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13 June 2013

Iran's Presidential Candidates Armed With Social Media

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Iranian presidential candidates are competing with each other in use of social media like Facebook and Twitter even though these sites are filtered and generally inaccessible to internet users.

President Mugabe Unilaterally Declares Zimbabwe Poll Date

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Ignoring protests from his coalition partners and Zimbabwean citizens, President Robert Mugabe has unilaterally declared 31 July, 2013 as the date the country will hold elections.

Iranians in Canada Cast Symbolic Votes Days Before Election

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Iranians in Canada cannot vote in Iran's presidential election this week, but thanks to an initiative by a group of Iranian expatriates they were at least able to cast a symbolic ballot.

12 June 2013

Chile's First Transgender Congressional Candidate Steps Down

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Valentina Verbal campaigned to make history as Chile’s first transgendered congresswoman. Had she won, Chile’s LGBT community would have representation in the national Congress before most other countries around the world.

10 June 2013

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Delays, Political Turmoil Plague Madagascar As Elections Near

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Political stalemate, financing issues, and logistical hurdles threaten to derail Madagascar's overdue upcoming presidential elections, the country's first since a coup in 2009 plunged the island into political crisis. The government has postponed elections again, moving the date a month later than scheduled to 23 August, 2013.

5 June 2013

The Moscow Mayoral Election Will Test Russia's Internet Culture

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With Sergey Sobyanin's surprising announcement that he is calling for snap mayoral elections in Moscow this September, the city's urban Internet-connected class will be put to the test of real world political mobilization.

29 May 2013

The “Brave” Democrats of Russia's Growing Civil Society

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Last week, when Surkov-ally Alexey Chesnakov quit United Russia and publicly criticized the party, few in the English-speaking world noticed, but the event—like Surkov's ouster weeks earlier—could just as easily represent an important moment for Russian society.

26 May 2013

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A Thin Line Between Democracy and Independence in French Polynesia

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On the heels of French Polynesian anti-independence politician Gaston Flosse's victory in the islands' presidential elections earlier this month, the United Nations has adopted a resolution calling on France to grant its territory of French Polynesia full independence.

25 May 2013

Philippine Elections Tainted by Allegations of Automated Fraud

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In spite of claims by the Commission on Elections of a peaceful, orderly, and ultimately successful elections, poll watchdogs are alleging that the Philippine midterm polls were tainted by automated fraud, massive vote buying, violence, and other irregularities.

24 May 2013

Iran's Regime Bars Two Top Candidates from Election Race

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Once again the Islamic regime's desire for absolute control of political life in Iran surprised many when it announced their selection of only eight shortlisted presidential candidates out of more than 600 hopefuls.

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