Why is the western US still counting votes after election day?
Polls have closed in the US midterms, but results from some western states may not emerge for days. Zeena Aqel explains how mail-in voting, a system built for convenience, became a flashpoint in America’s fight over trust in the election process.
With 99 percent of votes counted, President Cyril Ramaphosa's party wins 31 percent nationally.
The provisions require INEC to ensure that continuous voter registration, publication, claims and objections, and revisions and clean-up of the Voter Register “shall stop not later than 90 days before any election covered by this Act”. If INEC’s yet to be released final Voter Register is already an illegality, then the election is also legally voided long before any votes are cast.
The former Sabatia MP is rallying the region to back Dr Ruto’s re-election for political survival.
Four pivotal elections in past two weeks show power of grassroots activism to push back against authoritarianism A sequence of four pivotal elections over the past two weeks in disparate regions of the world has inflicted significant setbacks on authoritarian leaders, and inspired renewed faith that democracy is more resilient than had been feared. The elections in Brazil, Serbia, Israel and the US were held in widely varying circumstances with unique factors, but each showed the power of grassroots activism to produce surprises that pushed back against would-be autocrats and could perhaps beg
The country is transitioning away from the era of ANC electoral dominance towards a more fragmented political system.
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri, Abuja With 68 days to the 2027 general elections, 375 judges were inaugurated on Monday to serve on tribunals that will hear election petitions filed by aggrieved parties across the country. In her address at the occasion held at the Body of Benchers Complex in Abuja, the President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, said the inauguration of the tribunal judges highlighted a collective commitment to constitutional democracy, the rule of law, and the integrity of Nigeria’s electoral process.