Tag: voting
What is the first past the post voting system and how does it work?
3 hours agoBy Chas Geiger, BBC Politics GettyWhen voters go to the polls on 4 July, the candidate who gets the most votes in each constituency becomes [...]
Tory donor John Caudwell tells the BBC he is voting Labour
A billionaire who gave the Conservatives £500,000 before the last general election has told the BBC he will vote Labour for the first time in his life [...]
Ros Atkins on… Your questions about tactical voting
As part of our election coverage, the BBC wants to better understand what matters most to you, the voters. We’re running a project called Your Voice, [...]
‘I’m voting in the UK general election after decades abroad’
11 minutes agoBy Yazmina García, BBC News Digital Special Projects TeamhandoutValerie Stacey has been living in Madrid for more than 40 yearsAround tw [...]
One-Third of U.S. Voters Say They’ll Weigh Candidates’ Crypto Views Before Voting: Poll
Almost everybody – all but 2% – had at least heard of bitcoin (BTC). A wide segment of voters claimed they're also familiar with Ethereum's ether (ETH [...]
UAW challenges Mercedes-Benz union vote, asks NLRB for new election
United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the ZF Chassis Systems plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Sept. [...]
House Passes Measure to Repeal D.C. Noncitizen Voting Law
Fifty-two Democrats joined Republicans in favor of the legislation, which has little chance of enactment but offered the G.O.P. a chance to amplify Do [...]
Supreme Court Sides With Republicans Over South Carolina Voting Map
The case concerned a constitutional puzzle: how to distinguish the roles of race and partisanship in drawing voting maps when Black voters overwhelmin [...]
Here’s Why Republicans Are Focusing on Voting by Noncitizens
House Republicans are pushing legislation to crack down on voting by noncitizens, which is allowed in some local elections but illegal — and exceeding [...]
House G.O.P. Moves to Crack Down on Noncitizen Voting, Sowing False Narrative
The bills under consideration in the House have virtually no chance of becoming law, but Republicans are using them to amplify former President Donald [...]
Johnson turned away from voting after forgetting ID
The former prime minister returned later with the necessary ID and was able to vote.
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says Americans Are ‘Voting Out of Fear’
At a rally outside New York City, he questioned the nation’s Covid response and returned to a favorite issue: vaccine skepticism.
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In Mexico’s Biggest Election Yet, Crypto Remains on the Sidelines
Sheinbaum has indicated that the economic-integration between the U.S. and Mexico is such that whoever, Donald Trump or Joe Biden, comes to power, she [...]
Rwanda bill: Government and Lords face another voting showdown
The most recent was last Wednesday, but the House of Lords blocked its passage into law by demanding changes to the bill, including an amendment that [...]
G.O.P. Intensifies Scrutiny of Voting: ‘We’re Keeping a Close Eye on You’
The Trump campaign and the Republican Party plan to dispatch over 100,000 volunteers and lawyers to monitor elections in battleground states — and wor [...]