Stories about Elections from February, 2017
26 February 2017
Kenyans Get an Early Start on Their Summer Election Season
Kenyans don't go to the polls until Aug. 8, but election fever is already gripping the country. On Twitter, one trending hashtag is #NotWithMyVote.
25 February 2017
There's Talk That Beijing Could Override Hong Kong's Election Result If It Doesn't Like the Winner
“Does the election committee have any real power? What’s the point of having an election committee then?”
23 February 2017
Visit by France's Marine Le Pen Leaves Many Lebanese Unimpressed
Marine Le Pen was granted the honor of a State Visit in Lebanon. Here's how she spent it.
‘Pro-Russia’ Label Hounds Bulgaria's New President
"The whole theory that Radev is pro-Russia comes from his appeal to the EU to withdraw the sanctions against Moscow."
18 February 2017
Controversial ‘Crashing Airplane’ Advertisement Stirs Serbian Presidential Elections Debate
"No one in political history has released a [campaign ad] showing he's ready to take citizens to their deaths if they don't do his bidding."
17 February 2017
Divisions and Danger Loom Ahead of Turkey's Upcoming Referendum
On social media, hundreds of "No" Facebook pages have popped up, with humour deployed in the face of strident state propaganda.
15 February 2017
Kenyan President's #DabChallenge Backfires After Critics Create #DabOfShame
"Kenyans are suffering with this drought and all we are asked to do is dab #DabOfShame"
14 February 2017
Hong Kong's Pan-Democrats Grapple With Endorsing the ‘Lesser Evil’ for Chief Executive
"The slogan of rebuilding trust, unity and hope is just an empty promise. It is just a local version of the Chinese Communist Party’s 'harmonious society.'"
13 February 2017
Fake News to Be of Major Concern in French Presidential Election Campaign
Distinguishing between real and fabricated news will be challenge during the french election campaign.
Bulgaria's New President Vetoes Law That Would Have ‘Opened a Door to Corruption’
"The extension of the time limit to indefinite is a way to privatize services, rights and functions, which society guarantees to its citizens and therefore they are not for sale!"
8 February 2017
Deprived of Voting Rights, What Do Hong Kongers Think of the Chief Executive Race?
"It is about choosing puppets, because no matter who takes office, they will obey Beijing."
7 February 2017
Russian Political Panic Returns, As Putin Ponders Reelection in 2018
With Russia's next presidential election now just a year away, expect lots of strange, staged viral videos depicting a nation desperate to squeeze another term out of Vladmir Putin.
