Eurovision opens voting to non-participating countries for the first time : NPR

Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held in Italy in May. Next year’s contest will be the first ever in which viewers from non-participating countries can cast their vote. Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Giorgio Perottino/Getty Images Ukraine’s Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 edition of the Eurovision … Read more

Mary Peltola seeks to thwart Sarah Palin as Alaska tabulates ranked choice voting results

CNN — Alaska Rep. Mary Peltolathe Democrat who won a special election that sent her to Congress this summer, could once again thwart former Gov. Sarah Palin’s bid for a political comeback on Wednesday. State elections officials are set to tabulate the results of its ranked choice ballots at 8 p.m. ET. Those results will … Read more

New Zealand to decide on lowering voting age from 18 to 16 : NPR

A vote is cast in Tauranga, New Zealand during a by-election election on April 27, 2018. Andrew Warner/AP hide caption toggle caption Andrew Warner/AP A vote is cast in Tauranga, New Zealand during a by-election election on April 27, 2018. Andrew Warner/AP WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand lawmakers will take a vote on whether … Read more

Voting begins in Nepal amid looming economic, political stability concerns

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: Publishing date: Nov 19, 2022  •  0 minutes ago  •  2 minute read Join the conversation Article content KATHMANDU — Nepali women clad in saris and men in jeans and baseball caps were standing in long queues on Sunday as voting started in a general election that … Read more

Judge weighs ‘urgent’ decision on whether to allow early voting in Georgia runoff on Saturday after Thanksgiving

CNN — A Georgia judge acknowledged on Friday that “time was of the essence” as he decides whether to allow early voting on Saturday, November 26, in the state’s US Senate run-off election, though he did not give a specific timeframe for when he will issue a ruling. Fulton County Superior Court Judge Thomas Cox … Read more

Voter ID, citizenship, ranked-choice voting: Here’s what voters in these states decided about rules for future elections

Washington CNN — Voters in several states on Tuesday were asked whether to amend rules that will determine how elections will be run in the future, focusing on issues such as citizenship and registration, photo identification, and early voting. Several states have approved new rules, according to CNN projections. Here’s what we know so far: … Read more

Stefan Berger explains the reason behind the delay in MiCA voting

As the Plenary vote for the landmark Pan-European crypto legislation, Markets in Crypto Assets (MiCA), has been rescheduled from the end of 2022 to February 2023, Stefan Berger believes that to be a matter of technical necessity.  Responding to Cointelegraph’s request for more info, Berger, a member of the European Parliament responsible for procedural handling … Read more

Voting going mostly smoothly on Election Day though some try to use Arizona tech issues as signs of fraud

CNN — Voting rights advocates in key US states said Tuesday’s voting in the midterm elections appeared to be going smoothly so far, with a few isolated problems reported, including in the key swing state of Arizona where some have tried to raise the idea of fraud despite assurances to the contrary from county officials. … Read more

“Here we go again”: Trump stokes Arizona conspiracy theories over Maricopa voting machine problems

Maricopa County officials said Tuesday that around 20 percent of their 223 voting sites experienced issues with tabulation machines, prompting a surge of false voter fraud claims from former President Donald Trump and fellow Republicans. “We’ve got about 20 percent of the locations out there where there’s an issue with the tabulator where some of … Read more