Tag: Election

Washington, November 6 (Reuters) - With his re-election chances fading as more votes are counted in a handful of battleground states, U.S. President Donald Trump launched an extraordinary assault on the country’s democratic process from the White House on Thursday, falsely claiming the election was being “stolen” from him. Offering no evidence, Trump lambasted election workers and alleged fraud in ...

November 5 (Reuters) - The United States set a one-day record for new coronavirus cases on Wednesday with at least 102,591 new infections and as hospitals in several states reported a rising tide of patients, according to a Reuters tally. Nine states reported record one-day increases in cases on Wednesday: Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Rhode Island, Washington and ...

Washington, November 4 (Reuters) - The United States formally exited the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, fulfilling a years-long promise by President Donald Trump to withdraw the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter from the global pact to fight climate change. But the outcome of the tight U.S. election contest will determine for how long. Trump's Democratic rival, Joe Biden, has promised ...

Washington, October 30 (Reuters) - More than 80 million Americans have cast ballots in the U.S. presidential election, according to a tally on Thursday from the U.S. Elections Project at the University of Florida, setting the stage for the highest participation rate in over a century. The record-breaking pace, more than 58% of total 2016 turnout, reflects intense interest in ...

October 10 (The Verge) - Twitter announced a slew of temporary changes on Friday aimed at staving off abuse around the November 3rd US presidential election. Tweets that include premature claims of victory will be labeled, tweets intended to incite interference in the election or election results will be subject to removal, and tweets from political figures with more than 100,000 ...

Colombo, August 7 (AP) — Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa brothers secured a landslide victory in the country’s parliamentary election, according to results released on Friday. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is most likely to be sworn in the same position by his younger brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. The election results could enable them to change the constitution and strengthen dynastic rule. ...

Colombo, Aug. 5 (newsin.asia) - Voting for a Parliamentary Election which will elect a new 225 member Parliament got underway in Sri Lanka on Wednesday as polling booths opened at 7 am local time. The Elections Commission said that 16.2 million people will be eligible to vote in the elections which will see some of the main political parties eyeing ...

July 31 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Thursday the Nov. 3 presidential election be delayed due to voter fraud was immediately rejected by lawmakers and dismissed by legal experts, but it raises the specter of a disputed election that could take weeks or even months to resolve. Here are some of the messy scenarios at play – and ...

Strictly orders civil and military officials not to participate in electioneering.

Colombo, June 10 (newsin.asia) – Chief Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya announced today that the Parliamentary General Election will be held on August 5. Initially, the election was scheduled for April 25 which was got postponed for June 20 due to the pandemic. It has now been further delayed because of the precautions needed to be taken to avoid the spread ...