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Voters On Queue during Nigeria Governorship and State Assembly election in Lagos on tuesday 26/04/2011
Photo: Kunle Ogunfuyi
Another general Election in this banana republic. I am not allowed to vote, being a Brit of Somali origin but I am still interested in politics, having lived here for 22 years and expecting to continue to live here.
I did the Stemwijzer/Vote Chooser, which asks 30 questions and comapres your own ideas against those of the parties.
My top parties were:
1 Green Left
2 Democrats 66
3 Labour Party
4 Animals Party
5 Christian Union
6 Socialist Party
The other were much lower - right wing nonsense.
Tomorrow federal elections will be held in Germany. Prime minister Angela Merkel's party the conservative CDU will most likely win these elections. But it is unclear if she can form another coalition with the liberal FDP as it is not clear that party will get more than 5% of the votes necessary in Germany to be representated in parliament.
Election time is rolling around in Singapore again. The winner is a moot point but the excitement is nice all the same.
These two students hosted and put together most of special set we used for our election day coverage. They really did a good job of keeping it fair, informative, and impartial. To be honest we have equal number of sign for both Obama and McCain, but we did not have any signs for the other THIRTEEN candidates that were on the Florida ballot for president. Sorry!
Mayor Bill de Blasio waits in line with hundreds of New Yorkers to vote early in the presidential election at the Park Slope Armory YMCA on Tuesday, October 27, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
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Very important day in Taiwan today. The national election. Everyone woke up early to vote and then later planted themselves in front of the TV to watch the tally live on the special news coverage.
Oh my god... Could you think of anything more boring a painful? Pulling out my own toe nails with pliers sounds more exciting than watching election coverage on the TV.
Mana's little cousin seemed to think the same. We went to the park and played around while the grown ups watched the TV. I have two massive bruises on my shins now from trying to hang upside on the monkey bards.
Voting in a country that doesn't exist
STEFAN SIMANOWITZ - Jul 11 2010 10:38
Somaliland voters braved al-Qaeda threats to engage in "the devil's practice" -- but the result of the poll won't be recognised outside the country
On Saturday June 26, across the length and breadth of the breakaway state of Somaliland, the rising sun revealed long lines of people snaking towards polling stations.
Many of them had walked considerable distances and queued all night to vote in presidential elections that have been delayed by almost two years. They also braved threats by separatists and by an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group which, on the eve of polling day, issued a warning to stop people voting and described democracy as "the devil's principle".
Despite the threats, more than one million voters came out.
But even with the high turnout and an election that was deemed free and fair by international observers, the result will not be officially recognised beyond the country's territorial borders. Indeed, in the eyes of the international community, Somaliland is a country that does not exist.
Somaliland, a nation the size of England and Wales, declared itself independent in 1991 after a brutal civil war and has enjoyed a level of peace and security that contrasts sharply with the lawlessness of neighbouring Somalia.
However, recent security issues and bitter disputes over voter registration caused a delay in last month's elections that led to fears that the country's nascent democracy might be under threat.
Polling day did see some disturbances. An attack on a polling station by separatist militia in the Puntland region left an election observer and three others dead and resulted in the closure of 34 polling stations. But the fears of attacks by the al-Qaeda-linked group, al-Shabab, did not materialise.
The election saw the defeat of President Dahir Riyale Kahin and the UCUB party, which has been in power since independence. The new president-elect, Ahmed Mohamed Silanyo, of the Kulmiye party, will be sworn in by July 26 and the country is expecting an orderly transfer of power. All parties have agreed to abide by the result and Somaliland is expected to renew its reputation as a "model" to the Horn of Africa.
"A successful free and fair election will have a huge impact on setting Somaliland on the right path to democracy, prosperity and international recognition," said political analyst Hussein Dualeh.
The Somaliland system of government manages to fuse Western-style institutions with its own traditional forms of social and political organisation. Its bicameral Parliament reflects this with the Senate consisting of traditional elders and the House of Representatives consisting of elected representatives.
Although terrorism in Somaliland remains a concern, with an increasing number of radical clerics in the country as well as a porous border with Somalia, the predominantly Sufi form of Islam practised in Somaliland does not lend itself to extremism.
However, the Sahel, stretching from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean, is increasingly being seen as the new front line in the war on terror. But this just might present an opportunity.
With its strategically important position on the Gulf of Aden and a deep-water port in Berbera, Somaliland is positioning itself as an important ally in the war on terror. While conscious that too close a relationship with the Americans might not be popular with its population, the government also recognises the advantages that collaboration with the United States bring.
As well as qualifying the country for aid and support from international financial institutions, recognition would allow mining and oil companies access to the country's natural resources. Large-scale extraction of oil, coal, gemstones and minerals could transform this country of 3,5-million people, 40% of whom live in extreme poverty.
Dualeh is optimistic. "I firmly believe that Somaliland stands a good chance of being recognised as a sovereign state in the next five years," he said.
When the rains come in Hargeisa, a mass grave beside the river is exposed. Bones protrude from the red earth, some still tied at the wrist. Beside the airport road, a rusting Russian tank plastered with election posters is a reminder of Somaliland's war-ravaged past and a symbol of hope for a democratic future. The success of the long-awaited elections offers a clue to what that future might look like.
Stefan Simanowitz is a journalist and political analyst. He has spent time in Somaliland as a journalist and as an international election observer
COMMENTS
Congratulations Somaliland This was not the first presidential election, but, the second presidential election held in Somaliland, Somalilanders are committed to democracy, stability and yes we are a beacon of democracy. Somalilanders have done this for Somaliland, not to make the some honest mistakes we have done in the sixties and show the rest of the world that we are the little country that can do it. May Allah bless Somaliland and the Somalilanders.
Yusuf Dahir
Senate midterm election results as relevant to the student body of Whitman College. Created for the school publication The Pioneer.
For what good it'll do . . . Georgia is pretty conservative indeed, so I'm not getting my hopes up too much.
There was an initiative on the ballot about sanctifying in our actual bloody state constitution the right to hunt and fish, by the way. 9.9 (Three guesses which way I voted on that!) Sometimes I seriously worry about the state, and about humanity in general.
Half an hour 'til the polls close here. Keep your fingers crossed and, if religious, politely ask the deity of your choice that we regain control of at least part of Congress. (The Democrats are far from perfect, but in their favor is the very important point that they are, except perhaps for some arch-conservative Democratic politicians in Georgia, not Republicans.) Me, I'll be sacrificing a block of tofu on the altar of the great divine Commonsensia, asking that this election goes well.
Hillary Clinton thanks supporters at the Hillary Elections Party held at the Grand Hyatt at Park Bellevue.
Hillary Clinton won the Pennsylvania Primary on 22 April 08.
Early voting in presidential elections at Rockaway YMCA in Averne, Queens on Monday , October 26, 2020. Michael Appleton/Mayoral Photography Office
Commonwealth observers at work on polling day during the Solomon Islands General Elections in April 2006.
Indian border villager woman holds voting slip as she waits in queue to cast her vote at Londa polling station on India-Pakistan International border at Heera Nagar district about 60 KM from the Northern Indian city of Jammu, the winter capital of Kashmir on 13 December 2008. Eleven constituencies spread over three districts in Jammu region and Kashmir valley went to polls on Saturday in the fifth phase of elections to the Jammu and Kashmir assembly election. One person was killed and six others, including three policemen, were injured in clashes between anti-poll agitators and security men in Jammu and Kashmir, leading to temporary suspension of polling at three polling stations of the district of Jammu and Kashmir