NORTH AMERICA
Conrad Omodiagbe
Dominican Republic General Election Heats Up
The Dominican Republic is set to hold its general elections on July 5, 2020, after a short delay attributed to the global coronavirus pandemic. Despite over 30,000 confirmed cases of the virus and 700 deaths recorded among its 10.6 million population, members of the electorates are getting ready to visit the polls to cast ballots […]
Farida Adamu
The Dominican Republic Suspends Elections
Municipal elections were suspended in The Dominican Republic for about four hours after voting began on Sunday due to a glitch in the electronic voting system. It is the first time that municipal elections have been suspended. Outlook More than 7.4 million voters who were due to vote for the 3,849 positions in 158 municipalities […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Three Things To Know About the Canadian Election
Canadians went to the polls on the 21st of October to choose their legislative representatives in the 338-seat House of Commons. As predicted, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal party won the most seats in parliament, handing him a second term in office. In an earlier report, Reuters noted that Trudeau has history on his side, […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
What Are The Top Issues In Canada’s Election?
As Canadians deliberate on who will get their vote ahead of the October 21st general election, many parties are publishing their ideologies and rhetoric on popular issues in the hopes that they will gain more supporters. A poll conducted by Ipsos for Canada’s Global News and La Presse looked at what these top issues are. […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Canada Kicks Off Campaign Season
The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, has triggered the formal launch of the 2019 federal election campaign. On Wednesday the 11th of September, Trudeau met with Governor General Julie Payette to request the dissolution of Parliament, marking the start of the campaign season for Canada’s 43rd general election. The election of the 338 members […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Here’s why Elections Canada is under fire
Elections Canada, the independent non-partisan electoral body in Canada, became the subject of a swathe of criticism when news broke that it considers climate change a partisan issue. CBCreported that “an Elections Canada official told groups in a training session earlier this summer that since Maxime Bernier, the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, […]
Mojisola Salaudeen
Canada To Review Election Date
General elections in Canada are set to hold on the third Monday of October (October 21, 2019) but this may change. Chani Aryeh-Bain, a candidate from the Toronto Conservative Party has challenged the date in court due to its clashing with a Jewish holiday. The holiday, Shemini Atzeret, is to hold between the 20th – […]