Iran on Monday began registering candidates for parliamentary elections in March, which will be the first since nationwide protests rocked the country last year. Iran has held regular presidential and parliamentary elections since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. But a clerical body vets candidates - disqualifying any seen as disloyal to the Islamic Republic - and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all major policies.
(File photo) MANILA - Region 4-A (Calabarzon) recorded the highest number of voter applications for the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) this year, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said on Tuesday. Citing its latest data, the poll body said 375,453 voter applications came from the region out of a total of 2,497,339 received during the registration period from Dec. 12, 2022 to Jan. 31 this year. Out of the total figure, 1,264,278 are female and 1,233,061 are male. The National Capital Region recorded the second highest number of applications processed at 350,101. The figures in other regions are as follows: Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), 34,188; Ilocos Region, 127, 507; Cagayan Valley, 82,997; Central Luzon, 277,680; Mimaropa, 69,056; Bicol, 130,089; Western Visayas, 136,759; Central Visayas, 175,854; Eastern Visayas, 104,451; Zamboanga Peninsula; 83,246; Northern Mindanao, 114,649; Davao Region, 131,164; Soccsksargen, 130,560;
the january 6th insurrection and lies lies that fueled it, led to unprecedented intimidation and threats against election workers. and we want to share the story of a mother and daughter who believed this election work is a way to honor all those who were denied their rights in the past. for nearly ten years shay moss worked at the fulton county department of election
past. for nearly ten years shay moss worked at the fulton county department of election registration in atlanta, georgia. she served as an election worker because her grandmother instilled in her the importance of voting, a right that had once been denied to her. at election time shay s mother, ruby freeman, would come to work processing ballots. but in 2020 election deniers targeted shay and ruby making false claims that security footage showed they were sneaking in fake ballots. the former president invoked ruby s name 18 times in a phone call pressuring state officials to change the vote count in georgia. those comments went viral. i ve lost my name, and i ve lost my reputation. in the days after shay and ruby received death threats. they were harassed. shay had to quit her job. they feared for their lives. i don t want to go anywhere. i second guess everything that i
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