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Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) legislator Su Chao Hui, left, is seeking another term in office. Jason Hsu, right, a former law maker and current advisor to KMT presidential candidate Hou Yu-ih.

As China looms large, two opposing visions face off in Taiwan's election

7:01pm January 12, 2024

The two parties that have historically dominated Taiwanese electoral politics are trying to sell voters their visions of the island's future – starting with the issue of China.

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Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina shows her ballot paper as she casts her vote in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, Jan. 7, 2024. Polls have opened in Bangladesh as voters began casting their ballots in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party.

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Prime minister wins overwhelming majority in Bangladesh as opposition boycotts vote

3:53pm January 07, 2024

by The Associated Press

Voters in Bangladesh cast ballots Sunday in an election fraught with violence and a boycott from the main opposition party, paving the way for Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to seize a fourth term.

Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in November 2018.

How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer

10:27am December 12, 2023

What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.

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Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa attends a polling station to cast his vote, in Kwekwe, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023.

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Zimbabwe's electoral commission says President Mnangagwa has won a second term

2:53am August 27, 2023

by The Associated Press

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa was re-elected for a second and final five-year term on Saturday, in results announced much earlier than expected in another troubled vote in the country.

Presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio was shot multiple times outside a campaign event Wednesday.

How Ecuador reached the shocking point of a political assassination

6:16pm August 11, 2023

by Manuela López Restrepo

Ecuador is in a state of emergency after the assassination of a leading presidential candidate. Here's how the country got to this point.

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Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, right, of the Cambodian People's Party (CPP) shows off his inked finger, standing next to his wife Bun Rany, left, after voting a ballot at a polling station in Takhmua in Kandal province, southeast Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, July 23, 2023.

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Hun Sen's party claims a win in Cambodian election after opposition was suppressed

9:26pm July 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Longtime Prime Minister Hun Sen's party was assured a landslide victory thanks to the effective suppression any real opposition.

Spain's Prime Minister and Socialist Workers' Party Pedro Sanchez gestures as his ballot is introduced in the ballot box during Spain's general election in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday.

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Spain appears headed for political gridlock after inconclusive elections

7:35pm July 23, 2023

by The Associated Press

Sunday's national elections left parties on both the right and left without a clear path toward forging a new government.

Chantal Stevens, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of North Carolina, speaks at a news conference

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Elections board, absentee, early vote changes heard by North Carolina Senate panel

11:08am June 15, 2023

by Gary Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Republican senators began on Wednesday to attempt to advance wide-ranging voting measures addressing early and absentee balloting and transferring control over the state election board from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper to legislative leaders.

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North Carolina Democrats blast GOP elections bill, but may need help from public, courts to stop it

4:36pm June 05, 2023

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina Democratic lawmakers said Monday that a Republican bill containing election and ballot changes that Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper previously vetoed, as well as new measures, would harm democracy and embrace unfounded election fraud allegations if enacted.

YouTube announced on June 2 that it will no longer take down video that make false claims about the legitimacy of U.S. elections.

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YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections

5:19pm June 02, 2023

by Shannon Bond

The Google-owned video platform's reversal comes as former President Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim the 2020 election was stolen