Posts with tag: Voting

'Man of the people' wins people's vote

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The votes have been cast. Now, what does it all mean? An election night snapshot from
Tim Lindsey.

'Netizens' on alert in poll booths for vote fraud

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Social media has been pivotal in this campaign, and is today being enlisted by worried citizens to try to expose fraud at the ballot box. Lily Yulianti Farid tracks a net-citizens' movement.

Ticking the box and turning the tide on 'golput' protest

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The biggest surprise of the Indonesian poll was not, Ucu Martanto argues, the muted 'Jokowi' factor, but the large increase in voter turnout.

Election Day for the 'selfie' generation

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For many young voters, the pemilu on April 9 was a 'fun activity' full of selfies and cheap coffee, writes Lily Yulianti Farid, who reports on the mood from polling stations across the country.

2014: democracy's year of living dangerously

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THIS is going to be a big year for democracy - the biggest ever, in fact - with a record number and percentage of humankind set to vote in elections in 2014. In a remarkable milestone in history, almost 3 billion people - or 40 per cent of…

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