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...Switzerland A Defeat for the Far Right Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a June 1 initiative that would have stiffened the country's already rigid naturalization process and have allowed townspeople to vote by secret ballot on whether to grant citizenship to their neighbors. The failure is a blow to the right-wing Swiss People's Party, which rode a wave of anti-immigrant sentiment to a plurality in parliament. About 22% of Swiss residents are foreigners--one of the highest rates in Europe--and the party exploited rising xenophobia in its referendum campaign with ads depicting dark hands snatching Swiss...
...Rice will also undermine the Democratic Party’s monopoly on the message of change. The party who will nominate either a black man or a white woman will suddenly have to run against a party with a black woman on the ballot. This gives the Republicans legitimate claim to the concept of change...
...husband’s relationship with Monica Lewinski. The Democrats’ response that these Republican-driven criticisms are steeped in racism and misogyny will fall short, because the Republican Party will have a black person and a woman—all in one—on the ballot. In this way, Rice will be a grand foil for the Republicans...
...School Committee front, previously-defeated member Marc C. McGovern stormed back from his loss in 2005, topping the ballot and winning 260 more votes than his nearest competitor. Veteran member Richard D. Harding was defeated, while another veteran, Nancy Walser, retired and was replaced by her ally, Nancy Tauber...
...competitive primary contests, voter registration among women increased by 89 percent. According to exit poll data, Hillary Clinton drew a large majority of these voters to the polls. Numerous New Hampshire, Nevada, Massachusetts, and Texas voters to whom I spoke on the campaign trail cast their first ballot for Hillary...