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NEWS ABOUT: voter intimidation

voter intimidation stories: 5 news summaries

 Afghan Elections a 
 Setback for Women 



Low female turnout could mean leaders even less responsive to women

Aug 24, 09 10:17 AM CDT
(AP) - For women, Afghanistan's recent elections appear to have been more of a setback than a step forward. Early reports strongly suggest that voter turnout fell more sharply for women than for men in last week's polls. Election observers blame Taliban attacks, a dearth of female election workers, and the closure... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • women • women's rights • polls • voter intimidation • poll workers • Afghanistan election

AFGHAN ELECTION

 Karzai, Rival Both Claim Victory 


Aug 21, 09 5:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - As Afghanistan gets down to the difficult job of counting ballots from 6,200 polling stations, both Hamid Karzai and his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah havd claimed victory in the presidential race. No confirmed results have been released, but a Karzai staffer said reports from election monitors indicate that the... More »

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Afghanistan • voter fraud • Hamid Karzai • voter intimidation • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's battle for reelection on Thursday is facing a significant hurdle: threats by the Taliban to mutilate anyone who shows up at the polls. Insurgents are strongest in Pashtun regions, normally a Karzai stronghold, and in one town a group of Taliban fighters told citizens anyone who votes will... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • Pashtun • Helmand province • voter intimidation • mutilation • Afghanistan election

Witness Disputes Report of Black Panther Intimidation

Fox News story said threatening men stood outside Pa. polling station

Nov 4, 08 5:46 PM CST
(Newser) - An Obama campaign volunteer says there’s nothing to Fox News’ story that two Black Panthers were intimidating voters at a polling place in Pennsylvania, Greg Sargent reports on Talking Points Memo. One was an official poll watcher, and though he is a Panther, he was not “blocking the... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Pennsylvania • voters • Fox News • Election Day • Election 2008 • polling places • voter intimidation • Black Panthers

(Newser) - The election is heating up in Virginia, with fake notices and lawsuits flying around the swing state. The majority black region of Hampton Roads has been blanketed with official-seeming fliers falsely stating that Democrats are to vote November 5, Talking Points Memo reports. And the NAACP has sued the state,... More »

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voter fraud • Virginia • Election Day • NAACP • Election 2008 • swing states • voter intimidation

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