free newsletter here. Key Texas lawmakers are reviving legislation that would require election officials to respond within set time frames to requests to explain “election irregularities” from certain party officials and election workers. The bill would allow candidates, county …

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2 weeks ago

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024

Live Law

Index Citations Ashok v. State of Uttar Pradesh, Criminal Appeal No. Case Details: Irfan Khan v. State Citation: 2024 LiveLaw 945 The Supreme Court quashed the Arms Act case against the person accused of possessing a buttondar knife. Setting aside the High Court's decision, Mehta J. in the judgment observed that "the notification whereby, a buttondar knife having blade dimensions …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy

Salon

While a post-election CBS News poll found majority support for Donald Trump’s promise to deport all undocumented immigrants, a more nuanced and less noticed poll from Data for Progress in late October showed exactly the opposite: Mass deportation is highly unpopular when you shift the question from an abstraction to specific details, such as asylum seekers or DACA recipients brought …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

Wired

Ireland’s far-right candidates failed to win a single seat in the country’s general election and are now echoing the Trumpian cry of "stop the steal.” “Does anyone think this is possible?” Philip Dwyer, one of the most high-profile far-right candidates, wrote on X after he received just a single vote from one polling location in Friday’s vote. Ireland’s election results, …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Maharashtra village cancels 'repoll' plan with ballot papers after police intervention

New Indian Express

SOLAPUR: A group of villagers from Maharashtra's Malshrias assembly segment insisting on a "re-election" with ballot papers relented on Tuesday and gave up their plan after police intervention, the NCP winning candidate from the seat said. A senior police official said they had cautioned the villagers that legal action would be initiated if they went ahead with their "polling" plan. …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Prohibitory orders in place after Jankar supporters say they will conduct ‘repoll’ with ballots

Hindustan Times

Supporters of newly elected Nationalist Congress Party MLA Uttam Jankar from Markadwadi under the Malshiras assembly constituency of Solapur district are firm on holding a re-poll using ballot papers on Tuesday even as the administration has issued prohibitory orders. In the assembly polls, Jankar defeated Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Ram Satpute by over 13,000 votes. As the returning officer rejected …

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3 weeks ago

SC seeks ECI’s response on increasing voters per polling station

Hindustan Times

The Supreme Court on Monday emphasised the importance of ensuring that no voter is excluded from exercising their franchise, as it directed the Election Commission of India to explain its 2019 decision to raise the maximum number of voters per polling station from 1,200 to 1,500. A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice PV Sanjay Kumar …

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'We're Concerned No Voter Should Be Troubled' : Supreme Court Seeks Election Commission's Explanation On Increasing Voters Per Polling Station From 1200 To 1500

Live Law

The Supreme Court today sought an explanation from the Election Commission of India over its decision to increase the voters per polling station from 1200 to 1500. The bench of CJI Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar was hearing the PIL challenging Election Commission of India's communication whereby the maximum number of electors per polling station have been increased from …

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3 weeks ago

Germany's SPD launch election campaign

China Daily

By JONATHAN POWELL in London | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-12-02 11:14 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz waves following his first campaign speech as the officially nominated candidate for the upcoming elections, at an 'election victory' conference of the Social Democratic Party, in Berlin, Germany November 30, 2024. Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz launched the Social Democratic Party, or SPD, election …

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3 weeks ago

Supreme Court questions EVM efficiency for polling stations over 1,500 voters

India Today

The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Election Commission of India to explain how Electronic Voting Machines, designed to accommodate 1,500 votes, can handle polling stations with more than 1,500 registered voters. A bench led by Chief Justice Sanjiv Khanna raised concerns about voting efficiency, noting that if an EVM processes only 45 votes per hour, it may not serve …

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3 weeks ago

Interview with S. Chockalingam, Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer: CEO clarifies about doubts on EVMs, voting numbers and other issues

The Hindu

Days after the announcement of Maharashtra Assembly election results, doubts are being raised about electronic voting machines, the voting numbers, the disparity between postal ballots and votes. Mock poll is conducted between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. in front of the polling agents appointed by the candidates, so they themselves can check if by pressing a particular button, the vote …

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3 weeks, 1 day ago

Middle-class drug users are fuelling the mayhem, writes IAIN DUNCAN SMITH

Daily Mail

My good friend Noreen Oliver MBE, who died recently, was the founder of the drug charity the BAC O'Connor Centre, helping addicts through rehabilitation to renew their lives. Annual drug deaths are now nearly double the number of ten years ago, with 5,448 people losing their lives to drug poisoning last year. Snorting a line of white powder at an …

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Schoof Cabinet faces declining trust after six months

Transforming the party: Democrats have failed us — it's time to rebuild from the ground up

Punjab Municipal Polls Records 10% Turnout Till 9 AM

Punjab: Voting for municipal polls underway

Trump sues Des Moines Register newspaper, claiming ‘election interference’

CDA rises in polls as coalition loses majority

General elections: Mohali poll observer takes stock of preparedness

Ensure free, fair gurdwara body elections: Addl chief secy home

Germany: Scholz launches polling process, calls for vote of confidence next week

VVPAT verification done but Oppn ups ante over EVMs

Election Commission refutes Opposition's claims of VVPAT discrepancy in Maharashtra polls: 'No mismatch found'

Maharashtra polls: ECI denies EVM discrepancies as Opposition continues to question election integrity

GOP bill aimed at increasing transparency could sow chaos for election officials: experts

Supreme Court Weekly Round-up: December 02, 2024 To December 08, 2024

Want to fight Trump? Then act now to strengthen democracy

Ireland Rejected the Far Right. The Election Conspiracy Theories Have Already Begun

Maharashtra village cancels 'repoll' plan with ballot papers after police intervention

Prohibitory orders in place after Jankar supporters say they will conduct ‘repoll’ with ballots

SC seeks ECI’s response on increasing voters per polling station

'We're Concerned No Voter Should Be Troubled' : Supreme Court Seeks Election Commission's Explanation On Increasing Voters Per Polling Station From 1200 To 1500

Germany's SPD launch election campaign

Supreme Court questions EVM efficiency for polling stations over 1,500 voters

Interview with S. Chockalingam, Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer: CEO clarifies about doubts on EVMs, voting numbers and other issues

Middle-class drug users are fuelling the mayhem, writes IAIN DUNCAN SMITH