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John Sidney McCain III, aka John McCain, is a Republican United States Senator from Arizona. He is running for re-election in 2016.
This caricature of John McCain was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
Elections to the ' Lok Sabha ' the Indian Parliament has since been announced ! The 15th general elections are scheduled to be conducted between 16th April to 13th May 2009 !!
( Photo taken at Guruvayoor , waiting for a while to snap this trumpeting posture ! Thank you tusker !! )
- Explored !
People still seem confused in the UK about the election result and why people who support proportional representation are moaning.
In the UK, the winner takes all in every seat, and so if candidate one gets 51% and candidate two gets 49%, candidate one wins. This could be repeated across the entire country, with one party getting every seat in the Commons, despite only getting 51% of the vote.
The chart shows the discrepancy when applied to all parties. Green numbers are seats based on what you'd get from the popular vote. Red numbers show what we actually got, due to 'first past the post'.
The Campaign Launch event for the General Election campaign in Upper Bann. Over 100 people from across the constituency attended to lend local MP David Simpson their support for the election.
The meeting was chaired by Arlene Foster MLA and the main speaker was DUP Leader Peter Robinson.
Donald J. Trump is the embodiment of Republican values.
Roy Dean Blunt, aka Roy Blunt, is a Republican US Senator from Missouri.
This caricature of Roy Blunt was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
This arrived through the post addressed to me personally
It comes from the Conservative Party and is a character assassination of Jeremy Corbyn.
I have written to the sender pointing out that we have a Parliamentary democracy, not a Presidential one, and that I will vote for my local candidate on the basis of who will make the best constituency MP
It is horrible when politicians descend to this level so I hope that if anyone else feels strongly about this type of electioneering then they too will make their views known.
I have now found a home for this and other pamphlets - inside the back of my current embroidered piece about the General Election. It seemed fitting.
Donald J. Trump is the embodiment of Republican values.
Patrick Joseph Toomey, Sr., aka Pat Toomey, is a Republican Senator for Pennsylvania.
This caricature of Pat Toomey was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr Photostream.
Donald J. Trump is the embodiment of Republican values.
Ronald Harold Johnson, Ron Johnson, is Republican Senator for Wisconsin.
This caricature of Ron Johnson was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
Donald J. Trump is the embodiment of Republican values.
Robert Jones Portman, aka Rob Portman, is a Republican Senator from Ohio.
This caricature of Rob Portman was adapted from a photo in the public domain available from NASA / Wikimedia.
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It's started already..
Britain's next Prime Minister? Don't think so.
Political nonsense delivered through my front door.
Straight into the (paper) recycling bin.
1/5/10 - London, UK. International Worker's Day protest, with four parades converging on Parliament Square, largely protesting the upcoming general election and the banking sector's grip on mainstream politics and politicians.
One parade was joined by the Trades Union Congress' march in support of migrant and domestic workers.
Labour Party Election Manifesto 2011
One Ireland - Jobs, Reform, Fairness
Summary
Jobs
Put jobs and growth first. That means renegotiating the EU-IMF deal to include a jobs strategy, to share the debt burden with bondholders, to reduce the interest rate, and to leave room for Ireland's economy to grow.
Build on our strengths. Labour has specific plans for job creation in Ireland's agri-food industry, tourism, renewable energy, creative industries, clean technology, and retail; for turning scientific research into jobs; and for developing new markets for Irish exports.
Invest in jobs and training. Labour's €500 million Jobs Fund will fund new ideas to grow jobs in strategic sectors of the economy, while our plan for a Strategic Investment Bank will provide credit to grow businesses and build vital infrastructure. The Jobs Fund will also provide 60,000 new education and training opportunities to help those out of work to get back into employment.
Make next generation broadband happen. Labour's plan brings together private sector funding in an innovative co-op to build a high-speed, next generation broadband network.
Reform
Change politics. Labour’s job in government is to serve the best interests of the Irish people. Labour will abolish the Seanad, end cronyism on State boards, and make Ministers and public servants accountable for their decisions.
A new Constitution. Labour will ask a people’s convention to draw up a new Constitution setting out the aspirations, the values and the rules that Irish people want to live by now.
Open up government. Labour will extend the right to Freedom of Information, require political lobbyists to be publicly registered, and introduce legal protection for whistleblowers.
Reform public service. Labour has a plan to make the public service more flexible, work better, and to get better value for money.
Fairness
Keep taxes fair and balanced. Under Labour in government, no one earning less than €100,000 will pay more income tax. Labour’s plan to close the gap in our public finances is split 50:50 between spending cuts and new revenue-raising measures.
A fairer, more affordable health system. Labour will reform the unfair two-tier health system to reduce the cost of delivering care, and use those savings to extend universal access to essential medical care. We will start by making access to primary care, such as GPs, more affordable.
Make literacy a national cause. No child should leave school unable to read and write. Labour has a plan to improve child literacy for the first time in a generation.
Equality is for everyone. Labour will hold a referendum on gay marriage rights.
Richard Mauze Burr, aka Richard Burr, is a Republican Senator for North Carolina.
This caricature of Richard Burr was adapted from a photo in the public domain from available via Wikimedia.
South Carolina Democratic Primary
The South Carolina state seal used in this image was was adapted from an image in the public domain available via Wikimedia. The background was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Jeff Turner's Flickr photostream.
South Carolina Republican Primary
The South Carolina state seal used in this image was was adapted from an image in the public domain available via Wikimedia. The background was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Jeff Turner's Flickr photostream.
Roy Dean Blunt, aka Roy Blunt, is a Republican US Senator from Missouri.
This caricature of Roy Blunt was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
Roy Dean Blunt, aka Roy Blunt, is a Republican US Senator from Missouri.
This caricature of Roy Blunt was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
Kelly Ann Ayotte, aka Kelly Ayotte, is a Republican Senator for New Hampshire.
This caricature of Kelly Ayotte was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Michael Vadon's Flickr photostream.
Mark Steven Kirk, aka Mark Kirk, is a Republican US Senator from Illinois and previously represented Illinois's 10th congressional district in the US House of Representatives.
This caricature of Mark Kirk was adapted from a photo in the public domain from the US Senate.
Labour Party questions for Boris Johnson:
On his sexism:
Do you still think that the way to deal with advice from a female colleague is to “just pat her on the bottom and send her on her way”?
Do you still think that children of single mothers are ill-raised, ignorant, aggressive and illegitimate?
Do you still think unmarried women who have children should be pushed into “destitution on a Victorian scale”?
Do you still think a man should “take control of his woman”?
Why have you never voted in favour of protecting women’s reproductive rights?
Isn’t your criticism of single mothers and what you appallingly describe as “illegitimate” children hypocritical?
On his racism:
Why won’t you apologise for describing black people as “piccanninies” with “watermelon smiles”?
Do you feel any shame for the 375% rise in Islamophobic hate crime linked to the article you wrote that called Muslim women “bank robbers” and “letterboxes”?
Why as editor of the Spectator did you approve an article which argued that black people have lower IQs and an article in which the author boasted of being “an antisemite”?
Why won’t you order an independent inquiry specifically into Islamophobia in the Conservative party?
Will you apologise for saying young people had “an almost Nigerian interest in money”?
Do you regret saying that Barack Obama had an “ancestral dislike of the British Empire”?
On his other offensive comments:
Do you still call gay people “tank-topped bumboys”?
Do you still think equal marriage is similar to “marrying a dog”?
Will you apologise for calling working class men “drunk, criminal, aimless, feckless and hopeless”?
Do you still consider the investigation of historical child abuse by the police to be “spaffing money up the wall”?
Do you regret saying that the Libyan city of Sirte had a bright future as soon as they "clear the dead bodies away"?
In 2011, when you were being briefed about the cost of inquests into the 7/7 bombings, did you say “f*** the families”?
On his Ministers:
Where is Jacob Rees-Mogg?
Do you agree with Jacob Rees-Mogg’s comments that victims of the Grenfell Tower fire lacked “common sense”?
Why haven’t you sacked Jacob Rees-Mogg?
Why have you appointed an Education Secretary who was sacked for leaking from a National Security Council meeting?
Why have you allowed Alun Cairns to stand as a Conservative Party candidate when he was forced to resign for lying about his knowledge of an allegation that a Conservative candidate had sabotaged a rape trial?
Was Michael Gove right when he said you can't build a team and can't provide leadership or unity?
On the NHS:
Why did you pull back from legislating to protect the NHS from a US trade deal?
Why did you say in the ITV leaders’ debate that allegations of the NHS being on the table in secret talks with the USA were “an absolute invention” and “completely untrue” when official government documents show it is being discussed?
If the NHS isn’t being privatised why are private firms given £9.2 billion of the NHS budget?
Why did you lie in your party’s manifesto about how many extra nurses you are promising to recruit?
Why does the Conservative manifesto offer no extra money for social care when the system is in crisis?
Will you apologise to the grandmother who waited three hours on the floor for an ambulance last week?
On Jennifer Arcuri:
Jennifer Arcuri described you as “a really good friend”. Why did you not declare an interest when she was granted public money?
Did your office intervene to give Jennifer Arcuri a place on trade missions to Tel Aviv and New York after she was initially told she did not meet the criteria?
Did you write Jennifer Arcuri a letter of recommendation to become CEO of Tech City?
Do you think it is fair that Jennifer Arcuri is being held to account for allegations of corrupt behaviour by yourself?
On his record:
Have you only lied to the Queen once?
When was the last time you spoke to Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe’s husband and what are you personally doing to help secure her release?
Do you still support fox hunting?
Do you still plan on lying in front of a bulldozer to prevent Heathrow expansion or will you spend another £20,000 of taxpayers’ money to run away from a vote on it?
Why do you think you have been sacked from so many jobs?
Do you regret wasting £300,000 of taxpayers' money on illegal water cannons?
On climate and the environment:
Do you still think global warming is a “primitive fear without foundation”?
Why did you claim you were going to ban fracking when you are actually pausing it temporarily and still considering applications?
On his campaign:
Are you scared of Andrew Neil?
Why did you not show up to Channel 4’s climate crisis debate last night?
If the BBC empty chair you for bottling an Andrew Neil interview will you review its remit as well?
Why did it take so long for you to visit communities in Yorkshire and the Midlands who were affected by flooding, and what does count as a national emergency?
Will you suspend the Conservative candidate in Shropshire who yesterday said that his Sikh opponent was "talking through his turban" and strip him of his honour?
Why won’t you publish the report into Russian interference in British democracy?
Do you support a free and fair press apart from Channel 4 and the Daily Mirror?
Roy Dean Blunt, aka Roy Blunt, is a Republican US Senator from Missouri.
This caricature of Roy Blunt was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from Gage Skidmore's Flickr photostream.
Joseph John Heck, aka Joe Heck, is a physician, and U.S. Army Brigadier General who is the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district. Heck is running for US Senate in 2016.
This caricature of Joe Heck was adapted from a photo in the public domain from the US Defense Department. The body was adapted from a photo in the public domain from the US House of Representatives.
Robert Jones Portman, aka Rob Portman, is a Republican Senator from Ohio.
This caricature of Rob Portman was adapted from a photo in the public domain available from NASA / Wikimedia.
The Nevada state seal used in this image was was adapted from an image in the public domain available via Wikimedia. The background was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from David Fulmer's Flickr photostream.
The Nevada state seal used in this image was was adapted from an image in the public domain available via Wikimedia. The background was adapted from a Creative Commons licensed photo from David Fulmer's Flickr photostream.
Robert Jones Portman, aka Rob Portman, is a Republican Senator from Ohio.
This caricature of Rob Portman was adapted from a photo in the public domain available from NASA / Wikimedia.
This evening Mr Fox, Chief Fox of the Land of the Bed, summoned together his brethren.
It was all very civil until Mrs PB, who stakes a claim on the position, gatecrashed the event. With that many foxes in the room she couldn't help (even if she'd wanted to - which she didn't), shout the words MANGE and POX!
BAAAH!
After waiting several weeks after turning in my application, I finally received my official advance ballot for the 2020 General Election in the mail this weekend.
Olathe, Kansas
Sunday morning 18 October 2020
UpStart is a non-profit arts collective which aims to put creativity at the centre of public consciousness during the Irish General Election Campaign in 2011. We plan to do this by reinterpreting the spaces commonly used for displaying election campaign posters in Dublin City.
The objectives of UpStart are to encourage a debate on the role of the arts in this state. Our aim is to highlight the importance of creativity and ingenuity when society is in need of direction and solutions, and to emphasize the value of the arts to public life. We believe that the futuredevelopment of the country requires a healthy cultivation of the Arts.
UpStart comprises artists and writers from Ireland and abroad and are non-aligned to any political party. UpStart respects and follows Dublin City Council litter regulations and operates within the requirements of Irish law.
Generated by overlaying official SPR map over Google Maps. Its not a perfect fit - some inaccuracies are to be expected.
Idą wybory. We Wrocławiu z ramienia PiS startuje ...Czarnecki, Przemysław Czarnecki -- syn znanego skądinąd (z ZChN, AWS, Samoobrony, Prawa i Sprawiedliwości) Ryszarda Czarneckiego.
Wszystko -- ściśle: jego plakaty "CZARNECKI. Ostatni na liście -- pierwszy w pracy" -- wskazuje na to, że Syn Swego Ojca liczy na rozpoznawalność nazwiska -- a boi się braku własnej rozpoznawalności: stąd na plakacie nie pojawia się imię kandydata. Zadaniem wyborców jest "pozytywnie" zareagować na nazwisko "Czarnecki" i -- nie zastanawiając się nad tożsamością -- dać krzyżyk na drogę.
Plan sprytnawy, już za niecałe 2 tygodnie będziemy wiedzieć na ile skuteczny.
This is what media bias looks like.
Invented by the Tories to divert your attention from a child having to lie on a hospital floor; reported by media that didn’t bother to check if it was true.
On 28 November, 1893 New Zealand women first went to the polls to cast their votes in parliamentary elections. After years of suffrage campaigning that included petition writing, electoral activists achieved a significant victory – on 19 September 1893 the electoral franchise was finally extended to women. The Electoral Act 1893 allowed for eligible women to cast their votes in parliamentary elections. It carved out New Zealand’s place in history for being the first self-governing country to grant women the right to vote.
On the day polling booths for those on the general roll were not too dissimilar from today’s in that it was a private affair, a secret ballot. But, for those voting in the Māori electorates votes were cast by a show of hands. There was no anonymity for Māori and for many no choice on which roll to register. That decision was dependent on a person’s blood quantum; ‘half-caste’ Māori could choose either roll, but those who were categorised as more than half or closer to being ‘full-blooded’ Māori could only register and vote in the Māori electorates. Māori marriage to a British citizen did not give access to voting on the general roll.
In addition, those classified as 'aliens' did not met the 1893 electoral criteria. Before 1914 an ‘alien’ was merely someone who did not have British citizenship. Apart from Chinese and to a lesser extent other Asian peoples, there was, for many years, little restriction on aliens.
All in all, approximately 94,290 women voted in 1893. 90,290 women went to the voting booths on 28 November and up to 4,000 three weeks later, as voting in the Māori electorates opened on a different day, 20 December.
This image above shows the number of women on the general rolls and those who voted. Follow this link to view the entire digitised file - ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...
Archives New Zealand reference: ACGO 8333 658/ [15] 1894/731
collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search#/?q=R24761508
Caption information from Te Ara: teara.govt.nz/en/voting-rights/page-4
For more information use our “ask an archivist” link on our website: www.archives.govt.nz
Material from Archives New Zealand Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga
There were alot of jokes recently about the fact that the Egyptians could get rid of their dictator in 18 days but that it took Ireland more than a year to dump its deeply unpopular government. Unlike Egypt of course, Ireland has democratic institutions and we take our revenge through the ballot box. Fianna Fáil - the ruling party - got a drubbling this weekend. This is significant as this party has dominated politics in the Republic of Ireland since the 1930s and was responsible for ruining our economy (not for the first time), bringing n the IMF and losing our financial sovereignty. The Green Party, their junior coalition partners, were wiped out. Watching the biggest names on the Irish political landscape lose their Dáil seats over the weekend was like watching some form of politically correct blood sport.
Centre-right Fine Gael is now the biggest party in the Dáil but is short of an overall majority. They are in negotiations with the centre-left Labour party to form a new government. Both parties had their best ever results in this election and the political scene has had its biggest change here since the 1930s. Whatever...we'll hate them too in due course!
The joys of democracy!
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Polling station, Darnall, Shefield. UK General Election, 7th May 2015
Olympus Mju II, 35mm, Kodak Gold 200
Despite entering the Official Singles Chart at No4 - & riding high in the download charts - the BBC decide to censor reggae band Captain Ska's hit single "Liar Liar". The anti-austerity song is "too political" for the State broadcaster, though this doesn't stop them showing the headlines from the right wing media at every possible opportunity, on radio, TV and the internet. So the band, in protest and for the fun of it, performed the song right outside the BBC's front door, with the People's Assembly poster warning of the threat of re-electing Theresa May in the background.
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