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- Barbara Crossette
- • March 20, 2019
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Every national election in India is numerically mind-boggling, and this year is no exception. More than 800 million registered voters are expected to participate in an election spanning 39 days from April 11 to May 19. In this huge…
- Categories: Asia, Gender Violence, Take a Look
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- Barbara Crossette
- • January 15, 2019
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As many political analysts see democracy weakened by introverted, xenophobic parties and autocratic leaders, a glimmer of hope is offered by a new generation of candidates and voters. This year will test that optimism in a series of important…
- Categories: Governance, Women
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 9, 2014
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India opened the polls on April 7 for another of its uniquely epic elections. In nine stages of staggered voting that stretch into mid-May, allowing election officials, observers and law enforcement teams to move from place to place, 814…
- Categories: Asia, Governance
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- Barbara Crossette
- • January 23, 2014
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A committee of the Inter-Parliamentary Union met in mid-January, as a busy year of elections globally was beginning, to confront the human-rights violations and sometimes lethal abuse suffered by 262 members of national legislatures in countries that often…
- Categories: Africa, Asia, Governance, Middle East
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