As voters in the northern half of the island, known as the Turkish Republic of North Cyprus,go to the polls, its leader Mehmet Ali Talat has warned if he is defeated the current United Nations sponsored reunification talks will grind to a halt.

VOA: standard.2010.04.15

Voters in Maine elected Whig Edward Kent as governor.

VOA: special.2009.01.22

Jaroslaw Kaczynski has been trying to convince voters that, as president, he would carry on his late brother's legacy.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Nearly two million eligible voters can choose a new president with a five-year mandate, as well as mayors and councilors of major towns.

VOA: standard.2009.03.22

And Red Shirts say those insults are used as an excuse to deny rural voters and the poor a say in the nation's politics.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

If anything,voters seemed to embrace the election as a show of defiance against insurgent violence.

VOA: standard.2010.03.08

But opposition Republicans will be busy too, trying to point out what they see as the flaws in the Obama approach when they meet with voters.

VOA: standard.2009.07.31

The fact there is no clear-cut front-runner, as is the norm in more stagnant, authoritarian states nearby, has led many voters to seize their chance to make a difference.

VOA: standard.2010.03.07

But in terms of this congressional election year, public opinion polls show that the war in Afghanistan still ranks well below the economy and jobs as a top issue for U.S.voters.

VOA: standard.2010.07.30

The challenger contends that ballots marked for Mr.Karzai are arriving from districts where voting did not occur and turnout is being reported as high as 40 percent in areas where only 10 percent of voters cast ballots.

VOA: standard.2009.08.23

But Hawkings said the Tea Party victories could actually turn out to be a disadvantage for Republicans in the November general elections, because Tea Party candidates tend to be viewed as too far to the right ideologically by moderate voters.

VOA: standard.2010.05.19