"argentinos, argentinos: we are all shirtless now!"
Congo voting extended in area of boycott
July 31, 2006: "Tisuaka said the head of one of the voting stations was stoned and beaten early Monday and was hospitalized. At least four other electoral workers were injured over the weekend, he said, including a man whose hand was cut when he raised it to shield his face from an attacker wielding a machete.
A police officer driving a truck of ballot papers that was set ablaze Saturday was hit on the head by a rock and was recovering in the hospital.
...At dawn Monday, Kankolongo said, as militants gathered around his station threatening to burn the few ballot papers cast, women electoral workers wrapped them in flour sacks and set them on their heads. When the workers emerged, the men in front were beaten, but the women were allowed to pass. "They thought they were just vendors off to the market and look, there are our ballot papers," Kankolongo said with an impish smile at the Electoral Commission office. He dragged a foot injured in the attack."
Guyana Sets Election Date, Fears Violence
"GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 21 (Reuters) - Guyana will vote for a new government on Aug. 28, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday, saying the police and army would be redeployed on voting day to control violence that marred previous polls.
...Several people were shot and killed and stores were set on fire and looted in Guyana's capital, Georgetown, after elections in 1992, 1997 and 2001."
The U.S. and Egypt: Giving up on the 'liberty doctrine'
July 3, 2006: "Having provided Egypt with roughly $2 billion annually in aid for more than 30 years, the United States could wield leverage. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt seemed to respond. He amended Article 76 of the Constitution to open the door for Egypt's first multicandidate presidential election, accepted an expanded margin of freedom in the press and partially eased his government's intimidation of opposition forces.
A trajectory toward greater political pluralism seemed to be gaining momentum. Bush's liberty doctrine seemed to be producing results.
In fact, however, Mubarak did the minimum to appease Washington while his regime was under greatest scrutiny during presidential and parliamentary elections. Once these elections were over, Mubarak rolled back his incremental reforms. Over the last six months, he has extended the emergency law until 2008 and postponed municipal elections, originally scheduled to take place this year. His government stepped up its intimidation of opposition politicians and of judges rallying for greater independence of the judiciary."
Kenya: Bribery, Violence And Violation of Electoral Rules Mar Polls
July 25, 2006: "Claims of bribery, sporadic violence and violation of electoral rules marred Monday's by-elections in five constituencies.
The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) deplored the "wanton violation of electoral rules by the Government" in elections that were characterised by low voter turnout.
...And in an unprecedented attack in North Horr, 10 bandits armed with automatic rifles laid siege on Hula-Hula polling station for over 30 minutes, firing in the air in a bid to scare voters.
Presiding officer, Mariam Barako, said hundreds of voters fled as the brigands opened fire at around 11 am. No one was injured in the attack, but it nevertheless accentuated perennial security concerns in northern Kenya."
VOTE.
(Why? Because you can.)
How to register:
United States National Mail Voter Registration Form [works for any state]
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July 31, 2006: "Tisuaka said the head of one of the voting stations was stoned and beaten early Monday and was hospitalized. At least four other electoral workers were injured over the weekend, he said, including a man whose hand was cut when he raised it to shield his face from an attacker wielding a machete.
A police officer driving a truck of ballot papers that was set ablaze Saturday was hit on the head by a rock and was recovering in the hospital.
...At dawn Monday, Kankolongo said, as militants gathered around his station threatening to burn the few ballot papers cast, women electoral workers wrapped them in flour sacks and set them on their heads. When the workers emerged, the men in front were beaten, but the women were allowed to pass. "They thought they were just vendors off to the market and look, there are our ballot papers," Kankolongo said with an impish smile at the Electoral Commission office. He dragged a foot injured in the attack."
Guyana Sets Election Date, Fears Violence
"GEORGETOWN, Guyana, July 21 (Reuters) - Guyana will vote for a new government on Aug. 28, President Bharrat Jagdeo said on Friday, saying the police and army would be redeployed on voting day to control violence that marred previous polls.
...Several people were shot and killed and stores were set on fire and looted in Guyana's capital, Georgetown, after elections in 1992, 1997 and 2001."
The U.S. and Egypt: Giving up on the 'liberty doctrine'
July 3, 2006: "Having provided Egypt with roughly $2 billion annually in aid for more than 30 years, the United States could wield leverage. President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt seemed to respond. He amended Article 76 of the Constitution to open the door for Egypt's first multicandidate presidential election, accepted an expanded margin of freedom in the press and partially eased his government's intimidation of opposition forces.
A trajectory toward greater political pluralism seemed to be gaining momentum. Bush's liberty doctrine seemed to be producing results.
In fact, however, Mubarak did the minimum to appease Washington while his regime was under greatest scrutiny during presidential and parliamentary elections. Once these elections were over, Mubarak rolled back his incremental reforms. Over the last six months, he has extended the emergency law until 2008 and postponed municipal elections, originally scheduled to take place this year. His government stepped up its intimidation of opposition politicians and of judges rallying for greater independence of the judiciary."
Kenya: Bribery, Violence And Violation of Electoral Rules Mar Polls
July 25, 2006: "Claims of bribery, sporadic violence and violation of electoral rules marred Monday's by-elections in five constituencies.
The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) deplored the "wanton violation of electoral rules by the Government" in elections that were characterised by low voter turnout.
...And in an unprecedented attack in North Horr, 10 bandits armed with automatic rifles laid siege on Hula-Hula polling station for over 30 minutes, firing in the air in a bid to scare voters.
Presiding officer, Mariam Barako, said hundreds of voters fled as the brigands opened fire at around 11 am. No one was injured in the attack, but it nevertheless accentuated perennial security concerns in northern Kenya."
VOTE.
(Why? Because you can.)
How to register:
United States National Mail Voter Registration Form [works for any state]
Request a Voter Registration Form for Massachusetts