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Fears new ID rules could deny millions right to vote in key Indian election
Voters must prove their citizenship by providing various documents – but in rural Bihar, one of the poorest states in India, a lack of record-keeping could see millions taken off the electoral roll. N ...
United News of Bangladesh on MSN9h
Bangladesh EC seeks restoration of authority to cancel entire constituency election
The Election Commission (EC) has proposed to regain its authority to suspend or cancel the entire election result of a parliamentary constituency in case of irregularities.
Why is India forcing 80 million people to justify their right to vote?
Amid raids targeting Muslims, an electoral roll revision in India’s poorest state has become a political flashpoint.
Jurist1d
India dispatch: legal challenge to Bihar’s controversial electoral roll heads to Supreme Court
The correspondent filing this dispatch is a law student in Mumbai who must remain anonymous. On Monday, the Supreme Court of India (SCI) agreed to hear a batch of petitions challenging the Election ...
Smithsonian Magazine2d
How Women in New Jersey Gained—and Lost—the Right to Vote More Than a Century Before the 19th Amendment Granted Suffrage Nationwide
Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...
The Mail & Guardian2dOpinion
Zanzibar’s elections need robust regional and international observer missions
In past elections results were tampered with and reversed, ballot boxes were seized and results cancelled in key ...
The Nation Newspaper2d
Enhancing voter participation in electoral process
Among the electoral amendment being sought to enhance the electoral process is the amending the law to allow Nigerians in the ...
The Diplomat2d
Japan Heads to the Polls With Ruling Coalition’s Majority at Risk
The House of Councillors July 20 election exposes the cracks in Japan’s political strongholds and the growing regional-urban ...