A Georgia Court has dismissed a lawsuit by the campaign organisation of US President Donald Trump on absentee ballots. The campaign had asked the court to ensure state laws were followed on absentee ballots. Trump trails Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden in the quest to win the electoral votes.
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Biden Launches Transition Website
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. President, has launched an official transition website, www.buildbackbetter.com. The move comes as votes are still being counted in many states and the presidential race still undecided. On the www.buildbackbetter.com website is a short statement that reiterates Biden’s earlier assertion that it is the American people that will decide who becomes the next U.S. president. “Votes are still being counted in several states around the country. “The crises facing the country are severe — from a pandemic to an economic recession, climate change…
Read MoreU.S. Senate gets first Nigerian-American Congressman
Mr Oye Owolewa cruised into victory on Tuesday night to become the first Nigerian-American to be elected to the U.S. Congress. The 30-year-old is heading to the U.S. Senate to represent the District of Columbia (DC) as a shadow congressman under the Democratic Party. Owolewa garnered a whopping 164,026 votes, representing 82.84 per cent of the total votes cast. Voters in DC elect two shadow senators, who are not officially sworn or seated by the U.S. Senate. These non-voting delegates can vote in committees, speak on the floor of the…
Read MoreEx-Auburn coach Tuberville wins U.S. Senate seat
Former college football coach Tommy Tuberville is taking his playbook to Washington, D.C. The 65-year-old Republican challenger and political newcomer won his U.S. Senate race Tuesday in Alabama against Democratic incumbent Doug Jones. Tuberville, who has been out of coaching since 2016, has said he was inspired to enter politics by Donald Trump’s 2016 election. He guided Auburn to an 85-40 record from 1999-2008, including an undefeated season (13-0) in 2004 when the Tigers were denied a berth in the BCS National Championship Game after finishing third in the BCS…
Read MoreBiden projected winner of Arizona
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. president, is projected to win Arizona, with its 11 electoral votes, Fox News and the Associated Press reported. Biden leads Trump with 51 per cent of the vote and more than 2.5 million ballots cast. Arizona has historically been a Republican stronghold, but Biden’s bid to flip the state was boosted by a growing voter-age Latino population and residents moving from California to Arizona. Arizona is the only state to flip from Republican to Democrat support so far. Biden has a narrow…
Read MoreBiden campaign outraged Trump trying to ‘shut down’ vote counting
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Joe Biden’s campaign lashed out at President Donald Trump, who appeared to threaten a court battle to stop votes from being tallied. Biden’s campaign warned that they also have lawyers who will fight to count each ballot. Jen O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s campaign manager, said in a statement that Trump’s statement tonight about trying to shut down the counting of duly cast ballots was outrageous, unprecedented, and incorrect. “Never before in our history has a president of the United States sought to strip Americans of their voice…
Read MoreTWITTER RESTRICTS TRUMP’S POST ON ALLEGED VOTE RIGGING
Twitter has imposed restriction on a tweet by U.S. President Trump in which he alleges attempt by unnamed persons to “steal the election”. “We are up BIG, but they are trying to STEAL the Election. We will never let them do it. Votes cannot be cast after the Polls are closed!” the tweet reads. Twitter quickly flagged the message, preventing users from commenting, liking or retweeting it. The company added a warning: “Some or all of the content shared in this Tweet is disputed and might be misleading about an…
Read MoreVOTERS IN SEVERAL U.S. STATES BACK DRUG LEGALISATION IN REFERENDUMS
Voters in several U.S. states backed measures to decriminalise marijuana and some psychedelic drugs in referendums. According to the board of elections, with ballots still being counted in the nation’s capital, Washington, 77 per cent of voters are saying yes to effectively decriminalising a range of psychedelic plants and mushrooms. The ballot initiative would lower the priority for the enforcement of laws against the non-commercial possession, distribution and cultivation of such hallucinogenic substances, and ask prosecutors to drop cases related to those activities. Arizona, New Jersey, Montana and South Dakota…
Read MoreTRUMP CLAIMS VICTORY, VOWS LEGAL CHALLENGE OVER ALLEGED FRAUD
U.S. President Donald Trump has claimed victory in Tuesday’s presidential election with millions of votes yet to be counted. In remarks at the White House, Trump alleged that there was a “major fraud” in ongoing counting of votes and vowed to mount a legal challenge. The remarks came after Twitter restricted his post with the same allegation and warned users it might be misleading. In the White House remarks, Trump claimed that he had won in several states, including Georgia, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, where votes were still being counted.…
Read MoreOndo 2020: Civil society reminds candidates of U.S. visa ban
A Civil Society Organisation, Centre for Liberty (CFL) has reminded politicians planning to cause trouble in the Ondo governorship polls to remember the visa ban of U.S. in that regard. The Centre Co-converner, Atoye Ariyo-Dare recalled the threat in a statement made available to newsmen on Friday in Akure urging them to be committed to the peace accord signed ahead of the election. Ariyo-Dare reminded politicians to abide by the agreement as there was no alternative to a credible election in a democracy. He said the mandate of Centre for…
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