Tag: election day
Muslim Separatists In Kenya Accused of Horrific Murders
AFRICANGLOBE - The spokesman of a banned Kenyan coastal separatist movement has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in the killing of nine policemen who were hacked to death on election day. The officers were killed by up to 200 masked men wearing trademark red bandanas and wielding machetes.
Black Voters Look to Leverage Their Loyalty
AFRICANGLOBE - When Black voters gave President Barack Obama 93 percent support on Election Day in defiance of predictions that they might sit it out this year, Black Democratic surrogates breathed a collective sigh of relief.That encouraged those leaders to try to leverage more attention from both Obama and Congress.
US Election: Poll Challenges, Provisional Vote Areas of Concern
Challenges at the polls, voter confusion and potential problems with provisional ballots in many key states are among the top Election Day concerns for...
What Black America Needs to Do After US Election Day
With so much focus on the US election day results, it is understandably hard for Black people to think about the day after. But...
Irony: President Obama Turns to African-Americans as Election Race Tightens
African-Americans threw their support behind Barack Obama in record numbers to help send him to the White House in 2008, but four years of difficult economic times...
Worries Grow Over Potential Problems With Election Day ‘Observers’
Kimberly Kelley says she thinks voter fraud isn’t limited to political affiliation, and wants to make sure it doesn’t play a role in the...
Judge Refuses To Block Pa. Voter ID Law
A judge's decision Wednesday to uphold the new Pennsylvania voter identification law shifted attention to the state's highest court, which could now determine if...
GOP ‘Robocall’ Plan to Suppress Black Votes in Baltimore Hatched on...
A plan by former Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.'s campaign manager to suppress black votes in Baltimore and Prince George's County was hatched shortly before 3 p.m. on a desperate, hectic Election Day last year, prosecutors alleged Tuesday in Baltimore Circuit Court.
