Search Results - US voting system

1. Argentina Looks to Tame Peronist Opposition With Election Reform
November 02, 2016

Argentina's government has introduced a voting reform bill that could hurt the Peronist opposition in a mid-term election next year that will determine the legislative strength that President Mauricio Macri will have in the final two years of his term. The proposal would require the government to print unified election ballots listing all candidates, replacing the party-by-party ballot system that has benefited bigger groups such as the Peronists. Since his 2015 election, Macri has...... (read more)

2. Official: US Voting System Resilient to Cyberattacks
October 07, 2016

Amid concerns that foreign adversaries such as Russia may attempt to use vulnerabilities in the U.S. electronic voting system to influence the outcome of the presidential elections, U.S. government officials sought to reassure the public that the system is resilient. VOA's George Putic reports.... (read more)

3. Official: US Voting System Resilient to Cyberattacks
October 07, 2016

Amid concerns that foreign adversaries, most prominently Russia, may attempt to use vulnerabilities in the U.S. electronic voting system to influence the outcome of the presidential elections, U.S. government officials sought to reassure the public that the system is resilient and that the threat is not serious. Speaking at a conference on cybersecurity Thursday in Washington, Homeland Security and counterterrorism official, Lisa Monaco, said the government is offering expertise and...... (read more)

4. Despite Cyberattacks, US Election System ‘Resilient,’ Officials Say
October 06, 2016

With less than five weeks to go until the presidential election, U.S. officials are taking extra measures to reassure voters of the integrity of the election process, insisting it is safe from hackers despite a recent series of high-profile breaches, attempted attacks and warnings. “What people need to know about this is that our voting infrastructure is really quite resilient,” Lisa Monaco, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, told a Cyber Warfare Summit...... (read more)

5. Trump Hammers Claim of Fraud in New Ad as Early Voting Nears
August 19, 2016

Donald Trump's first-of-its-kind campaign ad begins with a warning: “In Hillary Clinton's America, the system stays rigged against Americans.' The commercial, which aired Friday as part of his $5 million swing state ad buy, harkens back to a claim Trump has been hammering for weeks — that the general election is rigged against him. The questionable claim looks to mobilize Republicans, with the all-important start of early voting in some states just weeks away. The...... (read more)

6. Ensuring the Fairness of US Elections
August 05, 2016

In this tumultuous U.S. election season, both the left and the right have raised questions about the integrity of the American voting system. VOA’s Steve Baragona has a look at how local election officials make sure citizens' votes count.... (read more)

7. Greece to Lower Voting Age, Adopt Proportional System
July 21, 2016

ATHENS— Greece's parliament has approved plans to lower the voting age by a year to 17 and adopt a proportional representation system, after years of economic austerity have hammered popular support for traditionally dominant political parties. In a vote ending early Friday, lawmakers scrapped election law provisions that handed the winning party a generous 50-seat bonus in the 300-member parliament. But Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras' left-wing government failed to win a supermajority of votes required for the changes to have immediate effect - meaning the changes will be intr... (read more)

8. Somali Leaders Plan to Revise Election Model
April 04, 2016

NAIROBI, KENYA— Somalia's central government and officials from the semi-autonomous Puntland region have agreed on a plan to revise the elections system after this year’s voting, a move that could ease decades of political instability and conflict. The current clan-based formula, still in place for choosing the next president and parliament sometime this August, tentatively would be scrapped and replaced by a one-person, one-vote system for the 2020 elections. In a statement to the media, Somali Prime Minister Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke welcomed the proposed reform to the... (read more)

9. New electoral system to be used in govt depts - Turbo Heat shield Manufacturer - Turbo VNT Parts Ma
July 21, 2015

Seven government departments have been included in a pilot program to select officials with the differential voting mechanism in Beijing, municipal authorities disclosed at the first news conference of the 11th Beijing Municipal Party Congress on Sunday.In future, the new electoral system will be adopted all over the city, said Liu Yuhui, vice-director of the organization department of the Communist Party of China Beijing Committee.Compared with the current electoral system ? the single-candidate election ? the differential voting system, in which the number of candidates exceeds the number el... (read more)

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10. Human and Civil Rights Violations Still Occur In the United States
July 19, 2015

Human and civil rights violations often appear in many parts of the us as illustrated by recent voting and marriage laws passed in State Legislatures, miscarriages of justice occurring through verdicts rendered within our judicial system, bias and discrimination occurring in the corporate level and bullying within our schools. Once they occur, these violations possess a serious negative impact upon community race relationships, may cause civil disobedience and strife and often threaten our capability to keep law and order. What avenues are available to us to avoid their future occurrence? ... (read more)

Author: Gloria Philips

11. Voting 4 Reasons Not To and 1 Reason To Vote
May 15, 2015

With the UK general election coming up in May and the USA having theirs in November next year here's a few things you need to know before voting. Like many towns when I was a kid our school was used as a polling station. Believing them to be true I can remember 3 sentiments that were deeply instilled into me from the voters' attitudes/opinions on voting and they were: - Voting was exercising your democratic right - Our forefathers had to fight for this 'democratic right' to vote so not voting was apathy - Choosing a minority candidate was considered to be a wasted vote since ... (read more)

Author: Paul Philips