Brexit minister doesn’t know what will happen if PM May loses key vote

Britain’s Brexit minister said it was unclear what would happen if the deal Prime Minister Theresa May has agreed with EU leaders is rejected in a key vote in parliament on December 11. “The honest answer is it’s unclear,” Stephen Barclay told a committee in Parliament on Monday. “What I can be clear on is […]

Israeli lawmakers vote against recognizing ISIS’ anti-Yazidi cleansing as genocide

Israeli MPs have refused to recognize the suffering of the Yazidi minority living under Islamic State as a genocide. Up to 5,000 have been killed and over 3,000, mostly women and children, taken captive and enslaved. On Wednesday, the Israeli parliament voted down a draft bill that would have formally recognized the atrocities of Islamic […]

'The people have spoken': Calgary mayor confirms 2026 Olympic dream is dead after vote

Calgarians have voted against a bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The No side won with 56.4 per cent of the vote, according to unofficial result of the non-binding plebiscite. A total of 304,774 people cast ballots across the city, with 171,750 voting against a bid and 132,832 in favour of the Games. According […]

States will vote on these energy and environment issues in midterm elections

Enlarge / A voter casts his ballot in a polling station in Missoula, Montana. (credit: Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) In the United States, mid-term elections are set to take place on Tuesday November 6. Although much of the limelight is on Congressional races and gubernatorial races, US citizens also have the chance to vote […]

Here are all the states where you can vote early in the midterm elections

Jessica McGowan/Getty Images Days ahead of the 2018 midterm elections, turnout in 22 states and Washington, DC, shattered previous midterm early voter rates, with a reported 31.5 million ballots cast three days before Election Day.  These voters are taking advantage of policies in some states that allow voters to cast their ballot at a polling […]

Democrats are wrong to think Latinos will vote for them en masse just because of Trump’s immigration policies

David McNew/Getty Images According to analysis by media outlets, Democrats have “a Latino problem,” showing that Latino turnout may be low this November. Even if Latinos vote in large numbers, the so-called “Latino vote” might be deceiving.  As it turns out, there are a lot of factors — eligibility, geography, incorrect assumptions about preferance, and […]

Georgia’s Republican secretary of state says he’s worried what will happen ‘if everybody uses and exercises their right to vote’ in the November midterm election

AP Photo/John Amis, File Brian Kemp, Georgia’s Secretary of State and the Republican nominee for governor, said he is worried about his Democratic opponent Stacey Abrams’ efforts to increase voter turnout ahead of the November 6 midterm election. Kemp is in the middle of a heated gubernatorial race in Georgia where he has caught some […]

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro will face-off against leftist challenger in runoff after Brazil vote

AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo Far-right Congressman Jair Bolsonaro won nearly half the votes in Brazil’s first-round presidential election. Bolsonaro won 46.3 percent of valid ballots, far ahead of leftist Fernando Haddad’s 29 percent but short of the outright majority needed to avoid a runoff election.  The two will face-off in a second round of voting on October […]