Voice of America
By Peter Fedynsky Sunday's mayoral election in Sochi, Russia, host of the 2014 Winter Olympics, has resulted in charges of fraud against the Kremlin favorite who is reported winning the contest in a crushing landslide.
Christian Science Monitor
Aljazeera.net
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AFP
TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's main opposition party won a key weekend local poll in a landslide, official figures showed, handing it a significant and much-needed boost ahead of national elections later this year.
Xinhua
Monsters and Critics.com
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Detroit Free Press
By Zachary Gorchow • Free Press Staff Writer • April 24, 2009 A new poll shows that Detroit Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. has a strong lead over rival Dave Bing less than two weeks before the May 5 election.
The Detroit News
Detroit Free Press
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AFP
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Suspected Maoist rebels killed five people, including four policemen, returning from election duty in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, police said Friday.
Aljazeera.net
Monsters and Critics.com
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San Jose Mercury News, USA
On April 21, from 6 to 7:30 pm, a ballot forum will take place at the Willow Glen Library at 1157 Minnesota Ave. Admission is free, and the pros and cons of each measure will be discussed. The forum is sponsored by the American Association of …
FOXNews
The Rev. Al Sharpton and his National Action Network have been slapped with a record $285000 fine for violating federal election rules during his 2004 bid for president, the New York Post has learned.
New York’s CW11 / WPIX-TV
PR Newswire (press release)
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Voice of America
By Delia Robertson South Africans go to the polls April 22 in general and provincial elections which many see as the most important since the advent of democracy in 1994.
Times Online
AllAfrica.com
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Gilroy Dispatch, CA
And then there's Schwarzenegger, who has loudly and repeatedly said passage of these measures is vital - and spent much of April outside the state, partly on vacation, when he could have been stumping for them. Maybe those absences were realism at work …
Christian Science Monitor
By Jimmy Orr | 04.15.09 For long-time Internet users, today's news that more than half of the US adult population went online to participate in the 2008 election may seem like no big deal.
Reuters
CNET News
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ABC News
BY AP ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Democrat Al Franken and Republican Norm Coleman have put a combined $12 million into their Senate fight since Election Day.
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minnesota Daily
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