Women took part, as candidates as well as voters, in Qatar 's municipal election.
And in many instances, things are getting ugly, as voters are confronted with negative ads.
The Italian elections failed to show a clear winner as voters ostensibly rebuked present government austerity measures.
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Just as voters cannot repeal the laws of gravity, they cannot insist that foreign creditors lend them money.
As voters wield more and more influence on policy, leaders may have a tougher time avoiding cross-border squabbles.
In contrast, in Mexico they tend to register near-identical levels of support, as voters rarely split their ballots.
And it means everybody, as business people and as voters, taking the interests of the whole world to heart.
And the onset of standard time's early nightfall seemed inconsequential as voters arrived at polling stations until closing time.
The news of more troubles on Wall Street comes as voters place the economy as their No. 1 concern.
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No matter who is elected, it is never as good, or as bad, as voters expect it to be.
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But as voters, they claim to worry about the state of the planet.
Democrats reasoned that the first rebates would arrive in August, just as voters were beginning to focus on the election.
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Analysts say the ICC case bolstered Mr Kenyatta's electoral chances, as voters saw it as interference in Kenya's domestic affairs.
We're not afraid to use our voices and to use our rights as voters and we will not come alone.
But how these new plans will fare as voters demand cuts in national fuel tax revenues is at best an open question.
Enthusiasm filled the air as voters lined up to have their say.
Gay-rights advocates scored a major and unprecedented victory at the polls yesterday as voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approved same-sex marriage.
When the financial crisis deepened after Labor Day and recession loomed, Democrats benefited as voters looked to government to help reverse the tailspin.
Romney's integrity has taken a beating as voters are left to wonder what he's hiding in the tax returns he refuses to release.
Yet Mr Singh's second government has offered no big policy reforms, while letting public support ebb away as voters grumble about graft and inflation.
Past experience of fraud and manipulation has so marked the Egyptian electorate that relatively few bother to vote, or even to register as voters.
This sorry tale has a serious point: that the outcome of an election is a reflection of voting procedure as much as voters' wishes.
Frontrunner Kim, whose long-held lead may be slipping as voters worry about his ability to handle a wounded economy, would do well to take note.
As voters elsewhere clock the three Icelandic MPs, they may see a Pirate Party vote less as a political statement, and more as a realistic option.
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In Tamil Nadu, a large southern state, Congress's local ally (and national coalition partner), the DMK, was routed as voters vented their anger over a telecom-licensing scandal.
When Election Day arrived, those GOP churning tummies blossomed into full blown heartburn as voters turned out record numbers for what is typically a very low priority election.
Some of the vote count was delayed on primary day as voters in Myrtle Beach reported malfunctioning electronic voting machines, and some were forced to use paper ballots.
But as long as voters outnumber doctors and ever larger swaths of our health care system come under government sway, there is an inexorable logic to the process.
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The returns came as voters turned out for primaries and caucuses in 10 Super Tuesday contests packed with consequence for all four of the major GOP presidential candidates.
In the coming months, that mood of resignation will come under strain, as voters start to feel the pain of austerity measures announced earlier but delayed until 2012.
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