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Young supporters of Guinean opponent Cellou Dalien Diallo, who has declared himself the winner of the presidential election, clashed with police on Wednesday in the Wanindara district of the country's capital Conakry.
African election monitors said Tuesday that Guinea's weekend election was conducted properly, but the political opposition to incumbent Alpha Conde, which has already claimed victory, dismissed it as fraudulent.
Preliminary results for four of the country's 38 voting districts released by electoral commission chief Kabinet Cisse late Tuesday showed a strong lead for Conde over his main challenger Cellou Dalein Diallo, who had claimed victory Monday.
In three of the four districts, Conde secured more than the 50 percent needed to avoid a runoff vote, although an electoral commission official told AFP it was "impossible to extrapolate" to the final national result, expected later this week.
"Alpha Conde is doing everything possible to change ballot-box results in his favour" Diallo's campaign director Fode Oussou Fofana had earlier told reporters in the capital Conakry.
The opposition campaign has been setting the stage for an election dispute, with Fofana accusing the government of "large-scale fraud" in counting ballots from the hotly contested October 18 poll.
Conde, 82, is seeking a controversial third presidential term, a move that has triggered months of deadly unrest in the West African nation.
- Augustin Matata Ponyo, the African Union's head of mission in Guinea, said the ballot took place "in transparency" while the head of the West African ECOWAS monitoring mission said the vote was lawful.
Celebrations in Conakry of Diallo's self-proclaimed victory quickly descended into violent clashes with security forces, in which several youngsters were shot dead, opposition officials said.
Meanwhile in a seeming response to Diallo's self-proclaimed win, security forces dressed in riot gear surrounded his house in the capital. He tweeted that he was trapped inside.
- 'Irresponsible and dangerous' -
Security forces killed dozens of people in protests against a Conde third term, which began in October last year--.
Although polling day was mostly calm, Diallo's self-proclaimed election victory has ratched up tensions in the former French colony of some 13 million people.
The government insists the vote was fair and that only the official electoral authority can declare the results.
Conde's RPG party also called Diallo's move "irresponsible and dangerous" on Monday.
The international community is concerned too. The United Nations, African Union, and the 15-nation ECOWAS called the premature declaration of results "regrettable", in a joint statement on Monday.
"This state of affairs is not conducive to preserving calm," the statement said.
But on Tuesday, the communications director for Diallo's UFDG party, Ousmane Gaoual Diallo, said the party's own analysis of polling data collected from individual stations showed the opposition leader had won over 50 percent of the vote
Many people have been killed since clashes began on Monday. Scores too had been killed in the run up to the vote as protestors marched against Conde's bid for a third term.
Assemblyman Michael Blake makes allegations of voter suppression
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Assemblyman Michael Blake on Thursday refused to concede the closely-watched Democratic primary race alleging that the election was hampered by “intentional black voter suppression.”
“Intentional black voter suppression and undemocratic processes clearly don’t just happen in the South but also in the South Bronx,” he wrote.
Blake said another polling site located “in the heart of a Black neighborhood” didn’t open on time, prompting some voters to leave as the mercury climbed close to 90 degrees.
At a third site, affidavit ballots — cast by constituents who aren’t in the voter rolls but believe they’re still eligible — were so numerous that they had to be “put into a lockbox and taken to an unknown location,” Blake said.
City Councilman Ritchie Torres — who’s also black — is on track to win the primary for Serrano’s seat, holding a 11% edge over Blake in the Election Day ballot count.
BT JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA TALLAHASSEE - Leaders of the Florida Legislative Black Caucus and a non-profit group sounded off Tuesday against a proposal going before voters in November that they say will decimate minority representation in the House and Senate. Amendment 3, which seeks to overhaul Florida’s primary-election system by allowing voters […]
The post BLACK LAWMAKERS OPPOSE PRIMARY ELECTION CHANGE appeared first on Daytona Times.
ATLANTA (AP) — Voters waited as long as five hours to cast ballots in some Georgia precincts on Tuesday amid reports of voting machine malfunctions and high turnout in a state that President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden are expected to hotly contest in the fall.
The state’s chief elections officer, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, announced plans to investigate voting problems that plagued Fulton and Dekalb counties, where roughly half the population is black.
Even before Georgia voters ran into problems Tuesday, Raffensperger warned that results may be slow to come in as poll closures and virus restrictions complicate in-person voting and counties process a huge increase in ballots received by mail.
For the first time, Georgia sent absentee ballot applications to all active registered voters, although many reported on Tuesday that they never received them.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez said Tuesday that he wasn’t surprised that Georgia had voting problems given that the state’s elections chief is a Republican.
The Oklahoma Eagle Newswire By: Posted byTogether Oklahoma June 22, 2020 Posted inAdvocacy Basics/ Info to Action/ Together OK Updates How to register to vote in Oklahoma In-person voting in Oklahoma Absentee voting in Oklahoma Voting early, or in-person absentee voting in Oklahoma Reminders for notaries in Oklahoma Voting for justice-involved individuals in Oklahoma Voting for individuals with disabilities []
Shifting poll sites required because of loss of locations due to COVID-19 pandemic
ATLANTA – Approximately 40 Election Day polling places will change for voters in Fulton County for the June 9, 2020 Presidential Preference Primary, General Primary, and Special Election.
Fulton County encourages all voters to cast their ballots through Absentee Ballot by mail, which is safe, secure and consistent with social distancing.
Some polling locations changed due to date conflicts after the Election Day changes.
Voters who choose to vote in person during early voting or Election Day voting, will see some differences as Fulton County makes efforts to protect voters and poll workers from COVID-19.
Please visit the Georgia Secretary of State’s My Voter Page at www.mvp.sos.ga.gov or Fulton County Registration & Elections at for assigned polling places.
by PublicSource Reporters Allegheny County reported 87 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday, Aug. 8, bringing the county total to 8,796 reported cases, with nine new hospitalizations and one new … Continued
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Similar to other county governments and voting advocates, Prince George's County supports a majority mail-in process for the upcoming Nov. 3 general election.
It is utterly disgusting to have read the words of caretaker President Granger as per news release, “The incumbent APNU+AFC continues to insist that the elections be decided not just on quantity of votes cast but on the quality of those votes”.
Both the quality and quantity of votes cast at the March 2, 2020 general elections have passed the test and already been established beyond a shadow of a doubt at the places of poll where they were counted and recorded as per Statements of Poll (SOPs).
Further, and again, the quality and quantity of all the votes from 2339 ballot boxes were tested by the national recount exercise (plus the quasi – audit orchestrated by APNU+AFC during the recount exercise as part of their fault finding mission and fallacious crusades) and proven to be valid.
So as it stands, Mr. Granger please be advised that any other means of deciding the ‘quality from the quantity’ of valid votes cast apart from the process outlined above will constitute electoral fraud.
Following Chief Election Officer Keith Lowenfield’s decision to disregard the request by the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM) Chairperson Claudette Singh to submit a report on the outcome of the general elections using the results of the national recount exercise, the Organization of American States (OAS) yesterday said his actions were unjustifiable.
The article Lowenfield not acting in interest of democracy appeared first on Stabroek News.
By BILL BARROW Associated Press/BNC Contributor ATLANTA (AP) — President Donald Trump and his challenger, Joe Biden, have found something they agree on: The November election could be rife with corruption because of how officials handle the voting process. Of course, the Republican incumbent and his Democratic rival place the prospective blame in different places. Each points at the others party. I really, really, really believe were on the cusp of what could be the most corrupt process that weve seen in a general election if we dont monitor this every single second, Biden told donors Tuesday evening as he []
The post Biden and Trump Agree Election Could be Corrupt appeared first on Black News Channel.
Like our ancestors, the Black youth of today are willing to put themselves at risk to vote and fight for what is right. No matter how we plan to vote, we will be #voteready and we will prevail.
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles County will use new technology to help voters track wait times and speed check-in at polls this November, in addition to sending vote-by-mail ballots to every registered voter in hopes of limiting the potential spread of COVID-19, officials said June 19. An independent review of the March primary election released Read More...
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Thousands of voters in voters in Georgia may be declared inactive to vote in the upcoming election after their absentee... View Article
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As the June 9 primary elections draw nearer, the importance of absentee voting in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic becomes more apparent.
There are a couple of ways to do so: 1) You can call the Charleston County Election Commission at 843-744-8683; 2) You can visit a great website put together by the Charleston County Democratic Party to request your ballot by email; 3) If you cannot do option 1 or 2, you can vote in-person absentee at the Charleston County Headquarters (4367 Headquarters Rd North Charleston SC 29405) beginning Monday, May 11th which will be open Monday – Friday (excluding holidays) from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Our office is committed to ensure that all voters can cast their ballot whether via absentee balloting or by voting at the polls on Election Day.”
All registered voters are eligible to cast absentee ballots for the June 9 primary and runoffs.
Some of the options being discussed include:
1) Mail-in ballot applications to all churches with a point of contact at each church to speak about registering and voting;
2) Full page newspaper ads on the importance of being registered and requesting an absentee ballot; and 3) Use newsletters and Facebook to deliver information about the importance of being registered and voting by Absentee Ballot this November.
