voters Justice Department Announces Agreement With Cuyahoga County, Ohio, Board Of Elections On Protecting The Rights Of Spanish-Speaking Puerto Rican Voters By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 2 Sep 2010 11:07:28 EDT The Justice Department announced today a settlement with Cuyahoga County, Ohio, to protect the rights of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican voters under Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Wisconsin By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 17:00:48 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Wisconsin officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Alaska By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:41:47 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Alaska officials to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. The agreement was necessary to ensure Alaska’s compliance with the 2009 Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment Act (MOVE Act) Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreements to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters from Colorado, District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Hawaii By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:11:10 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached agreements with Colorado, District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands and Hawaii officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010 federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Guam By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:29:32 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against Guam and its election officials seeking emergency relief to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Department Announces Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters from Nevada By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 10:53:26 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Nevada officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in New York By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 17:40:48 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of New York seeking relief to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election and future federal elections. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in New Mexico By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 13 Oct 2010 09:47:00 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with New Mexico officials to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reached Agreements to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters from New York, Kansas and Mississippi By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 18 Oct 2010 08:19:29 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached agreements with New York, Kansas and Mississippi officials to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Illinois By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:31:17 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Illinois officials to help ensure that military service members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 2, 2010, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement with Virginia to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 16:48:36 EST The Justice Department today announced that it has reached an agreement with Virginia officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in future federal general elections. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in New Mexico By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 30 Jun 2011 16:56:56 EDT The Justice Department today announced that it has reached a supplemental agreement with New Mexico officials to help ensure that military service members and U.S. citizens living overseas will have an opportunity to participate fully in the 2012 federal general election cycle. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement Protecting the Rights of Chinese and Spanish-Speaking Voters in Alameda County, California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:17:44 EDT The Civil Rights Division and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California announced today an agreement with Alameda County, Calif., to ensure compliance with provisions of the Voting Rights Act that require the county to provide election materials and information in Spanish and Chinese. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement with Lorain County, Ohio, on Protecting the Rights of Spanish-Speaking Puerto Rican Voters By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 7 Oct 2011 15:23:19 EDT The Justice Department announced a settlement today with Lorain County, Ohio, to protect the rights of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican voters under Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Alabama By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 19:30:39 EST The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Alabama and its chief election official seeking relief to help ensure that military servicemembers, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Alabama’s March 13, 2012, federal primary election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement Protecting the Rights of Spanish-speaking Voters in Colfax County, Nebraska By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:23:29 EST The Justice Department announced today an agreement with Colfax County, Neb., that requires the county to provide election materials and information in Spanish in order to comply with provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Wisconsin By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:25:12 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with Wisconsin officials to help ensure that military servicemembers, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Wisconsin’s April 3, 2012, federal presidential primary election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement with Orange County, New York, to Protect the Rights of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican Voters By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:40:46 EDT The Justice Department announced a settlement today with Orange County, N.Y., to protect the rights of Spanish-speaking Puerto Rican voters under Section 4(e) of the Voting Rights Act. Today’s consent decree is intended to resolve concerns that limited-English proficient Puerto Rican voters were being denied their full voting rights because the county failed to provide bilingual ballots and Spanish-language assistance as required by law. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in California By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 29 May 2012 13:31:00 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with California state officials to help ensure that military servicemembers, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in California’s June 5, 2012, federal primary election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Attorney General Eric Holder Speaks at the League of Women Voters Convention By www.justice.gov Published On :: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 11:17:52 EDT "As Attorney General, it is my obligation – and solemn duty – to ensure that the rights of all Americans are protected. And I’m proud that, under this Administration, our Civil Rights Division – and its Voting Section – have taken meaningful steps to ensure integrity, independence, and transparency in our enforcement of the Voting Rights Act," said Attorney General Holder. Full Article Speech
voters Justice Department Announces Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Georgia By www.justice.gov Published On :: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 18:11:26 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia and its chief election official seeking relief to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Georgia’s Aug. 21, 2012, federal primary runoff election and all future federal runoff elections. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Michigan By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 31 Jul 2012 12:32:51 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Michigan and its chief elections officials to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in Michigan’s Aug. 7, 2012, federal primary election and Sept. 5, 2012, federal special primary election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in the U.S. Virgin Islands By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 10:53:54 EDT The Justice Department announced that it has reached an agreement with U.S. Virgin Islands officials to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in the territory’s Sept. 8, 2012 primary election and the Nov. 6, 2012, general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Lawsuit to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Vermont By www.justice.gov Published On :: Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:54:43 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the state of Vermont and its chief election official to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 6, 2012 federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Announces Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Vermont By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:56:54 EDT The Justice Department announced today that it has reached an agreement with the State of Vermont to help ensure that military service members, their family members and U.S. citizens living overseas have the opportunity to participate fully in the Nov. 6, 2012, federal general election. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Agreement to Protect Rights of Military and Overseas Voters in Illinois By www.justice.gov Published On :: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:49:44 EST The Justice Department announced that yesterday it reached an agreement with Illinois officials to help ensure that military service members, their family members and other U.S. citizens living overseas have an opportunity to participate fully in the upcoming Feb. 26, 2013, special primary election, and the April 9, 2013, special election to fill a vacated seat in the state’s 2nd Congressional District. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters Justice Department Reaches Settlement with Blair County, Pa., Over Polling Place Access for Voters with Disabilities By www.justice.gov Published On :: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:10:33 EDT The Justice Department today announced a settlement under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Blair County, Pa., to greatly improve physical accessibility at the county’s polling places for individuals who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids and for individuals who are blind or have vision impairments. Full Article OPA Press Releases
voters California voters asked to vote by mail in November due to coronavirus fears By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 15:32:02 -0400 Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered ballots be mailed to the state's 20.6 million voters for the November election while imposing new rules for in-person voting. Full Article
voters Do voters want to hear from party leaders? Some intriguing new polling By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Wed, 15 Apr 2020 13:37:59 +0000 What happened in this year’s Democratic nominating contest? To the surprise of many, a relatively moderate establishment candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden, won. Why didn’t the Democratic primary process in 2020 follow the chaotic course that the Republican process took in 2016? Why did the party establishment prevail? An important new paper by the… Full Article
voters 2018 electoral marathon: Voters vent anger By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 18 Dec 2018 14:02:04 +0000 Full Article
voters To British voters: Don’t score an own goal By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 Those who advocate for a British exit from the European Union seem to think that they can turn back the clock on globalization. They can’t, writes Arturo Sarukhan, who outlines the problematic ripple effects that would likely come with Brexit. Full Article Uncategorized
voters Why Voters Should Fear Romney’s Tax Plan By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:59:00 -0500 Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has been strategically slippery about his tax plan, largely refusing to explain how he would pay for the sweeping tax cuts that represent his primary promise to voters. In the second debate, though, he offered just enough detail for us to sketch the outlines of his program. If you’re poor or worried about the state of the U.S. government’s finances, the picture is not pretty. The first course in Romney’s plan is dessert: Tax breaks for everyone! He would start by extending the tax cuts put in place by former President George W. Bush. He would then cut everyone’s rates by another 20 percent, repeal the alternative minimum tax, and get rid of the estate tax. How would he pay for this? Mainly by limiting the amount people can deduct from their taxable income. Here’s the most detailed statement Romney has made: “One way of doing that would be say everybody gets—I’ll pick a number—$25,000 of deductions and credits, and you can decide which ones to use. Your home mortgage interest deduction, charity, child tax credit and so forth, you can use those as part of filling that bucket, if you will, of deductions.” Big Shortfall Putting both halves of Romney’s plan together, we compared the impact of the tax cuts with the offsetting effect of limiting itemized deductions. The result: While a cap on deductions is an interesting idea, it couldn’t possibly raise enough revenue to make up for the big tax giveaways Romney has promised. The shortfall would be a whopping $3.7 trillion over the next decade. Lowering the deduction limit to, say, $17,000 wouldn’t much change the math. The gap would still be $3.4 trillion. Romney’s plan is most striking in its distributional implications (see chart). The greatest benefit would go to the rich. The top one-fifth of households would enjoy a staggering $16,000 average tax cut, offset by a tax increase of $4,000 due to the deduction cap. Net gain: $12,000. Actually, though, most of this group wouldn’t see that large of a benefit. About half of the spoils would go directly to the top 1 percent, which would get an average net tax cut of $100,000 a year. The further one goes down the income scale, the worse Romney’s plan looks. The average household in the middle of the income distribution—the heart of the middle class—would get a cut of a little more than $800, which wouldn’t be much changed by the limit on deductions. The poor would actually pay slightly more tax, because Romney would end stimulus-related measures—such as an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit—that have benefited them. True, any across-the-board tax cut would give more money to the rich in dollar terms, because they pay most of the taxes in the first place. But Romney’s plan goes further. It would reduce the amount the richest Americans pay relative to their income more than for anyone else. Specifically, the richest fifth would go from paying 26 percent of their income in taxes to 22 percent. The middle fifth would go from 16 percent to 15 percent. The tax burden on the poor would rise. Romney has explicitly denied that his tax plan would favor the rich: “I will not, under any circumstances, reduce the share that’s being paid by the highest-income taxpayers.” If this was truly his intention, he could have proposed tax cuts that were proportional to income—say, by offering simply to cut everyone’s tax rates by a few percentage points, rather than by a certain percentage. This would give the rich a bigger tax cut in dollar terms while preserving the distributional structure of our tax system. Benefit Distribution As it stands, Romney’s plan would result in 48 percent of the net tax cut going to the richest 1 percent (see pie chart). Another 32 percent would go to the next richest 4 percent of the population. All told, 94 percent of the benefit would go to the top 10 percent of the income distribution, leaving only 6 percent for the rest. Many of Romney’s biggest boosters argue that he would be a more moderate president than he has been a candidate. Perhaps that’s plausible. On taxes, though, he has left himself little room to maneuver. His constituency would expect him to deliver on the very specific tax cuts he has promised. Meanwhile, his vagueness on the offsetting deduction limits would leave him with no mandate to get rid of the most popular tax breaks, such as those for charitable giving, mortgage interest or health insurance. Hence, the most probable outcome would be a tax system that is radically less progressive, achieved through cuts that would create a much larger long-run budget deficit. Both outcomes would be colossal failures at a time in which true tax reform is greatly needed. Authors Betsey StevensonJustin Wolfers Publication: Bloomberg Image Source: © Brian Snyder / Reuters Full Article
voters Early Voters Deluge States By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:00:00 -0400 Early voting has started in earnest in many states, marking a dramatic change in how Americans vote and how campaigns are run. Preliminary indications are that more people will cast their ballot prior to Election Day than in any campaign in the nation’s history.Already, well over ten million people have cast their ballot for this November’s much-anticipated presidential election. This statistic is from just a few states and localities where these early voting numbers are available. In Georgia, for instance, more people have already voted early than voted early in all of the last presidential election.These early numbers are startling, far outpacing what would be expected at this stage in the election. In the past, early voting starts as a trickle, with the spigot opening as the traditional Election Day approaches. These numbers could portend a higher level of early voting, higher overall turnout, or – most likely – both.The apparent increase witnessed so far is part of the upward trend in early voting that has swept the country over the past two decades. In 1992, about 7 percent of all voters voted early; by 2004 that number exceeded 20 percent. The increase arises among states that have enacted early voting policies permitting people to vote absentee for any reason, to automatically receive an absentee ballot by mail or to vote at special early voting polling place in a high-traffic location.Those who vote early have changed over the past 20 years. People who vote by traditional absentee ballot tend to be younger, single and highly educated; essentially students, military and professionals traveling on business. Today, many people tend to be early voters, though early voters are on average older. This age disparity is consistent with the type of person who is motivated to vote early: a strong partisan who is certain of their vote. Early voters obviously do not show up to vote on Election Day, which causes problems for exit pollsters stationed outside polling places. In 2004, the media’s national exit poll organization conducted phone surveys of early voters to supplement their Election Day polling. These surveys found that in all states – except Iowa – the early electorate was more Republican than the election day electorate, which is an expected pattern steeped in campaign folklore that a Democrat will win if they evenly split the early vote.The deviating case of Iowa makes sense. In 2004, the Iowa Democratic Party conducted an intense early vote drive, a move that may have cost John Kerry the state since their Election Day ground game suffered.We are seeing indications that Barack Obama’s campaign is successfully turning out their supporters in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, three states that provide demographic breakdowns of early voters. In Florida and North Carolina, registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by two to one among early voters. In Georgia and North Carolina, African-Americans are a much greater share of the early electorate than of the overall 2004 electorate. What makes these numbers all the more impressive is not just their disparity towards Democrats, but that we would normally anticipate Democrats to lag behind Republicans at this stage in the game. Do not expect the well-financed Obama campaign to skimp on their Election Day mobilization efforts, either.It is too soon to tell definitively if these early vote numbers represent a coming flood of early voting and Election Day turnout or if these represent pent up demand by enthusiastic Democrats finally able to cast their ballot. But that this question can even be asked is not encouraging for John McCain. For McCain to win, he needs to turn the election around – now. The presidency is starting to slip from his grasp. Pre-election polling currently indicates Obama will hold all the states won by Kerry in 2004, plus Iowa and New Mexico. Obama wins the Electoral College if he wins Colorado, a state that he has had a small consistent lead in the polls throughout the year. More than 60 percent of Coloradans will cast their ballot early. If McCain can not change the campaign dynamic, it will soon be too late for him to shift enough votes into his column to win. He may be able to take one of the states currently favoring Obama, but that will be an increasingly difficult task as ballots pile up in high-early vote battleground states like Florida, Iowa, Nevada, New Mexico, North Carolina, Oregon and Washington. It’s mid-October. Now is the time for an October surprise, before too many people can no longer be surprised.View 2008 Early Voting Statistics »Michael P. McDonald is an associate professor at George Mason University and a non-resident senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. He calculates national turnout rates for academics and the media and he is co-editor of The Marketplace of Democracy: Electoral Competition in American Politics. Authors Michael P. McDonald Full Article
voters What do Midwest working-class voters want and need? By webfeeds.brookings.edu Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 16:57:11 +0000 If Donald Trump ends up facing off against Joe Biden in 2020, it will be portrayed as a fight for the hearts and souls of white working-class voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and my home state of Michigan. But what do these workers want and need? The President and his allies on the right offer a… Full Article
voters Michigan voters say “No” to wolf hunting By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:29:54 -0500 However, the voter’s choice won’t be the final say. Full Article Business
voters Trump voters need LED bulbs By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Sep 2019 10:01:51 -0400 He is pushing incandescents, but your eyes change as you age, and older people need brighter, bluer and lots more light. Full Article Design
voters Young Republican voters won't support climate denial, poll finds By www.treehugger.com Published On :: Tue, 06 Aug 2013 12:21:20 -0400 A new poll conducted for the League of Conservation Voters found strong views among young voters, including young Republicans, regarding climate change denial. Full Article Science
voters American Association for Cancer Research National Survey Shows 74 Percent of Voters Want More Federal Funding for Cancer Research - AACR Survey and Cancer Progress Report 2015 Video By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 16 Sep 2015 17:15:00 EDT AACR Survey and Cancer Progress Report 2015 Video Full Article Healthcare Hospitals Medical Pharmaceuticals Broadcast Feed Announcements Survey Polls & Research Domestic Policy MultiVu Video
voters Most 2020 swing state voters want more direct payments during coronavirus, CNBC/Change Research poll finds By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 17:56:33 GMT Democrats are pushing for at least one more round of direct payments during the coronavirus crisis after many voters got $1,200 stimulus checks. Full Article
voters All California voters will be able to vote by mail in November, Newsom says By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Fri, 08 May 2020 23:09:10 GMT California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order Friday allowing all registered voters in the state to receive a mail-in ballot for November's election. Full Article
voters Democrat and Republican voters remain split on Covid-19 precautions in battleground states, poll shows By www.cnbc.com Published On :: Wed, 06 May 2020 15:45:28 GMT CNBC's Eamon Javers breaks down new survey results from battleground states, and split opinions on the coronavirus pandemic among Democratic and Republican voters. Full Article
voters Elections 2019: This how Mumbai police helped senior voters at booths By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 29 Apr 2019 05:18:49 GMT Polling for the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha polls began on Monday in 71 Lok Sabha constituencies spread across nine states. Over 12.79 crore voters will decide the fate of 945 candidates today. Mumbai Police on Twitter shared a heartwarming post of senior citizens at the polling booths. Mumbai police on Twitter known for their quirky yet remarkable tweets, share an impactful message of senior citizens of Mumbai setting an example for the youth of the city with their active voting. Leading by example, they vote till this age so that democracy lives longer and healthier! They have fulfilled their responsibility of creating a legacy, it is our responsibility to keep it alive. MRA Marg policemen assisting senior citizens to vote comfortably #LetsVoteMumbai pic.twitter.com/lDUkJyJSVm — Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) April 29, 2019 The Mumbai police is also seen helping the elderly voters at the polling booths by holding their hand and offering them assistance as they walk towards the booth. Raising the bar for the youth, senior citizens across the city are turning out in large numbers at the polling booths to vote. It is our pleasure to help them in every little way we can. #YourChoiceMatters #LetsVoteMumbai #LokSabhaElections2019 #लà¥Âà¤Âसà¤à¤¾à¤¨à¤¿à¤µà¤¡à¤£à¥Âà¤Â२०१९ pic.twitter.com/jH2KAO0IcS — Mumbai Police (@MumbaiPolice) April 29, 2019 As many as 40 polling booths in these constituencies, including 26 in suburban Mumbai, are being managed women. As many as 3.11 crore voters spread across the Mumbai metropolitan region and northern and western Maharashtra are eligible to exercise their franchise to decide the fate of 323 candidates in the fray in these 17 seats. Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
voters Elections 2019: Regular voters find their name missing at polling booth By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 30 Apr 2019 01:49:06 GMT In times when Mumbaikars are criticised for not turning up to vote, many people in the North constituency could not vote because their names were missing from the electoral list. All of them have been voting in many elections, even from the same polling booths. Gyanchand Somani, a 61-year-old Gorai resident, was frustrated after running around from one polling station to another, to find his and his wife's name in the voters' list. "This is not the first time I am voting. And my address has also not changed. How is it possible that my name is not in the list?" questioned Somani. Bharat Desai's name was also missing Bharat Desai, a 71-year-old resident of Eksar was also shocked to find that his name was not in the list. "I have been living on D N Mhatre Road for so many years and have always voted from St Rocks' school poll station," said Desai. Nityanand Nair, who was born and brought up in LIC Colony in Borivali west had the same story to tell. "My entire family is missing from the list whereas we have been voting regularly," said Nair. Disha Shah, a first time voter, also could not vote as her name was missing A 22-year-old Babhai resident, Disha Shah, who was excited to vote for the first time was also disappointed. "My family members names were there, but mine was missing," she said. Initially Mitali Sarvankar, a 21-year-old Kandivali resident was disappointed that her name was not in the list, but she managed to find it. "I found my name in Oxford Public School's list, thanks to the helpdesks set-up by different political parties," said Mitali who excitedly showed her inked finger. Mitali Sarvankar found her name thanks to a helpdesk Ganesh Mandals help In areas such as Borivali and Kandivali, Ganesh Mandals, Senior Citizen's groups etc helped voters find their names in the lists and where they had to go to vote. "Though we are registered as Ganesh Mandals, we are all friends from this locality and hold several other activities. Setting up a helpdesk is part of our work," said Deepak Thorat, president of the Shree Siddhivinayak Navatarun Mitra Mandal. Vijay Kate and his friends, all senior citizens also set up helpdesks. "So many people are frustrated with their names missing from voters' list. There have been instances when two family members' names are there and others are missing," said Kate. Local restaurants pitch in Several local restaurants had put up stalls to give out coupons of 10 per cent discount to voters. Many voters made it a point to stop by to pick them up. Also Read: Elections 2019 in Mumbai: Voters, poll officials confused over ban on mobile phones Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
voters Mumbai: Entire bldg of 100 residents vanishes from voters' list By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 30 Apr 2019 01:51:05 GMT Voter's names missing from lists is not unusual any more. But, in Bhendi Bazaar, an entire building full of voters has vanished from the list, leaving around 100 residents without their right to vote in this election. Salam Khan, a 32-year-old businessman, has been casting his vote for years. On Monday, however, he got the shock of his life when he was informed that his name was missing from the voters' list. When he returned home, miffed, he discovered that all the residents of his building, Zainabiya, were not on the list for some reason. "When I reached the polling booth, I was told that my name was not on it. I was very upset. Then when I reached home, my neighbours, too, start complaining about the same thing. Later, we got to know that the name of the building had gone missing from the list. This is such a big mistake, they have lost so many voters," said Khan. Also Read: Election 2019: Mumbai scrapes through in voting report card The residents alleged that they heard that because the building was old, the election officer was told that the structure had been demolished for redevelopment. "We cast our last vote during the BMC election in 2017. There was no problem then. But now, the whole building has gone missing. How is it possible?" asked Rasheed Sheikh. Election 2019: Prominent personalities, other Mumbaikars come out to caste vote! Crèches at polling booths The Election Commission roped in Aanganwadi Sevikas on voting day to take care of children coming with their parents to voting centres. While several such Sevikas were seen standing near the polling stations to take care of children so that they don't enter polling booths, other arrangements were made in rooms inside various schools where parents could leave their kids for a short while to vote. Also Read: Elections 2019: Regular voters find their name missing at polling booths In Prabhadevi, 147 Aanganwadi workers were roped in for this. A municipal school at Prabhadevi saw about 40 children taken care by these workers throughout the day. Even at Malad, the crèche was a big hit. Vandana Kothekar, who was on election duty and taking care of these kids from Prabhadevi, said, "We saw a good turnout and parents were willing to keep their children as it was just a matter of a few minutes." Salman Khan, SRK, Ranveer Singh, Kangana, Bachchans step out for voting Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
voters Mumbai: Voters, poll officials confused over ban on mobile phones By www.mid-day.com Published On :: 30 Apr 2019 01:55:06 GMT The 'No Mobile Phones' diktat issued by the Election Commission for voters at polling centres had a rather ambiguous implementation. While some carried it along inside the polling booth, others were asked to keep it out. With directions about phones not being allowed in the 100 meters vicinity of polling stations, the Election Commission had not made any provisions for safekeeping of phones. Also Read: Election 2019: Mumbai scrapes through in voting report card The rule ended up confusing voters across the city. Many were unaware of the 'no phone' policy and were left waiting outside the polling centres. The EC had issued such orders after some voters were found clicking pictures while voting during the last elections. Salman Khan, SRK, Ranveer Singh, Kangana, Bachchans step out for voting While most polling stations had police officials preventing voters from carrying their phones inside, there was no security checking of the bags that some voters carried, "thus making it difficult to ascertain if they were carrying a phone or not," said officials. Some centres also saw the police asking voters to hand over their phones to people standing behind them in the queue. Dhanraji Yadav, who was at the Manohar Joshi Mahavidyalaya in Dharavi along with her family, said that police officials at the gate asked them if they were carrying any phones. "I waited with all the phones while my family voted. But while I was waiting there, the same police officials allowed other people to carry them by switching them off," Yadav said. An official said that the directives had come from the Election Commission of India. "We couldn't be responsible for everyone's phones and asked them to not bring them." Also Read: Elections 2019: Regular voters find their name missing at polling booths 100mDistance around polling booth where phones were not allowed Election 2019: Prominent personalities, other Mumbaikars come out to caste vote! Catch up on all the latest Crime, National, International and Hatke news here. Also download the new mid-day Android and iOS apps to get latest updates Full Article
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