Latest in Tag: vote Highlight
Latest in Tag: vote
Referendum results garner international response
US, Transparency International urge voting oversight, while Arab League praises transparency
Egypt constitution sails through vote but turnout key
The government hopes a large turnout in favour of the new constitution will bolster its disputed authority
Violations resume on referendum’s second day
Various groups attempt to influence voters’ decisions
Violations reported during first day of Egypt’s referendum
Most reported violations involve attempts to influence voters’ decisions
Over 160,000 army personnel to secure referendum process
Supreme Electoral Committee assigns 13,867 judges to oversee referendum at sub-polling stations
Cabinet gears up for constitutional referendum
Minister of Interior promises a “comprehensive security” plan during referendum
Mansour amends law governing right to political participation
Purpose of the amendment is to facilitate voting for citizens in the upcoming constitutional referendum, says the Presidency
Journalists must acquire permit from SEC to cover referendum vote
Supreme Electoral Committee issues rules and regulations regarding vote on draft constitution
Khaled Ali denies prodding workers to vote against referendum
ETUF accused Ali of “stirring up discord”
Will you vote this year?
This will be the third year in a row that Egyptians will vote on a constitution. Yet another referendum with yet another Yes campaign. Vote Yes for stability , they said in 2011. Vote Yes for Islam, they said in 2012. Vote Yes for your country, they are saying in 2013. Never are there campaigns …
Wasat Party initially boycotting constitutional referendum
The decision comes one day after the Anti-Coup Alliance announced that it would boycott
Draft constitution finalised
Constitution to be submitted to interim president on Tuesday then put to referendum
Constituent Assembly finishes vote on draft constitution
Four contentious articles did not pass in the voting session, to be further discussed by assembly on Sunday
Voting on draft constitution begins
Constitution to include 247 articles, 42 of which are new
Shura Council preliminarily terminated
Constituent Assembly majority votes on cancelling council in new constitution
Parliamentary elections to be held in Feb/March: Foreign Minister
Reuters – Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Friday that parliamentary elections would be held “between February and March”, to be followed by a presidential vote in “early summer.” The elections will replace the leaders appointed after the army ousted elected president Mohamed Morsi in July. Fahmy’s comments to Reuters in an interview were the most …
Administrative Court looks into elections database forgery
A former member of parliament brought attention to an alleged 14 million increase in the number of voters, claiming voters do not exist
Low turnout for referendum voting
Less than one-third of country’s eligible voting population cast their ballot during referendum
Voters, but few tourists, in the shadow of the pyramids
“The Muslim Brotherhood divided the country with the constitution”
ElBaradei addresses the nation
ElBaradei called on people to vote ‘No’ one day ahead of the second and last phase of the referendum
In Pictures: Egyptians vote
A new constitution is submitted to a two-round referendum
Voting law changed
Voters in Egypt’s referendums must vote where they are registered, regardless of where they work or reside on day of vote
One man, one vote, one time
By Philip Whitfield CAIRO: You’d die to be immortalised by a zinger, wouldn’t you? Like Ed Djerejian”s after Islamists and pro-democracy groups fell out in Algeria — condemning 30 million to decades of misery, penury and slaughter. Some counted 200,000 corpses. The killing hasn’t stopped 21 years on. That North African torment began with Morsy-like …
Assembly votes to review constitutional articles
Ten-member advisory committee selected, having no voting privilege
New Coptic Pope to be selected 2 December
Church sets roadmap to papal selection
Mohamed Morsi wins
The candidate from the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party becomes the first civilian President of Egypt