The candidates for both the Quinam/Morne Diablo Local Government Bye-Election and the Lengua/Indian Walk Local Government Election are now confirmed. Five (5) candidates have submitted their nomination papers. The People’s National Movement (PNM) and the United National Congress (UNC) are the p...
IRV was even used for the 2020 US Presidential election in the state of Maine. In Scotland, STV has been used for multiwinner local government elections in council areas since 2007, and IRV has been used for a handful of single-winner elections. While STV has advantages as a voting method...
Rishi Sunak's Tory party took a hammering at the local elections, shedding hundreds of seats and losing more than 10 councils, as well as losing the West Midlands mayoralty.Sunday 5 May 2024 01:01, UK This is a modal window. Video Unavailable Sky's Gurpreet Narwan looks at the current...
General election could take place in October as calls grow within Coalition By Cormac McQuinn and Jennifer Bray How Dublin City Council’s new anti-migrant councillors will complicate the business of local government By Olivia Kelly Opting for a spring election would be an act of political insanit...
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan also cast his vote at a school in the Uskudar district on the Asian side. "I hope favorable outcomes will emerge for our country and our nation from the local government elections," Erdogan told reporters. ...
Thu Jun 06 2024 - 05:00 Sir, – Last month, Minister for Minister for Local Government Darragh O’Brien increased the campaign spending limit for candidates in this week’s local elections by 18 per cent from €13,000 to €15,350 (News, May 20th). This decision was remarkable, since ...
China is more cautious in its approach, focusing on data collection and public opinion monitoring, without overt plans to influence election results, as it perceives little benefit in doing so due to both U.S. political parties aiming to contain China.Chinese government-affiliated actorshave used...
In 2024, "the Conservatives will have been in power for nearly 15 years, and that's a long time for any party to be in government in the United Kingdom," Begg said. "It follows that the Conservatives are going to face the need to oppose a narrative that will say 'time for a chang...
Posted in Big Government, Bureaucrats, Debt, Government Spending, Local government, tagged Big Government, Bureaucrats, Debt, Government Spending, Local government on December 22, 2024| 1 Comment » Yesterday’s column looked at which states had the biggest unfunded liabilities for bureaucrat pensio...
Imamoglu, a 52-year-old former businessman, has been Istanbul's mayor since 2019. He attempted to run for president in Turkey's 2023 general election, but was banned by Erdogan's government from running, in a move CHP supporters say was purely political. In those elections, Erdogan's part...