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Politics | Election Fraud
2009-07-04: Headlines
AsiaOne: Iranian cleric says UK embassy staff face trial 2009-07-04
... of the June 12 presidential election -- won by hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but rejected as a fraud by moderate challenger Mirhossein Mousavi.
World War 4 Report: El Salvador: anti-mining organizer missing, foul play suspected 2009-07-04
... Rivera played a key role in January when the results of the municipal elections in San Isidro were challenged due to fraud. Social organizations believe ...
Media Monitors Network: Analysing Iran's Elections 2009-07-04
In the weeks leading to the June 12 election, the overriding theme in Western media reports was that most people would “boycott” the polls because they ...
BBC News: Kenya sets new tribunal deadline 2009-07-04
Rioting erupted after President Mwai Kibaki was declared the winner of the December 2007 presidential poll, triggering claims of electoral fraud from ...
Brad Blog: " Franken to UpTake: 'You Ruined my Vacation' " 2009-07-04
The UpTake's live video, radio and live-blog coverage and analysis of every step in the Franken/Coleman hand-count, election contest, etc. set the standard ...
San Francisco Chronicle: State budget mess only gets worse 2009-07-04
... Schwarzenegger added a twist to the already complex negotiations when he insisted that the budget deal include a package of reforms to reduce fraud ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Mississippi Briefs 2009-07-04
The justices on Thursday said Daniel Ray Weathers can pursue his claims of fraud against Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Circuit Judge Lee Howard in 2007 ...
World Socialist Web Site: The Mousavi campaign in Iran and the lessons of past “col ... 2009-07-04
The New York Times, CNN, the Nation magazine, etc. have utilized allegations of voter fraud in an effort to bring about a change of government in a country ...
Mirror.co.uk: Miliband leads global anger 2009-07-04
Poison Jannati, who is close to the supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, claimed: "They couldn't bear to see the people's happiness after the election ...
PR-Inside.com News: Albanian Opposition threatens street protests 2009-07-04
The Balkan country, which joined NATO in April, had been under intense international pressure to ensure last Sunday's vote was fair and free of the fraud ...
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette: Weekly scorecard 2009-07-04
His election gives Democrats a filibuster-proof 60 seats in the US Senate. : With residents long criticized for being fat, state's obesity rate of 27.4 ...
The Morning News: Pastor Calls On Community 2009-07-04
Opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi alleges massive election fraud and insists he is the rightful winner. Millions of his supporters have gone to ...
DesMoinesRegister.com: Troubled world highlights our liberties 2009-07-04
This will not satisfy the opposition's questions about alleged fraud in the re-election of that country's hardline president, or resolve the larger struggle ...
Jakarta Post: KPU insists electoral roll is valid 2009-07-04
... committee assigned by the House to investigate the fraud cases also found irregularities in the electoral roll used for the presidential election.
Tampa Tribune: Happy Birthday, USA 2009-07-04
In fact, the electoral fraud was so brazen it must have been meant as a demonstration of exactly who is in charge. In Honduras, the military, depending ...
Las Vegas Sun: No matter our disagreements, Americans should be proud of what we ... 2009-07-04
The recent presidential election in Iran, marked by complaints of massive fraud, has spun that country into turmoil. Taking to the streets to voice their ...
Manila Standard Today: The last option 2009-07-04
But it also spawned a number of options to save the project designed to eliminate large-scale fraud that had been the curse and bane of our electoral system ...
Victorville Daily Press: ACORN/Census link sparks controversy 2009-07-04
... national activist group that fell under harsh criticism after being accused of voter registration fraud during last November's presidential election.
Longview Daily News: Cantwell discusses health care, economy with local business leaders 2009-07-04
If you want to know how a government run health system will run, look no further than medicare and all the fraud involved. The so called cap and trade bill ...
Pacific Free Press: Democracy Crisis? What Democracy? 2009-07-04
... ie, none at all.8 It cannot of course be proven that the Iranian election was totally honest, but the arguments given to support the charge of fraud ...
Tasley Eastern Shore News: LOOKING BACK Election fraud rocked Chincoteague in 1901 2009-07-04
But in 1886, the General Assembly passed the Local Option Act, which gave local jurisdictions the option, by an election, to prohibit licensing the sale ...
Pajamas Media: Storm Clouds on the Fourth of July 2009-07-04
... from the disputed 2000 Presidential election to 9/11 to the Iraq war and now the financial meltdown with the bad economy and lots of fraud and scandal ...
Signal: Paul Strickland: Political 'hit mail' misses its targets 2009-07-04
Is there an upcoming national or state election? Is my mailbox going to be getting crammed with political ads? Help! Sure enough, upon closer examinati ...
North County Times: LETTERS: NCT, July 3, 2009 2009-07-04
Cap and trade will be nothing more than an excuse for graft and fraud as exemplified by a Chinese factory already traded four times to help some po ...
TriCities.com: Steady Growth, Stiff Sentence, Texting Ban 2009-07-04
Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for a fraud the judge called so “extraordinarily” evil that he needed to send a message to anyone ...
ABS CBN News: 'TIM president ended cool off with Smartmatic to save firm' 2009-07-04
He, however, said the possibility of the two companies engaging in electronic election fraud is remote. Comelec Chairman Jose Melo on Friday afterno ...
The Hour: Retired Westport professor weighs in on Iran elections 2009-07-04
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's Supreme Leader who rules with nearly absolute power under Iran's theocratic Constitution, dismissed charges of fraud ...
Newsbreak: Carpio's Force 2009-07-04
In the People's Initiative (PI) case, Carpio rebuked the administration, in clear and direct prose, for foisting on the public a “gigantic fraud” when they ...
Huffington Post: This Fourth of July, the Quest to Save Democracy Continues 2009-07-03
And yet this Fourth of July, I am struck by how relevant many of the issues in FREE FOR ALL! still are: From the American fallacy that election fraud ...
Antiwar.com: Report: US Opposes New Iran Sanctions 2009-07-03
Advocates are seeking to punish Iran for its crackdown on protesters against last month's disputed election, but US officials are reportedly concerned th ...
Osun Defender: Rigging, Worst Form Of Armed Robbery – Fayemi 2009-07-03
... Studies Association, University of Ibadan (UI) canvassed for the formation of a civil society movement against election fraud and bad leadership.
Arab News: Tehran to try UK Embassy staff 2009-07-03
... result of the June 12 presidential election — won by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad but rejected as a fraud by moderate challenger Mir Hossein Mousavi.
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal: The Clueless Messiah and other stuff... 2009-07-03
Jenny Durkan, the attorney who represented the Democratic Party in the lawsuit over the 2004 governor's election, has been nominated by the Obam ...
ChattahBox: Iranian British Embassy Staff Arrested for Inciting Protests, ... 2009-07-03
(ChattahBox)—As the conservative government of Iran headed by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, seeks to end three weeks of bloody election fraud protests ...
GlobalPost: Corruption, intrigue and Gisele Bundchen 2009-07-03
In other words, it's very difficult for someone with 62 percent of the votes — here in Brazil we are used to electoral fraud when the difference is 1 ...
2009-07-03: Headlines
FinalCall.com: Appeals court hears case of Rev. Pinkney 2009-07-03
Pinkney was originally convicted in 2007 on election fraud charges and given probation. Supporters maintain these were trumped up charges and the ruling w ...
FinalCall.com: Complications likely in US-Iran relations 2009-07-03
WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The results of the June 12 Iranian election, and the intentions that US President Barack Obama's reserved response ...
Center for Research on Globalization: Corrupt election campaign unfolds in US-occupied Afghanistan 2009-07-03
If these factors are not sufficient to guarantee Karzai's victory, there is ample opportunity for wholesale fraud. A report this month by the International ...
Daily Kos: Al Franken Announces Bid For Re-Election 2009-07-03
However, as we know - yesterday, I was in court fighting to dismiss or disprove ridiculous charges of vote fraud or procedural delay tactics that were being ...
Scoop.co.nz (press release): Background Note: Belarus 2009-07-03
... imposed travel restrictions and targeted financial sanctions against Belarusian officials implicated in human rights abuses and election fraud.
PR Web (press release): Have You or a Loved One Been Denied the Right to Vote? Contact ... 2009-07-03
Ohio Election Justice Campaign points to alleged election fraud cover-up between Ohio politicians and local attorneys as prompting citizen class action.
Charleston Post Courier: Iran and the end of the road 2009-07-03
... from President Barack Obama for his forthright condemnation of the regime's violent crackdown on peaceful demonstrators protesting election fraud.
World Socialist Web Site: Germany: Joschka Fischer takes post as Nabucco pipeline adviser 2009-07-03
The West confronts a dilemma, because the regime in Teheran is “on the one hand discredited and lacks legitimacy due to electoral fraud.” On the other h ...
Longview Daily News: Cantwell discusses health care, economy with local business leaders 2009-07-03
If you want to know how a government run health system will run, look no further than medicare and all the fraud involved. The so called cap and trade bill ...
Cherry Hill Courier Post: Charges filed over absentee ballots 2009-07-03
ATLANTIC CITY — Two more campaign workers were charged Tuesday with voter fraud stemming from the alleged abuse ...
Czech Happenings: Czech press survey - July 3 2009-07-03
Against CSSD recommendations, Rath supported his assistant Filip Busina who was accused of tax fraud worth hundreds of millions of crowns, Mitrofanov notes.
Mainichi Daily News: New Cabinet member received undeclared political donations 2009-07-03
"It's nothing but fraud. They just took money and gave us no contract," said the president in another interview with the Mainichi Shimbun Thursday.
Ghana News: OMOV Means “Obiara Nto Bi.” 2009-07-03
Ghana's Electoral Commission is considering the introduction of biometric voter identification cards which would reduce the incidence of voter fraud.
Manila Standard Today: The private sector responds 2009-07-03
We will be stuck with the fraud-ridden manual system. Are we to follow Honduras and run into social chaos, or will Comelec take the sensible course ...
Khaleej Times: Iran unrest shows tension between ultras and reformers 2009-07-03
BRUSSELS - The political unrest in Iran over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election marks a key point in the ideological struggle between ...
SunHerald.com (registration): No juror questionnaires in Warr's fraud trial 2009-07-03
Warr didn't seek re-election this year. Questionnaires are sometimes used to gauge potential jurors' views, but judges don't have to allow them.
Columbia Basin Herald: Columbia Basin Herald Online Newspaper Local News - Moses Lake, W ... 2009-07-03
The American public is ready to quit Iraq, and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki wants to prove he's his own man before facing an election.
Tulsa World: Iran: Don't take the media's word for it 2009-07-03
Newspaper accounts and editorials have decried the election results with virtual baselessness. The single reason for asserting fraud might be boiled down ...
Peninsula On-line: Iran unrest shifts power dynamics () 2009-07-03
Now, amid widespread allegations of vote fraud, that has been lost, he said. “By faking the elections, the right wing has sort of killed the goose that laid ...
Al-Ahram Weekly: Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875 2009-07-03
... are US and European governments so eager to contest the election results and support the opposition in the absence of strong evidence of fraud?
American Spectator: Lawyer Responds to Rep. Jackson Lee's ACORN Questions 2009-07-03
Q. Do you think ACORN staff was simply untrained and that there was no systematic attempt by ACORN to engage in voter fraud? A. Based on the evidence I ...
Angus Reid Global Monitor: Iranian Election a Sham for Most Americans 2009-07-03
82 per cent of respondents think the results released by the Iranian government were a fraud and an attempt to steal the election.
Daily Sun: Photo: Sun News Publishing 2009-07-03
They were also given three months, between June 24 and September 23, 2009, to conduct a national election. A caveat also issued was that failure to conduct ...
Politics Daily: Frederick Douglass' July 4 Challenge Answered by Obama's Election 2009-07-03
Perhaps the election of Barack Obama has answered that question for all time. If so, one of the patriots whom we ought to toast this Independence Day ...
ISN: Haiti's Annus Horribilus 2009-07-03
The effects from a string of hurricanes, a food crisis and election controversy are adding to Haiti's woes, but international observers say they won't give ...
NCR-Iran.org (press release): Analysis - Iranian uprising: Beginning of the end (part II) 2009-07-03
... contender Mir Hossein Mousavi backed down from his demand of annulling the election result despite describing it as illegitimate and ridden with fraud.
Huffington Post: Ballots Not Bullets for Afghanistan 2009-07-02
On August 20, Afghanistan holds only the second election in its long and often turbulent history. For its own people, this is a historic event.
Huffington Post: Hypocrisy in Red and Blue: How Republicans and Democrats Betray ... 2009-07-02
... to a right-wing judicial coup (Gore) or as a result of frank and widespread GOP election fraud (Kerry), there is no protest or call for investigation.
Hindu: Iran's reformists unite for long-haul campaign 2009-07-02
Mr. Mousavi said he would be part of a committee of scholars who would “make public documents proving fraud and irregularities in the election,” Iran' ...
L'Espresso: Six Reasons Why Iran Cannot Be Explained in a Twitter Feed 2009-07-02
Arab populations have now accepted election fraud as a fact of life and given up on trying to change it, wrote Huwaidi. Political writer Ahmad Asfahani told ...
Chicago Daily Herald: Birkett to make third bid for state AG 2009-07-02
He left the campaign saddled with more than $700000 in debt, but wiped that out in the November 2006 election, when he unsuccessfully ran for lieutenant ...
Expatica France: Perpignan's surreal smelly socks election saga. 2009-07-02
The conclusion is self-evident: the citizens of Perpignan haven't believed for one single second in this story of general and organised fraud ...
Daily News & Analysis: Delhi civic body paid 50000 non-existent staff 2009-07-02
The massive fraud is emerging as the MCD (Municipal Corporation of Delhi) tries to put in place a biometric system of attendance for its employees.
Investor's Business Daily: Al Franken — Democrat From Acorn 2009-07-02
... win by 725 votes on Election Day. Ritchie has extensive ties to the Acorn organization now under federal investigation for vote fraud and was endorsed ...
2009-07-02: Headlines
The Sweet Science: RIP, Alexis Arguello 2009-07-02
... mayor of Managua in a disputed election in which the opposing side contended voter fraud in an election he won with a reported 51.3% of the vote ...
Philadelphia Inquirer: Ahmadinejad's rivals escalate defiance 2009-07-02
Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has led the opposition in demanding annulment of the election on grounds of fraud, asked Iranians to continue their protests "in ...
Monsters and Critics.com: Filipinos pray for ailing former Philippine president Aquino 2009-07-02
Aquino has been a key leader of the opposition against President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, who has been accused of electoral fraud, corruption and other ...
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Coco: Mission still unaccomplished in Iraq 2009-07-02
The 2005 Iraqi election symbolized with images of purple ink stains on voters' fingertips — an anti-fraud measure later promoted by House Republic ...
Independent Online: AU summit tackles conflicts across Africa 2009-07-02
... offering Ahmadinejad an international platform - despite protests over alleged fraud in his re-election and Iran's detention of British embassy staff.
The Comment Factory: Iran Fantasies 2009-07-02
... supporters' votes carry the same weight as those who voted for Mousavi is elided in analysis of the Iranian election, whether there was fraud or not.
Lynnwood Enterprise: Honey's owners indicted by feds 2009-07-02
The men are accused of money laundering and mail fraud in connection with the strip clubs. Prosecutors also allege that the alleged criminal organizati ...
Afrik.com: Congo-Brazzaville: Fear of civil unrest ahead of elections 2009-07-02
Parliamentary elections in 2007 and local elections in 2008, organized by the Congo-Brazzaville electoral commission were marred by fraud, according ...
TVNZ: Iran hardliners want Mousavi prosecuted 2009-07-02
Officials reject charges of election fraud, saying it was Iran's "healthiest" vote since the 1979 Islamic revolution.
Montclair Times: The world – and Montclair – is watching 2009-07-02
Protestors in Tehran, the country's capital, and other Iranian cities are rejecting those numbers and alleging fraud. The Iranian government responded ...
Daily Sun: War in N'Delta, a misadventure –Prof Sagay 2009-07-02
Unless all stakeholders in Nigeria's political scene stand up to condemn election rigging, the country will not move forward.
Democracy Now: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on Global Capitalism, Why He ... 2009-07-02
... that President Ahmadinejad's victory is too broad, and therefore there's no way to imagine that he could have lost or that he would have won by fraud.
Venezuelanalysis.com: Solidarity with the movement of the Iranian masses – Statement ... 2009-07-02
Some argue that on June 13, 2009 there was no electoral fraud, but there are numerous examples of this. To start with, any candidate standing for electi ...
Arizona Republic: Crump forms exploratory panel 2009-07-02
He said he also would give special priority to protecting vulnerable populations, such as the elderly, from identity theft and fraud.
Slate: Coming Soon: A Jobless Recovery 2009-07-02
Meanwhile, Mousavi announced he will be forming a political party that will make public all the allegations of fraud during the election.
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A: The Sounds of Silence on Iran 2009-07-02
What could they possibly say about the Iranian election, or the allegations of vote fraud, without sounding hypocritical?
The Jewish Journal of greater L.A: Big Sunday Founder Levinson Named State's Nonprofit Leader of Year 2009-07-02
Political analyst Mohammad Amini said that while the UN should condemn election fraud and resulting violence, only Iranians should be involved in regime ...
Just International: Iran s crisis and Ali Khamenei 2009-07-02
... loudly and clearly; and why Mohsen Rezaei, the third candidate in the four-way presidential contest, retracted his complaints against election fraud.
Agoravox: Dear Mr. President: Thanks Again For Cap And Trade 2009-07-02
This Bill is so complex that it will provide endless possibilities for abuse and excesses, and we can smell the fraud stinking up the air already.
Long Beach Press-Telegram: More efficient democracy 2009-07-02
There is a potential for fraud, of course, but the safeguards in voting by mail are stronger than those at traditional polling places, where almost anybody ...
BlueRidgeNow.com: As Iran Seeks to Quash Foes, Ahmadinejad Cancels Africa Trip 2009-07-02
... Minister Mir Hussein Moussavi, won about a third of the votes, and has demanded a new election because of what he says was massive electoral fraud.
Focus News: AFP: Bulgarian opposition poised to oust Socialists in electi ... 2009-07-02
... concerns of massive fraud and misappropriation of EU money. Corruption and vote-buying allegations have similarly marred the election campaign so far ...
The Associated Press: Iran's reformists call Islamic regime illegitimate 2009-07-02
Mousavi contends the June 12 election was marred by widespread fraud and insists he was robbed of victory. Khatami scorned the government for declaring ...
Aspen Daily News: Obama's UN envoy defends response on international unrest 2009-07-02
... and unprecedented protest demonstrations broke out after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad won re-election in a vote many believe was tarnished by fraud.
Ynetnews: Merkel: Settlements endanger two-state deal 2009-07-02
Merkel also addresses Iranian nuclear program, post-election unrest, saying next week's G8 summit must send 'strong message of unity' German Chancell ...
Gallup.com: Iranians Have Doubted US Commitment to Democracy 2009-07-02
Meanwhile, neither reform candidate Mir Hosseini Mousavi nor Mehdi Karroubi has backed down from his allegations of electoral fraud in last week's election.
Jakarta Post: House finds 50 million unregistered voters 2009-07-02
The committee assigned to investigate the electoral roll fraud in the April 9 legislative election, discovered the discrepancy during recent visits ...
Times Online: Straw refuses 'wholly unrepentant' Ronnie Biggs parole 2009-07-02
But come the next General Election, the Government of which you are a member will be confined to the scrap heap of history and the Labour party condemned ...
American Chronicle: Dubious History Of Goldman Sachs Market Manipulation Repe ... 2009-07-02
After the financial sector was deregulated in 1999, it opened the door for more fraud and long-term greed. On the other side of that door stood the internet ...
Reuters AlertNet: SCENARIOS-What next for Ethiopia's leadership? 2009-07-02
There are fears of a repeat of violence if Meles wins the next election and the opposition protest again. But any allegations of fraud in 2010 would ...
Focus News: AFP: Tough guy Borisov takes on PM Stanishev in Bulgarian vote 2009-07-02
He oversaw Bulgaria's entry into the European Union in 2007, but came under fire for failing to combat rampant fraud, especially after the EU froze hundred ...
Calgary Herald: Newsweek defends Canadian journalist after reported confession in Iran 2009-07-02
... working for The Washington Times, following President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election on June 12 — which sparked mass protests and charges of voter fraud.
OhMyGov!: Tom Coburn and the Pro-Life Earmark: An exercise in confusion ... 2009-07-02
With his recent election to the United States Senate, you would think that former Saturday Night Live stalwart Al Franken is a shoe-in for "Funniest Member ...
Ventura County Reporter: Support for ending the use of torture 2009-07-02
Jim Childress is the most “critical individual” in the voter fraud scandal. A timeline of events shows that Joy Kobayashi and her election committee ...
Dallas Morning News: Iran opposition candidates refuse to accept Ahmadinejad victory 2009-07-02
Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has led the opposition in demanding annulment of the June 12 election on grounds of massive fraud, asked Iranians to continue their ...
Arutz Sheva: John Bolton: The Only 'Iranian Option' Is an Israeli Attack 2009-07-02
... Guard Corps will abandon its weaponization and ballistic missile programs probably believes that there was no fraud in Iran's June 12 election.
Reuters UK: Iran hardliners urge legal action against Mousavi 2009-07-02
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian hardliners pressed on Thursday for legal action against moderate leaders accused of inciting post-electi ...
Legalbrief (subscription): Dubious honour for election fraudster 2009-07-02
Sindisiwe Mncube, an Ulundi election officer, has become the first South African since 1994 to be convicted of electoral fraud, according to a Mail ...
World Magazine: Raising Illinois 2009-07-02
Before him, Democrat Daniel Walker left the office of Illinois governor in 1977 and promptly committed savings and loan fraud, for which he spent 18 month ...
New Statesman: The empire strikes back 2009-07-02
Now that England's attempt to enlist Allen Stanford as saviour has ended in disaster – the Texan was arrested on fraud charges in the US – most such bidder ...
Bethany Beach Wave: TRACKS IN THE SAND Election fraud rocks Chincoteague 2009-07-02
But in 1886, the General Assembly passed the Local Option Act, which gave local jurisdictions the option, by an election, to prohibit licensing the sale ...
ABC30.com: Iran reform leader calls election illegitimate 2009-07-02
Mousavi insists that Iran's disputed June 12 election was riddled with fraud. He contends that he -- not incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad -- was ...
New America Media: Six Reasons Why Iran Cannot be Explained in a Twitter Feed 2009-07-02
Arab populations have now accepted election fraud as a fact of life and given up on trying to change it wrote Huwaidi. Political writer Ahmad Asfahani told ...
Toronto Star: Iran fails to silence critics of 'coup' 2009-07-02
... election results and the government that caused it." Mousavi insists there was widespread electoral fraud on June 12 and he is the rightful winner.
The Wichita Eagle: EX-JUNCTION CITY OFFICIAL ACCUSED OF TAKING BRIBES 2009-07-02
AP TOPEKA — A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a former Junction City commissioner on 11 counts, including bank fraud and conspiracy ...
Jackson Clarion Ledger: Author: Iran in grips of revolt 2009-07-02
Since Iran's June 12 election, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets to protest alleged election fraud in the victory by President Mahmoud ...
Minnesota Public Radio: Balls, strikes and absentee ballots 2009-07-02
Franken was consistent with Minnesota election law. To put it in terms that baseball fans may appreciate, the court ruled that you can't argue balls ...
Manila Standard Today: Credibility of polls at risk 2009-07-02
It's bad enough that Philippine elections are known worldwide for fraud and an inordinately long count. Malacañang is on record as fully supportive of ...
Seattle Times: Ahmadinejad's foes refuse to back down on election 2009-07-02
Mir Hossein Mousavi, who has led the opposition in demanding annulment of the election on grounds of massive fraud, asked Iranians to continue protests " ...
2009-07-01: Headlines
Earthtimes (press release): Ahmadinejad's trip to African Union summit cancelled 2009-07-01
The cancellation came on the heels of the June 12 presidential election, of which Ahmadinejad was declared the winner amid opposition charges of fraud.
AllAfrica.com: Africa: Kampala is Boosted By Iran, Messed By Rwanda, S. Africa 2009-07-01
So back to the anti-election theft protests in Iran. Every time these uprisings against election fraud happen in the third world, we commentators say they ...
Reuters: PRESS DIGEST - Financial Times - July 1 2009-07-01
SFO CALLED TO INVESTIGATE 103 MILLION POUND SUSPECTED FRAUD. The Serious Fraud Office will investigate a suspected 103 million pound fraud at Keyd ...
Wall Street Journal Blogs: Statistical Sleuthing on the Iran Election 2009-07-01
My print column this week examines the use of statistical techniques to search for election fraud. These techniques have gotten a workout ...
Financial Times: Albania's election heads for deadlock 2009-07-01
Albania's general election appeared headed for deadlock on Wednesday, with both the governing right-of-centre Democratic party ...
GMA news.tv: Poll watchdog readies 'flexible' plan for manual count 2009-07-01
... the CBCP urged the Comelec then to introduce a good poll automation system as it would be the key in minimizing, if not eliminating, election fraud.
Press of Atlantic City: Two more face charges in probe of Atlantic City voter fraud 2009-07-01
... today with voter fraud in connection with their alleged work on behalf of Atlantic City mayoral candidate Marty Small in the primary election June 2.
Al-Arabiya: UK embassy staff secretly managing unrest: Iran 2009-07-01
... Mehdi Karroubi refused to recognize the Ahmadinejad's re-election after an electoral watchdog confirmed the results despite allegations of fraud ...
Socialist Worker Online: Political frame-ups of two activists in LA 2009-07-01
In 1996, when Republican Bill Jones was secretary of state, López was investigated for election fraud for allegedly registering people to vote before they ...
Sacramento Bee: Grand jury urges mail-only elections for Sacramento County 2009-07-01
Some groups contend voting by mail increases the possibility of voter fraud, while others argue that lower-income individuals who move more frequently may ...
The Associated Press: Haiti president's party picks up 5 Senate seats 2009-06-30
On election day, residents of the capital, Port-au-Prince, cited frustration with leaders who have failed to lift them from poverty as their reason for ...
Philadelphia Inquirer: 2 more charged in Atlantic City vote fraud 2009-06-30
The mayor asked a judge to impound hundreds of so-called messenger ballots before the election, alleging they were fraudulent. The judge refused, but New ...
American Spectator: The Powers That Be 2009-06-30
ACORN lawyer Lisa Rasmussen said at a court hearing June 3 that election fraud charges laid against the group in Nevada were motivated by politics.
U.TV: Franken laughs last 2009-06-30
After all, Acorn managed to register more than 42000 new voters in Minnesota in the last election cycle. With all the claims of voter fraud being committed ...
Times Online: Most Americans back Obama on Iran election, CNN poll finds 2009-06-30
Russia and China may be unmoved by electoral fraud but may not wish to be on the wrong side of history. What Mr Obama decides to do next may determine ...
Seattle Times: Colacurcio Sr., five others indicted on a charge of conspiracy ... 2009-06-30
The mail fraud charges are based on allegations that the defendants repeatedly mailed false tax statements to the city misstating the revenue at the clubs.
The Associated Press: AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EDT 2009-06-30
___ Bernard Madoff sentenced to 150 years for vast fraud, likely to remain imprisoned for life NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge rejected Bernard Madoff' ...
Los Angeles Times: Iran's president says enemies' 'soft overthrow' failed 2009-06-30
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says unspecified foes caused the turmoil in which hundreds of thousands of Iranians protested alleged election fraud.
2009-06-30: Headlines
ShortNews.com: Iranian Election Declared Valid and Free of Fraud 2009-06-30
The disputed election in Iran has been declared valid by the country's spiritual body, the Guardian Council. This means that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ...
Watching the Watchers.org: Statement by a group of Iranian bloggers about the Presidential ... 2009-06-29
... the mounting evidence of fraud presented by the candidates and others, we believe that election fraud is obvious and we ask for a new election.
Sydney Morning Herald: Iran police out in force as election result upheld 2009-06-29
... the objections were not deemed infringements or fraud and were only minor irregularities that occur in each election," the station reported on Monday.
CNN Political Ticker: CNN Poll: Americans don't want to intervene in Iran election crisis 2009-06-29
... released Monday, think the election results released by the Iranian government were a fraud, with just one in ten believing the results were accurate.
Wall Street Journal: Acorn Role in Census Challenged 2009-06-29
But in the wake of accusations that some former Acorn employees engaged in voter registration fraud in the 2006 and 2008 elections, the partnership isn't ...
2009-06-29: Headlines
San Bernardino Sun: Registration fraud investigation 'odd,' experts say 2009-06-29
In any major election period, Pitney said Republicans and Democrats are likely to accuse one another of registration fraud. The Los Angeles Times reported ...
Antiwar.com: The Weeks of Living Dangerously 2009-06-29
... constitutional body charged with validating any national election, was still dealing with 646 complaints about possible election misbehavior and fraud.
Wall Street Journal: Acorn Role in Census Challenged 2009-06-29
But in the wake of accusations that some former Acorn employees engaged in voter registration fraud in the 2006 and 2008 elections, the partnership isn't ...
New York Times: Persian Station in Britain Rattles Officials in Iran 2009-06-29
... where a disputed presidential election two weeks ago sent tens of thousands of protesters into the streets claiming ballot fraud in the re-election ...
Michigan Policy Network: Voter ID Requirement 2009-06-29
Republicans believe that this solves the major problem; the laws will reduce voter fraud through impersonation at the polls. Additionally, when it comes ...
New Straits Times: Thaksin's ally wins by-election in Thailand 2009-06-29
... politics and his People's Power Party (PPP) dissolved by the Constitution Court for alleged election fraud in the 2007 election that was won by PPP.
The Age: Iran begins partial recount of disputed vote 2009-06-29
The opposition is demanding a complete rerun of the vote, claiming it was marred by widespread irregularities and fraud in a dispute that has shaken ...
Ravenna Record Courier: Iranians at KSU watching unrest: Students, faculty anxious for news 2009-06-28
He said he believes election fraud is certainly a reality in the election. “There's a huge sense of disappointment in the community,” he said.
Democratic Underground: The consequences of President Obama's refusal to hold torturer ... 2009-06-28
There are many other means of election fraud that have been used in our country to destabilize our democracy. I discuss this issue in more detail ...
Washington Times: Who killed ACORN probe? 2009-06-28
Mr. Conyers strained credibility in his incredibly ill-timed May 4 statement about the Saul Alinsky-inspired election-fraud factory, which habitually claim ...
Aljazeera.net: Iran detains British embassy staff 2009-06-28
But both Mousavi and Karroubi still insist the election was marred by fraud, calling the new government "illegitimate". They have also rejected a proposal ...
2009-06-28: Headlines
Los Angeles Times: Governor's last stand: his way or IOUs 2009-06-28
Among them: reorganizing state bureaucracy, eliminating patronage boards and curbing fraud in social services that Democrats have traditionally protected.
OpEdNews: Shill Heaven 2009-06-28
... who have been screaming fraud at the top of their hypocritical lungs while keeping steadfastly mum about massive and transparent election fraud in ...
ABC News: Ahmadinejad Fires Up the Anti-US Rhetoric Again 2009-06-28
But Obama this week said he was "appalled and outraged" by a crackdown on protests against widespread fraud in Iran that have officially left 20 dead.
Irish Independent: Also in World News 2009-06-28
Mrs Madoff and her sons have been accused by many of having certain knowledge of the decades-long, multibillion-dollar fraud.
Washington Times: What sort of president? 2009-06-28
In the short term, we must help them make sure that the election in August is clearly democratic and free of fraud as well as free of the fear of fraud.
Houston Chronicle: Albania votes in election seen as test for EU bid 2009-06-28
... on lists posted on windows and walls and brandished ink-stained thumbs after the vote, proof they had voted and a measure to prevent election fraud.
Deutsche Welle: Iran opposition rejects recount, demands probe 2009-06-28
... strongest rivals in the June 12 vote, have insisted that the election be annulled, while demanding an independent probe into allegations of fraud.
ABS CBN News: No assurance of a fraud-free poll in 2010 2009-06-28
Teopisto Elnas, director of the Election and Barangay Affairs Department of the COMELEC told abs-cbnnews.com/Newsbreak in a letter.
Aljazeera.net: Iran detains British embassy staff 2009-06-28
But both Mousavi and Karroubi still insist the election was marred by fraud, calling the new government "illegitimate". They have also rejected a proposal ...
Lebanon: The smoking gun is Iran's voting process - Daily Star 2009-06-28
The state authorities called on the opposition to substantiate fraud in front of the Guardian Council, which is responsible for reviewing electi ...
Los Angeles Times: IRAN: Demonstrators rally against Ahmadinejad at Tehran mosque 2009-06-28
... presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who lost a June 12 vote to President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in an election marred by allegations of vote fraud.
Ravenna Record Courier: Iranians at KSU watching unrest: Students, faculty anxious for news 2009-06-28
He said he believes election fraud is certainly a reality in the election. “There's a huge sense of disappointment in the community,” he said.
guardian.co.uk: Pollsters say PM Berisha leads Albania elections 2009-06-28
Albania is under international pressure to make sure the vote is fair and free of the reports of fraud that have marred previous elections.
New York Times: Eyes on Europe, Albanians Prepare to Vote 2009-06-27
Whether the election is peaceful, free and democratic, analysts and diplomats say, will help determine the progress toward international integration.
BBC News: Iran militia raids 'target homes' 2009-06-27
... Guardian Council is due to give its final ruling on the election on Sunday, but a spokesman on Friday already insisted there had been no election fraud.