Voting

Voting

• Perez testimony questioned on Panther case

  Justice Department official Thomas Perez gave incomplete testimony to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights when he said the department's political ... 

• Zimbabwe groups plan to boycott vote monitoring

  Scores of in independent civic, pro-democracy and rights groups said Tuesday they will boycott monitoring upcoming voting for a referendum on a new ... 

• Nun among 3 charged with illegal voting in SW Ohio

  A southwest Ohio nun who voted on behalf of another nun who died before last year's presidential election has been charged with illegal voting. 

• Zimbabwe finance minister pleads for diamond money

  Zimbabwe's finance minister said Monday he will ask President Robert Mugabe to order diamond mining companies to pay millions of dollars into the ... 

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  AP source: Obama poised to pick Perez for Labor

  President Barack Obama is close to naming Thomas Perez, a civil rights official in the Justice Department, as his choice to head the Department of ... 

• Zimbabwe official warns of political violence

  A top official in the party of Zimbabwe's prime minister, Morgan Tsvangirai, says he is concerned that political violence is again taking root ahead ... 

• Rights groups: Zimbabwe police intensify threats

  Zimbabwean police have increased threats against civic groups a week away from a referendum on a new constitution and before crucial elections to end ... 

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  Kenya: Results sent for manual tally in capital

  Kenya's election commission accepted responsibility on Wednesday for the failure of an electronic vote counting system that has left the country in ... 

• Israel police probe alleged lawmaker voter fraud

  Israeli police are investigating allegations that lawmakers from the centrist Labor Party were involved in vote-buying schemes in their primary ... 

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  Long wait in Kenya vote; 19 dead in Mombasa

  Kenya's presidential election drew millions of eager voters who endured long lines to cast ballots Monday, but the vote was marred by violence that ... 

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  Biden leads re-enactment of voting rights march

  The vice president and black leaders commemorating a famous civil rights march on Sunday said efforts to diminish the impact of African-Americans' ... 

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  AP PHOTOS: Anniversary of 'Bloody Sunday' march

  More than 5,000 people followed Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Rep. John Lewis, D-Ga., across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in the annual Bridge ... 

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  Romney: Heart told him he'd win, until he saw Fla.

  Mitt Romney says his heart said he was going to win the presidency, but when early results came in on election night, he knew it was not to be. 

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  Justices voice skepticism of voting rights law

  The Supreme Court's conservative justices voiced deep skepticism Wednesday about a section of a landmark civil rights law that has helped millions of ... 

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  Can escape clause save voting rights provision?

  The Obama administration and civil rights groups are defending a key section of the landmark voting rights law at the Supreme Court by pointing ... 

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  Egypt's vote won't calm turbulent streets

  Egypt's streets are turning into a daily forum for airing a range of social discontents from labor conditions to fuel shortages and the casualties of ... 

• Zimbabwe says it has found funds for a referendum

  Zimbabwe's broke coalition government says it has raised enough money privately to pay for a referendum on a new constitution scheduled March 16. 

• Voting in Egypt since the 2011 uprising

  A list of when Egyptians have gone to the polls to vote since the 2011 uprising that ousted former autocratic leader Hosni Mubarak. —March 19, 2011: ... 

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  First lady hosts 102-year-old determined voter

  A determined Florida centenarian who had to make two trips and wait several hours to vote for President Barack Obama last fall joined first lady ... 

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  Palestinian panel starts updating voter registers

  The Palestinian election commission began updating voter registration lists in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on Monday, paving the way for new ... 

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  Critics of Jordan's king perform well in election

  The surprise victory of 37 Islamist and other government critics despite an election boycott injects a degree of dissent into Jordan's newly empowered ... 

• Soul-searching in focus as GOP gathers in NC

  Republican soul-searching begins in earnest this week as GOP officials from every state in the nation come together for the first time since their ... 

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  Biden meets with Democrats, stoking 2016 chatter

  Joe Biden in 2016? The inauguration is barely over but the vice president already is dropping plenty of hints that he might have another political act 

• Key parties in Israeli elections

  Summary of the main political parties competing in Israel's parliamentary elections. Exit polls show a small majority for Prime Minister Benjamin ... 

• Weakened Netanyahu likely to remain Israeli leader

  Key questions following Israel's parliamentary election: —WHO WON? Exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to retain his ...