Elections are the cornerstone of democracy, and media have a vital role in the election process.
The Sandinistas have also exploited their control of the government to rig the election process to their own benefit.
Television bosses have continually appealed for such debates, arguing that they would boost public interest in the election process.
In comparison in 2002, 77 political parties took part in the election process.
He promised change, and stayed on point during the entire election process, with branding that consistently drove home this message.
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But public-advocacy groups Common Cause and the Center for Democracy and Technology still have some qualms about the election process.
Meanwhile, the city Campaign Finance Board is looking to get the technology industry directly involved in the election process itself.
It is his job to supervise the whole election process, with secret votes being held twice daily inside the Vatican's Sistine Chapel.
We hope that during the election process, a full-fledged government will be shaped, able to solve and rest the issues that face this state.
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Every step of the election process is observed by everyone, and everyone knows everyone, which makes it harder for someone to get away with anything.
We want the people to feel comfortable with our election process.
If the Cardinals do that, the election process becomes more vulnerable.
There are many groups that benefit from instability in Iraq, and there are also many spoilers who may not have participated in the recent election process.
The commission was founded in 1987 in an effort to keep widely viewed debates between the major party candidates a mainstay of the presidential election process.
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"Hopefully, we'll get more U.S. business interests involved in the at-large election process, " says Barbara Dooley, president of the Commercial Internet Exchange Association in Washington, D.
The Liberal Democrats, who are Labour's coalition partners in the Scottish Executive, do not want to see a reduction but do want changes in the election process.
The OSCE said the election process had "shown a healthy respect for fundamental freedoms... and we expect the final count will reflect the choice of the voters".
At earlier points in the election process, candidates like Bachmann and Cain -- relative newcomers to the national scene -- got a huge boost in online interest.
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That court ordered those procedures in response to an election process, whose myriad problems and inconsistencies were laid bare by an election that was a virtual dead heat.
Meanwhile, in Washington, U.S. President Barack Obama's special representative to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard Holbrooke, said that the election process had worked as it was supposed to.
Observers from the African Union (AU) and European Union said the election process - the first under a new constitution - had been credible so far, despite the problems.
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The United States is staying hands-off of the election drama playing out in Iran, and officials say they are not sending messages to Iranians or "quarterbacking" the disputed election process.
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John McCain came nine percentage points behind in second place, proving again that the opinion polls are not to be trusted in the fluid early stages of the election process.
"And although the election process is not over yet, we can already say that Kenya can be credited with demonstrating an impressive commitment to democratic elections, " chief EU observer Alojz Peterle.
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In general, the opportunities for reform are limited barring a radical change to our election process that would make our system look more like Europe -- where elections are usually shorter, cheaper and publicly funded.
In March, someone posing as the U.S. ambassador to Moscow tweeted a criticism of the Russian presidential election process, which was picked up by the news media in Russia before it was revealed as a hoax.
Meanwhile, the Swiss ambassador to Iran -- the protecting power of the U.S. in Iran -- was called into the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Wednesday to hear Iranian complaints regarding U.S. interference in Iran's election process, P.
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The United Nations helped Iraq with logistics in its election process and plans to help in this year's parliamentary elections and to deal with sticky disputes, such as the status of Kirkuk and disputes over some internal boundaries.
Florida's election process came under scrutiny in November 2000 after GOP candidate George W. Bush garnered just a few hundred more votes on Election Day than his Democratic opponent, Vice President Al Gore, to win the state's crucial electoral votes.
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