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BJP demands probe against Maharashtra CM
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New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has decided to approach the Election Commission (EC) for indicting Maharashtra Chief Minister Ashok Chavan of being involved in ‘electoral malpractices’. The BJP wants an investigation to be ordered by the EC on the entire matter.BJP Vice President Mukhtar ...1 day ago -
Chhattisgarh advances dates for polls to urban bodies
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Raipur, Nov 28 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh state election commission has advanced the poll dates for urban bodies, an official said Saturday. The change has reportedly been made in view of the Christmas holidays.The polls will now be held Dec 21 and Dec 23 for the three-tier urban bodies. The votes will be counted Dec ...3 days ago -
Something Stinks on the Links
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From POLITICO : By all public estimations, House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-Ohio) is a pretty good golfer. He should be, given the $82,998 his political action committee has spent on golf outings so far this year, according to Federal Election Commission filings. Original DVD cover (In the golf ...3 days ago -
Opposition Candidate Wins Senatorial Run Off Election in Liberia
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Liberia’s National Electoral Commission (NCE), has declared the candidate of the opposition Congress for Democratic Change(CDC), Geraldine Doe-Sheriff, winner of the 24 November senatorial run-off election. Announcing the final results of the run-off by-election Thursday evening, National Election Commission ...4 days ago -
Campaigning for second phase of elections gains momentum in Jharkhand
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Ranchi, Nov 27 (ANI): The campaigning in Jharkhand is gaining momentum for the second phase of elections.In the second phase, the polling will be held in second of the next month in 14 of the remaining 55 constituencies.The leaders of various political parties are attending to the election meetings in different parts ...4 days ago -
Editorial: Fly the Sleazy Skies
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The Senate, which adopted reform relating to its members’ use of corporate jets overwhelmingly in 2007, should be furious at the F.E.C.’s recent subversion of this vital ethics reform.4 days ago -
First phase of Jharkhand polls passes off peacefully, 53 percent votes polled
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Ranchi, Nov 25 (ANI): First phase of polling for 26 assembly seats in Jharkhand passed of peacefully on Wednesday. State Joint Chief Electoral Officer A. K. Sinha said that approximately 53 percent electorates cast their votes in the polling, which ended at 3 p.m. The Election Commission had made elaborate ...6 days ago -
Security beefed up in Jharkhand for first phase of State Assembly polls
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Ranchi, Nov 24(ANI): Security has been beefed up in Jharkhand on Tuesday ahead of the first phase of elections to the provincial legislature to prevent Maoist attempts at disruption. Around 470 candidates are contesting in the first phase of the polls for the 26 assembly seats of the State.Officials are being sent to ...1 week ago -
Flat owners too get cash for vote
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News courtesy- Deccan Chronicle Hyderabad, Nov. 23: Slums are known to be beneficiaries of the largess political parties spread around during elections. But in these local body elections, many owners of apartments too have been given cash bribes. Many political leaders allegedly distributed between Rs 5,000 and ...1 week ago -
Firmly separate politics and religion, Liberhan says
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New Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Retired judge M.S. Liberhan, who probed the razing of the 1992 Babri Masjid, has called for a firm separation of religion and politics and sought “exemplary punishment” for those using religion for political ends.“The events of Dec 6, 1992, and the many subsequent events have already ...1 week ago -
Polls in Barakattha in Jharkhand now on Dec 18
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New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) The Election Commission Monday announced that polls in the Barakattha assembly constituency in Jharkhand will now be held Dec 18 after elections were countermanded following the death of one of the candidates.The election for the assembly seat was to be held Dec 2 - the second phase of the ...1 week ago -
Campaigning for first phase of elections in Jharkhand ends today
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Ranchi, Nov 23 (ANI): Campaigning for the first phase of the five-phased polling for the Jharkhand Assembly would come to an end this evening. The first phase of the poll will take place on November 25 for 26 of the 81 seats.Four former ministers, six former MPs and a former Speaker are among the 470 [...]1 week ago -
BJP cries foul over opposition leaders’ security in Jharkhand
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New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has complained to the Election Commission that the Jharkhand government had given wrong co-ordinates to the pilot of a helicopter carrying L.K. Advani and NDA convenor Sharad Yadav endangering their lives during an election tour in Maoist-affected areas.BJP ...1 week ago -
Moily favors more powers to election commission
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New Delhi, Nov 22 (ANI) : Union Law and Justice Minister M. Veerappa Moily has opined that the Election Commission of India should be given more powers to check electoral malpractices.Addressing a seminar on electoral reforms here Moily said: “Can we not make the system work, even after the election, pursue it? Is ...1 week ago -
Philippines: Gay Group to Appeal Election Commission Decision
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A Philippine gay rights group is waging a legal battle to be allowed to run in next year’s polls after the Elections Commission ruled it cannot register as a political party on grounds that it advocates immorality. The decision last week against Ang Ladlad (Out of the Closet), a group representing ...1 week ago -
Students may get temporary photo I-cards: EC
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Kolkata, Nov 20 (IANS) To get more young people to vote, the Election Commission (EC) is planning to issue temporary Electronic Photo Identity Cards (EPIC) to students settled outside their home states.“We’re discussing about this facility with our Chief Electoral Officers (CEO) so that an 18-year-old student, who ...1 week ago -
By-polls in four assembly constituencies next month
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) By-elections to fill assembly vacancies in Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Tamil Nadu will be held Dec 19, the Election Commission announced Friday.Elections will be held in Andhra Pradesh’s Pulivendla assembly constituency, Tamil Nadu’s Tiruchendur and Wandiwash (SC) segments and Manipur’s ...1 week ago -
Poll panel standardises voting compartment in booths
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New Delhi, Nov 20 (IANS) The Election Commission Friday said that voting compartments in polling stations should be made only of cardboard or plastic board and these should not be located near the window or door to “maintain secrecy of vote at the time of poll”.“During the last few elections, it has come to the ...1 week ago -
Comelec ready for the filing of certificate of candidacy
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All systems go! The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is all set and ready to receive poll candidates who will be filing their certificates of candidacy (CoCs) starting tomorrow, Friday, November 20 until midnight of December 1, 2009. Yes, the preparations for the May 10, 2010 elections get into high gear as the ...1 week ago -
Nepal readies to recognise third gender voters
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By Sudeshna SarkarKathmandu, Nov 18 (IANS) Close on the heels of the Indian election authorities recognising third gender voters, Nepal’s Election Commission has also begun a massive project to grant recognition to voters who are neither male or female but transsexuals and transgenders.Shyam Sundar Sharma, joint ...1 week ago
