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Analysts says Ghana's poll could help salvage the tarnished image of constitutional democracy in Africa, after last year's flawed elections in Kenya and Zimbabwe and military coups in Mauritania and Guinea.

Not exact matches

KUALA LUMPUR - Electoral watchdog groups in Malaysia said on Thursday the voter list for next week's general election had major flaws, including the existence of a 121 - year - old voter, raising the spectre of possible fraud.

In fact, that this election became less about conflicting ideas for achieving the same goal (the common good of Americans) and more about making sure everyone knows your opponents» deep character flaws is axiomatic.

Nana Akufo - Addo on Monday delivered «The Real State of the Nation Address» highlighting the flaws of the current administration and calling for change of government in the November 7 general elections.

The Let My Vote Count Alliance, Movement for Change and Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) joined forces to draw a massive crowd in the streets to back calls for a new voters register ahead of the 2016 election, insisting the current album is flawed with lots of anomalies.

This situation has only been exacerbated by the election of Mursi, which should have signalled the end of the transition, but which has not been received as such, due to the flawed electoral process, and the military council's ongoing domination of executive powers in Egypt.

His ethics reforms were flawed; his redistricting deal allowed gerrymandering for the 2012 elections and doesn't make the situation better in the future.

In addition, one of the state's best - known Democratic activists and party leaders told The Post Cuomo's «ideal scenario» for a 2020 run was having Sanders as the Democratic nominee, only to lose in November, or to have a flawed Hillary Clinton lose in the general election as welIn addition, one of the state's best - known Democratic activists and party leaders told The Post Cuomo's «ideal scenario» for a 2020 run was having Sanders as the Democratic nominee, only to lose in November, or to have a flawed Hillary Clinton lose in the general election as welin November, or to have a flawed Hillary Clinton lose in the general election as welin the general election as well.

«Flawed» police elections have barred a second candidate in two months from standing as a police and crime commissioner (PCC) due to convictions received in childhood.

Citing the flaws in the anti-corruption war, fuel scarcity during the Yuletide, increasing unemployment and massive closure of companies, Okocha said with the open memos, Buhari might not have a dog's chance in the 2019 presidential election if he decided to re-contest.

«This year's elections showed serious flaws in privacy, access and preparedness that can not be left unaddressed.»

«The trio of candidates running for governor of Virginia represent the three most flawed politicians to lead the commonwealth's general election ballot in a lifetime,» wrote the Virginian - Pilot in an editorial that endorsed McAuliffe.

Alleged human rights abuses and flawed elections prompted many Western countries to impose sanctions in the early 2000s that further hurt the economy, even with Chinese investment to soften the blow.

Yuh - Line Niou, the chief of staff for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim, withdrew from the Democratic Party candidate race after calling the process flawed, and instead ran in the special election as the Working Families Party candidate.

«In the 1992 election [which Labour lost] we allowed ourselves to be drawn into a flawed consensus about the virtues of the Exchange Rate Mechanism.

Following the election of the Coalition Government in May 2010 the new Transport Secretary, Philip Hammond, announced in that summer that the old Conservative route was to be dropped and Labour's unpopular and flawed route would be re-heated and supported by the new Conservative majority Government.

Kofi Annan, the NPP flagbearer indicated, had also, in the aftermath of the 2012 election petition, urged the EC «not to be blinded to the flaws in Ghana's electoral system,» and that «all concerned need to work energetically to ensure that these flaws are addressed through the necessary institutional reform.»

She barely won the ’06 primary against a highly - flawed candidate, alleged drunk driver, Keg Lautenschlager, only to be virtually the ONLY Democrat to lose in the general elections in which the Dem's dominated Republicans, statewide.

Citizens Union recently released a report titled «Circumventing Democracy» that highlights the flaws of the special election process and also notes how many current incubent legislators got their foot in the door this way.

Learner says there are some flaws in the current law for special elections that gives party bosses too much influence over choosing candidates.

The GAO checked for flaws in voting machines used there during the election.

«If voters suspect any type of security flaws, then they might not see the point in participating in an election,» she said.

Hillary Clinton lost the election in November, and a major reason was probably because of one of humankind's most flawed creations: e-mail.

Neither fully democratic nor fully authoritarian, we can only hope that the competitive authoritarian regime will prove useful as a warning to all states in transition about the pitfalls found on the road to democracy, yet given the alarming number of flawed elections we have seen in 2013, this may only be wishful thinking.

In preparation for the 2014 elections, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities issued this report to candidates detailing flaws in Connecticut's school funding system and why a new formula is needeIn preparation for the 2014 elections, the Connecticut Conference of Municipalities issued this report to candidates detailing flaws in Connecticut's school funding system and why a new formula is needein Connecticut's school funding system and why a new formula is needed.

This is particularly popular at awkward times like before an election or where some flaw in Govt policy might come to light and is usually achieved by having terms of reference that don't allow proper investigation or by appointing chairmen who are sympathetic to what the desired end result is.

In this Titanic litigation in 2000 the nine judges of the US Supreme Court had to decide whether the Presidential election of Bush in the State of Florida could be upheld as legally valid, despite doubts about the vote counting — remember all those hanging chads — or whether the election was so legally flawed that a manual recount was the right coursIn this Titanic litigation in 2000 the nine judges of the US Supreme Court had to decide whether the Presidential election of Bush in the State of Florida could be upheld as legally valid, despite doubts about the vote counting — remember all those hanging chads — or whether the election was so legally flawed that a manual recount was the right coursin 2000 the nine judges of the US Supreme Court had to decide whether the Presidential election of Bush in the State of Florida could be upheld as legally valid, despite doubts about the vote counting — remember all those hanging chads — or whether the election was so legally flawed that a manual recount was the right coursin the State of Florida could be upheld as legally valid, despite doubts about the vote counting — remember all those hanging chads — or whether the election was so legally flawed that a manual recount was the right course.

«The prime minister said repeatedly during the election that the process is flawed and must be fixed, but so far we've seen nothing,» said Kai Nagata, Dogwood Initiative's Energy & Democracy Director in a statement.

Nix boasted that SCL had seen a «100 per cent success rate» in more than 100 election campaigns in Asia, Africa, India and western Europe, and said the firm's methods could get a «fundamentally flawed» candidate elected by maximising their «likeable traits».

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