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Clashes erupt in Assam panchayat polls; ballot box thrown into pond: Police

Three incidents of poll-related violence were reported during the Panchayat polls, and two persons have been arrested so far, police said

Germany's Scholz calls confidence vote as coalition falls apart, elections loom

Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote in parliament as his coalition collapses, paving the way for February 23 elections.

{against heads of panchayat samitis, zila parishads} Haryana EC issues rules for no-confidence motion

A spokesperson of the SEC said that if any elected representative of a panchayat samiti or zila parishad submits a notice for a no-confidence motion, all elected members will be informed through registered post.

Biden asks Americans to lower temperature, resolve differences at ballot box

Biden said that investigation agencies, so far, did not know the motivations, opinions, and linkages of the shooter who had attempted to kill Donald Trump

Google celebrates Israel municipal elections today with ballot box doodle

More than seven million people are eligible to cast ballots in the local elections held across 197 municipal authorities and 44 local councils.

Followed procedures as per the MC Act: Anil Masih

The man in the thick of controversy surrounding the Chandigarh mayor elections speaks out on allegations of ballot tampering, delay in the start of voting among other issues.

Ruckus during Prayagraj district bar association elections, FIR filed

An FIR has been filed against three unnamed candidates for looting a ballot box and causing disruption during district bar association elections in Colonelganj. Investigation underway.

Mother instilled in me core values of America: Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris, 55, is of both African and Indian descent, with her father being from Jamaica and mother Shyamala Gopalan from Tamil Nadu.

Panchayat polls to be held in J-K using ballot boxes, first political exercise since its special status was scrapped

Donald Trump should be sent to prison, says US House speaker: Report

Pelosi, Trump’s political nemesis in Congress, has long stated she is not ready to proceed with what would be a deeply divisive impeachment action, and that she would prefer to see the president defeated at the ballot box next year.

Demand for beer, upgradation of villages finds way in ballot boxes in Telangana

Election officials in the Jagitial district found a letter along with ballot papers in one of the boxes at Mutapalli village of Rayikal block while counting votes in the recently-held local body elections.

Lok Sabha elections 2019| Step out to vote: Schools, students teach citizens

Students of Mount Litera School International (MLSI) have recorded a rap song, Vote do, to urge people to vote.

India seizures of cash, booze and gold surge

They’re confiscating as much as one billion rupees in cash and goods each day, as offenders use ambulances and other vehicles fitted with flashing lights to carry cash and give handouts in lunch boxes to lure voters.

Analysis|The EC must remedy its error and hold polls in J&K

The fact is that each time the democratic process in Kashmir has got stalled or aborted or undermined, alienation and radicalisation have only grown.

DR Congo Protestants join call for truth on vote results

In a statement, the Church of Christ in Congo (ECC) appealed to the DRC’s election commission to “uphold its promises, made before God and before the nation, to offer the nation the truth, and nothing but the truth, of the ballot box.”

Panchayat polls: Video of Congress supporters casting bogus votes in Ludhiana goes viral

The video shows supporters of party candidate Bhupinder Kaur Kahlon purportedly polling bogus votes in the Zila Parishad polls.

11.6 lakh voters in Ludhiana to decide fate of candidates in panchayat polls next month

According to panchayat election in-charge Brijmohan Bharadwaj, nearly 13,000 employees from various government departments and affiliated colleges will be pressed into service for the election.

Maharashtra couple holds ballot to decide baby’s name

A couple in Maharashtra’s Gondiya district used ballot to decide the name for their baby boy.

Violence mars Bengal repoll, officials threaten to boycott counting duties

In many booths, armed policemen were posted to ensure fair polling. This was in sharp contrast to the election day when only two policemen – one of them armed and the other with a baton – were deployed for each booth.

NCP calls BJP’s performance in Karnataka elections ‘unbelievable’, bats for ballot boxes

NCP said that the Karnataka elections 2018 results were not in sync with the ground situation as the Congress was well-positioned in the state while the BJP’s reach was ‘limited’.

Why panchayat polls have become a scary exercise in Bengal

In the 2003 elections, during the heydays of the Left Front government that ruled the state between 1977 and 2011, as many as 76 persons were killed. In 2013, 39 persons died.

Cambridge Analytica: The firm that ‘stole’ data from Facebook to predict, influence voters’ outcome

Cambridge Analytica stole information from 50 million Facebook users’ profiles in the tech giant’s biggest-ever data breach, to help them design software to predict and influence voters’ choices at the ballot box. The firm was hired by Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign.