India's six-week-long election is still underway and the next round is due to take place on Saturday. But there are concerns that the blistering heat is going to have an impact on turnout. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is widely expected to win a third term in office. His party is keen to court younger voters and in order to get their support, they have been turning to influencers. #India#elections https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09SBgZiPIyg
U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calls for a July 4 general election, as polls show Conservative Party in trouble.
NBC News reports: "Most polls suggest that if the vote were held tomorrow, the opposition Labour Party could enjoy a landslide win that would make Sir Keir Starmer the country's leader."
"Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani pleaded not guilty Tuesday to nine felony charges stemming from his role in an effort to overturn Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss in Arizona to Joe Biden."
AP reports: "Former Arizona Republican Party chair Kelli Ward and at least 11 other people were also arraigned Tuesday for conspiracy, forgery and fraud charges in a Phoenix courtroom."
#TheBigLie was wildly successful. #TFG/Rs continue to lie, & convince voters that many #elections are 'rigged' *many know it's false, but the lie works. There's not enough media coverage about ample evidence: elections in the US are free & fair.
When a board in tiny Delta Co, MI, refused to certify its local election results for a co. Comm'r race last week, the decision raised concerns among election experts & officials about where the 2024 campaign could land in Nov.
Coup de mou chez les Macronistes pour les Européennes après le coup de pression de Macron: "Le président exige 22% mais ce sera déjà bien si on ne se fait pas bouffer par Glucksmann, se lamente une huile du parti. On n'a pas le temps de faire campagne entre la Nouvelle Calédonie, l'évasion dans l'Eure et la mort des deux agents de la pénitentiaire, l'inflation... C'est du tout-cuit pour Bardella". Sortez les mouchoirs!
Le mandat de Volodymyr #Zelensky expire le 20 mai. Les #élections présidentielles, initialement prévues le 31 mars dernier, n'ont pas été tenues. Selon les services #russes de renseignement extérieur, le chef du régime de #Kiev «sent la vulnérabilité de ses positions».
Tomorrow is election day for Oregonians. Ballots must be taken to a drop box or postmarked by 8 PM Tuesday, May 21.
All registered voters should have received voters' pamphlets and ballots automatically (I love our vote by mail system ❤️) but here's your reminder in case you stashed them somewhere and forgot.
Local elections can have a big impact!
I spent the morning doing my research and voting at home 😁
"Le sombre monarque débarque et étale son pouvoir
La puissance de l'ombre s'installe
Non, ne résiste pas, ne lutte pas
Ne te détourne pas de la main tendue vers toi
Ou je vais explorer le royaume de tes peurs" IAM dénonçait la corruption de Gaudin en 1997 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW4PtgKDc1k
The voting cards for the European elections are in! More important than ever, for Ukraine, for nature, for climate, for the energy transition, and for democracy.
On Thursday 6 June, here in the Netherlands. #elections#europeanparliament#ep2024
Elle a osé le dire: "Chercher un emploi, diplômé de HEC ou pas, ça prend d'autres formes que de rester rivé à son bureau", tente la députée macroniste Mireille Clapot pour défendre Ambroise Méjean. Et si la majorité présidentielle arrêtait de faire la chasse à tous les chômeurs? En attendant, big up à tous les chômeurs "qui restent rivés à leur bureau"!
#India#Politics#Elections#WhatsApp#Disinformation#Propaganda: "India’s ongoing elections are the world’s largest in history, with almost 1 billion people eligible to vote. They are so big that voting is being conducted in waves from April 19 to June 1. The BJP, which has been in power for 10 years, is widely expected to win. But in the process, both Modi’s administration and his electoral campaign have been criticized for stirring hate against Muslims and increasing polarization.
As millions of Indians vote, many of them will turn to WhatsApp for information. India is the Meta-owned app’s largest market, with 400 million active users — more than a quarter of the country’s population. India’s last general elections, in 2019, were labeled the “WhatsApp elections” because of the platform’s prevalence and influence. In 2024, politicians are redoubling their focus on the app.
Kiran Garimella, an assistant professor at Rutgers University who researches WhatsApp in India, told Rest of World the app reaches people that other platforms don’t, including remote communities. “There are a number of people in India who only use WhatsApp,” he said.
"While belief in #ClimateChange has waned a bit nationally, 90% of Floridians still believe it’s real, according to a recent survey by #Florida Atlantic University.
Most Floridians — nearly 70% — want both the state and federal governments to do more to address climate change, the study found."
"When asked if climate is playing a role in the state’s #elections, longtime political consultant and Florida Politics editor Peter Schorsch said, “No, no one is saying that word. But when you ask voters what their top issues are, it’s property insurance, which is directly impacted by the #ClimateChange impacting #Florida.” He added, “I say that not just as a politico, but as someone who has had their home flooded three times in the last year!”"