I’m working as the polling station supervisor of my little town, #RivaLigure, #Italy. Alongside the #EuropeanParliament, we are also electing the new city council. There is a huge competition: only one civic list 🚀
Glad to have nice people as scrutineers, and my dad is the polling station president. I was expecting the worst, but actually it’s not bad at all—so far. Still ~26 hours to go! 🤯
I know people have various thoughts about voting, but for me an important perspective is that it's about harm reduction...
Often, this means recognizing but there is both offense and defense involved in being engaged. The more you practice both, the more prepared you are to know what is needed, and act on it.
If you're in #NewMexico, the polls are open til 7p and you can even register and vote on the spot if you're new or it's been a while
We're also blessed in that our elections are both secure and accessible, including being ranked number one in the nation recently by MIT Election Data and Science Lab, which is no small feat
"The proposal, akin to the federal Electoral College, would give voters in Loving County, population 64, more power than those in Harris County, where 4.7 million people live. King County, with 265 people, would wield a vote equivalent to Bexar, with 2 million.
Does this sound like a political party that has won every statewide election for 26 years? Or a party that has confidence in its electoral future?"
India is in the middle of its sprawling 6-week election season, where nearly a billion eligible voters will take part in the world’s largest democracy. Some of them will give their vote for a price. While bribing people to vote for candidates is illegal, India’s election commission says it has seized more than a billion dollars in cash, food, jewelry and other “freebie” inducements this year. NPR has more.
The battle between Brandon Herrera and Tony Gonzales was a masterclass in mutual mudslinging, but also reveals the limits of the influencer-turned-politician model, at least in this strangely cut swath of the Lone Star State.
So the slow down now is the lady folding the ballots & stamping them. Long wait for her to slowly fold each one. Why is no one helping her? Multiple people standing around! #southafrica#voting#capetown
Why do women still face criticism and trolling over the way they dress, walk and look. People give their unwanted opinion upon their life decisions. When will they let women live on their own terms without being constantly judged?
The famous Indian actress, Deepika Padukone recently became the target of intense online trolling after revealing her baby bump when she came to cast her vote in Mumbai.
Sometimes people take politics too personally, eventually resorting to violence but the question is whether violence is justified during the time of elections?
Nearly half of voters across a group of swing-states said they expect violence around the upcoming presidential election, according to a new poll.