http://www.mail.com/subjects/3192-voting.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/3192-voting.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090098-bulgarias-center-right-party-wants-vote-canceled.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's ex-prime minister says the results of last weekend's parliamentary election should be canceled due to "gross violations" of voting law. Boiko Borisov, whose center-right GERB party won 97 seats in the 240-member parliament, said Thursday that comments by other parties on the day before the vote had influenced its outcome.... Thu, 16 May 2013 11:41:35 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2090098-bulgarias-center-right-party-wants-vote-canceled.html 2013-05-16T11:41:35Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081540-bulgarian-center-right-wins-votes.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The center-right party of former Prime Minister Boiko Borisov has fallen far short of winning a majority needed to form a government, according to nearly final election results released on Monday, and appears to have no willing partners to join a coalition. That would leave the second-place party in position to lead a new government... Mon, 13 May 2013 12:32:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2081540-bulgarian-center-right-wins-votes.html 2013-05-13T12:32:33Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080396-exit-polls-clear-winner-bulgarian-vote.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's center-right party and its main challenger, the Socialists, finished first and second in Sunday's parliamentary election, with neither one winning a majority needed to form a government, two exit polls indicated. If that outcome is confirmed, it could lead to more political and economic instability in this financially str... Sun, 12 May 2013 21:14:05 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2080396-exit-polls-clear-winner-bulgarian-vote.html 2013-05-12T21:14:05Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2079964-bulgarians-to-elect-parliament-amid-scandals.html SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarians voted Sunday in parliamentary elections with no party expected to win a majority to form a government, fueling fears of more political and economic instability in this financially strapped Balkan nation. Some 6.9 million eligible voters have a choice of candidates from 36 parties. But voter apathy is widespread, and alleg... Sun, 12 May 2013 10:54:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2079964-bulgarians-to-elect-parliament-amid-scandals.html 2013-05-12T10:54:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079816-chinese-air-their-cases-petitioning-white-house.html BEIJING (AP) — The poisoning of a college student 18 years ago recently re-emerged as a hot topic in China, but censors soon squelched the politically sensitive online discussions over whether the culprit may have eluded punishment because of Communist Party connections. Chinese looking for justice found another way to keep the issue alive. They took it t... Sun, 12 May 2013 08:31:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2079816-chinese-air-their-cases-petitioning-white-house.html 2013-05-12T08:31:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2075968-nyc-weighs-allowing-immigrants-to-vote.html NEW YORK (AP) — Agha Saleh came to the United States inspired by democratic ideals, but it took him years to achieve a basic one here : voting. He'd lived through political upheaval in his native Pakistan and was eager to be part of America's storied "government of the people." But for the eight years until he got citizenship, it struck him as "a dream, ... Fri, 10 May 2013 06:35:29 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2075968-nyc-weighs-allowing-immigrants-to-vote.html 2013-05-10T06:35:29Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074800-iran-president-force-era-ends.html BIRJAND, Iran (AP) — When many struggling families in this eastern Iranian city take stock of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's legacy, it's not about the oratory full of bluster and menace or his tussles with Iran's ruling clerics that are known to much of the world. What matters more here are the dusty rows of government-subsidized, two-story apa... Thu, 09 May 2013 19:20:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2074800-iran-president-force-era-ends.html 2013-05-09T19:20:03Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2072522-census-first-black-voter-turnout-passes-whites.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Making history, America's blacks voted at higher rates than whites in 2012, lifting Democrat Barack Obama to victory amid voter apathy, particularly among young people, new census data show. Despite increasing population, the number of white voters declined for the first time since 1996. Blacks were the only race or ethnic group to show ... Wed, 08 May 2013 21:06:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2072522-census-first-black-voter-turnout-passes-whites.html 2013-05-08T21:06:38Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2065666-malaysian-elections-expose-worrying-social-schisms.html KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — It was hardly the look of the victorious. Wearing a bright blue shirt and a grim expression, Prime Minister Najib Razak appeared before the media on Monday to somberly acknowledge that his coalition had won general elections for the 13th time in a row. He had reason to be cheerless. The National Front coalition's victory in S... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:29:45 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2065666-malaysian-elections-expose-worrying-social-schisms.html 2013-05-06T19:29:45Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066656-violent-separatists-seek-to-derail-pakistan-vote.html QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — The graffiti on walls around this Pakistani provincial capital hold a dire warning ahead of this weekend's national elections, "Voting means death." It's a very real threat: Over recent weeks at least six people have been killed and around 40 wounded in bombings and grenade attacks targeting candidates. Ethnic Baluch separatists wh... Mon, 06 May 2013 18:39:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066656-violent-separatists-seek-to-derail-pakistan-vote.html 2013-05-06T18:39:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066124-editor-arrested-report-claiming-voter-fraud.html TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A journalist for an Iranian news website says its editor has been arrested after reporting that there is an audiotape of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad discussing vote rigging in his disputed 2009 re-election. Ahmadinejad's office strongly denied last month's report on the Baztab website, and so far, no audiotape has surfaced. The presi... Mon, 06 May 2013 15:00:41 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066124-editor-arrested-report-claiming-voter-fraud.html 2013-05-06T15:00:41Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053212-zimbabwe-pms-party-voters-lists-inflated.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean state election officials are dramatically inflating the numbers of electors on new voters' lists months ahead of crucial polls, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's party alleged Tuesday. It said lists in some voting districts swelled by more than 10,000 names in a 48-hour period, or the addition of about 150 voters a seco... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:41:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053212-zimbabwe-pms-party-voters-lists-inflated.html 2013-04-30T13:41:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053284-cameroons-ruling-party-wins-senate-election.html DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — The party of Cameroon's entrenched ruler Paul Biya won 56 of the 70 contested seats in the nation's first-ever senatorial election, the Supreme Court announced. Supreme Court President Alexis Dipanda Mouelle said Monday that Biya's Cameroon Peoples' Democratic Party scored 73 percent of the vote, winning seats in eight of the count... Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:28:21 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2053284-cameroons-ruling-party-wins-senate-election.html 2013-04-30T13:28:21Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038476-bhutan-votes-2nd-parliamentary-poll.html GAUHATI, India (AP) — People in the tiny Himalayan nation of Bhutan were cementing their young democracy Tuesday by voting in the nation's second parliamentary election. The remote nation of 700,000 had its first election in 2008 after the king voluntarily reduced the monarchy's role in running the country. A total of 67 candidates were competing Tuesday ... Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:27:44 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2038476-bhutan-votes-2nd-parliamentary-poll.html 2013-04-23T09:27:44Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034458-iraqis-irregularities-provincial-vote.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi election monitors on Sunday reported multiple irregularities in the country's first provincial vote since U.S. troops left, but were unclear as to whether results would be affected. In an initial report, two non-governmental organizations, Shams and Tamoz, said over 300 irregularities had been recorded by the seven thousand monitors t... Sun, 21 Apr 2013 19:17:02 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2034458-iraqis-irregularities-provincial-vote.html 2013-04-21T19:17:02Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq carried out its first election since the U.S. military withdrawal without major bloodshed Saturday in a major test for Iraqi security forces as they face a reviving al-Qaida insurgency. But delayed elections in two provinces wracked by anti-government protests and complaints about missing names on voter rolls overshadowed the vote. The... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 20:22:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2032934-iraqis-to-polls-time-us-pullout.html 2013-04-20T20:22:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033140-montenegrin-opposition-rally-claim-election-fraud.html PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — More than 5,000 opposition supporters have rallied in Montenegro claiming their leader was cheated of victory in this month's presidential ballot in the small Balkan country, which is striving to join the European Union. Chanting "thieves!" and carrying anti-government banners, the protesters demanded Saturday that parliament ... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:18:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2033140-montenegrin-opposition-rally-claim-election-fraud.html 2013-04-20T12:18:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031178-rough-inauguration-day-venezuelan-leader.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Inauguration day could have gone better for the man picked to lead Venezuela's socialist revolution for the next six years. Hours before President Nicolas Maduro's swearing-in, his government announced it would allow a full audit of the razor-thin vote that the opposition says he won by fraud, which analysts said was likely a bow... Sat, 20 Apr 2013 01:31:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2031178-rough-inauguration-day-venezuelan-leader.html 2013-04-20T01:31:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030178-election-council-to-audit-vote-venezuela.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Government supporters began filling the streets of Venezuela's capital early Friday to celebrate the inauguration of their leader, even as opponents greeted officials' surprise announcement they will accept an audit of the disputed vote that handed a narrow margin of victory to the heir of late President Hugo Chavez. Opposition c... Fri, 19 Apr 2013 13:41:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2030178-election-council-to-audit-vote-venezuela.html 2013-04-19T13:41:24Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027468-labor-nominee-perez-pledges-open-mind.html WASHINGTON (AP) — Labor secretary nominee Thomas Perez sought to assure senators Thursday that he would approach the job with an open mind and a willingness to work with business and labor groups alike to create new jobs. "You will always have a person who has an open and balanced approach," Perez told the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Comm... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 17:40:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2027468-labor-nominee-perez-pledges-open-mind.html 2013-04-18T17:40:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024860-options-narrow-venezuelan-opposition.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's opposition watched its options dwindle Wednesday after the head of the Supreme Court said there could be no recount of the razor-thin presidential election victory by Hugo Chavez's heir, leaving many government foes feeling the only chance at power is to wait for the ruling socialists to stumble. Opposition activists ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 02:10:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024860-options-narrow-venezuelan-opposition.html 2013-04-18T02:10:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025394-glance-kremlins-top-foe-alexei-navalny.html KIROV, Russia (AP) — Alexei Navalny, an obscure adviser to a provincial governor just four years ago, shot up to become the Kremlin's public enemy No.1. The web-savvy 36-year-old lawyer overcame a state-imposed national media blackout and minimal funds by exploiting his blog and Twitter account to reach hundreds of thousands of Russians. Navalny went on t... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:56:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025394-glance-kremlins-top-foe-alexei-navalny.html 2013-04-17T14:56:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025238-hopes-fears-zimbabwe-marks-33rd-birthday.html HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — The name of Zimbabwe's last white leader, who ceded power to Robert Mugabe 33 years ago and who died six years ago, has at last been removed from the nation's list of 5.7 million registered voters. The state Electoral Commission says Ian Smith, the former prime minister, is among 345,000 dead people who have been struck from the of... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:17:38 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2025238-hopes-fears-zimbabwe-marks-33rd-birthday.html 2013-04-17T12:17:38Z http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024310-letter-to-miss-senator-tests-ricin.html WASHINGTON (AP) — An envelope addressed to Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi tested positive Tuesday for ricin, a potentially fatal poison, authorities said, heightening concerns about terrorism a day after a bombing killed three and left more than 170 injured at the Boston Marathon. One senator, Claire McCaskill of Missouri, said authorities have a suspec... Wed, 17 Apr 2013 04:18:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/politics/2024310-letter-to-miss-senator-tests-ricin.html 2013-04-17T04:18:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022792-kenya-supreme-court-election-was-perfect.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Kenya's Supreme Court on Tuesday said the execution of the nation's March presidential election wasn't perfect but that petitions to overturn the result did not prove President Uhuru Kenyatta was illegally elected. The court had announced its unanimous ruling upholding Kenyatta's election in late March but on Tuesday released its 113... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:45:26 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2022792-kenya-supreme-court-election-was-perfect.html 2013-04-16T14:45:26Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019886-maduro-certified-election-winner-amid-protests.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuela's government-friendly electoral council quickly certified the razor-thin presidential victory of Hugo Chavez' hand-picked successor Monday, apparently ignoring opposition demands for a recount as anti-government protests broke out in the bitterly polarized nation. People stood on balconies banging pots and pans in prote... Tue, 16 Apr 2013 03:17:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2019886-maduro-certified-election-winner-amid-protests.html 2013-04-16T03:17:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html BAGHDAD (AP) — Even the dead are not spared the campaigning for Iraq's upcoming local elections. Brightly colored placards blanket major streets and hang around the vast cemetery in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, appealing to the hundreds of mourners who stream through each day. The April 20 vote for provincial governing councils will be the first electio... Sat, 13 Apr 2013 16:19:50 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2017702-iraqis-prepare-vote-us-withdrawal.html 2013-04-13T16:19:50Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016276-well-greased-vote-machine-chavez-left.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Socialist party activist Rodolfo Sanchez is all nervous energy as he mounts the impossibly steep streets of his impoverished hillside neighborhood. With days to go before Sunday's election to replace Hugo Chavez, it's his job to get out the maximum vote for the late president's hand-picked successor. Sanchez chats with a microbus... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 20:03:03 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016276-well-greased-vote-machine-chavez-left.html 2013-04-12T20:03:03Z http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2009978-venezuela-election-food-voting-issue.html CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans complain that what goes into their Sunday dinner plate comes from abroad: Steak, from Brazil; plantains, the Dominican Republic; rice, South Africa; Parmesan cheese, Uruguay; oats, Chile. Even coffee, in a country famed for it, often is Colombian. It's a complaint heard often these days as Hugo Chavez's hand-picked su... Wed, 10 Apr 2013 07:39:01 GMT http://www.mail.com/business/economy/2009978-venezuela-election-food-voting-issue.html 2013-04-10T07:39:01Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005882-incumbent-declared-winner-montenegro-election.html PODGORICA, Montenegro (AP) — Incumbent Filip Vujanovic has won Montenegro's presidential election, despite opposition claims that their candidate was the winner, election authorities said Monday. Opposition members have said they will not recognize Vujanovic's victory in Sunday's ballot, even if confirmed by the official election commission. If the opposi... Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:47:33 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2005882-incumbent-declared-winner-montenegro-election.html 2013-04-08T18:47:33Z