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...Reflecting the miserable voter turnout across Europe, only 43% of Germans bothered to go to the polls. Social Democrats have been quick to point to the low turnout as a reason the European Parliament vote shouldn't be seen as a test for the upcoming federal elections. "I don't think you can reach any conclusions when the turnout for the European elections was so low," says Social Democrat MP Sebastian Edathy. "It's a different picture in the federal elections, when we normally have a bigger turnout of 70%-80%." Nevertheless, Edathy admits his party failed to reach...
...These groups could make a strong impact in the elections. UKIP won just 2% of the vote and no seats in the 2005 British general election, but some opinion polls currently put the party ahead of the ruling Labour Party, owing largely to voter disgust over the parliamentary-expenses scandal in London. In the Netherlands, the anti-Islamic Geert Wilders could see his Freedom Party overtake the Christian Democrats of Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende. (Read "Dutch Shrug for Anti-Muslim Film...
...spring of 1983, Cambridge became the battleground for a showdown between defense contractors and anti-nuclear groups. A grassroots movement spearheaded by voter mobilization group Nuclear Free Cambridge attracted national attention when members began to voice strong opposition to nuclear weapons research and development in the City...
...lower courts to reinterpret the standard for including absentee ballots. "The trial and appeal were based on the fact that different counties counted the ballots differently," Ben Ginsberg, a lawyer for Coleman who also represented George W. Bush in the 2000 Florida recount, tells TIME. "Whether or not a voter's vote counts shouldn't depend on where they live." (See the top 10 unfortunate political one-liners...
...Four liberal-leaning female candidates were elected to Kuwait's 50-seat parliament on May 16, becoming the first to break through the country's political glass ceiling since women were given the rights to vote and run for office in 2005. Their victories were probably aided by voter frustration with the political turmoil and religious extremism of recent parliaments...