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Lowering the voting age would get young people in the habit of voting even before they leave the city, Davis said, and a 17-year-old franchise could help solve larger problems of low turnout and general voter apathy...
Lowering the voting age would get young people in the habit of voting even before they leave the city, Davis said, and a 17-year-old franchise could help solve larger problems of low turnout and general voter apathy...
...earlier ruled illegal. Zimbabweans with dual citizenship and most of those living abroad were barred from voting. The law also gave the government a monopoly on voter education and election monitoring. Critics said the moves were meant to hurt Mugabe's challenger, Morgan Tsvangirai. As voting began, heavy turnout led Tsvangirai to call for the two-day poll to be extended to ensure broad participation...
...more fear than he dispels. "People basically voted against their own neighbors," says Rotterdam psychotherapist Danny de Vries. "This is a very worrying situation." The Turkish community in the city's Afrikaner neighborhood tried to mobilize the Muslim vote by setting up a polling station in a mosque, but turnout...
Gerolimatas said she was “surprised and excited” by the positive turnout, and hopes that the show will be a springboard to further artistic opportunities...