By Bernd Debusmann Jr The United States Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause. The unanimous ruling is specific to Colorado, but it also overrides challenges brought in other states. Colorado had barred Trump from its Republican primary, arguing he...
The US Supreme Court has struck down efforts by individual states to disqualify Donald Trump from running for president using an anti-insurrection constitutional clause. The unanimous ruling is specific to Colorado, but it also overrides challenges brought in other states. Colorado had barred Mr Trump from its Republican primary, arguing he incited the 2021 Capitol...
Donald Trump has urged the US Supreme Court to put a “swift and decisive end” to his exclusion from Colorado’s presidential primary ballot. In a court filing on Thursday, Mr Trump said “chaos and bedlam” would be unleashed if other states followed Colorado and banned him from primaries. Colorado’s top court banned Mr Trump in...
Zimbabweans are waiting with bated breath for election results as millions cast their votes yesterday morning until polling closed at 19h00. Two running horses, Emmerson Mnangagwa of the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF) and Nelson Chamisa of the Citizens Coalition for Change, are vying for power in a country battling an ailing economy...
A week before Zimbabwe’s crucial election, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission said everything was in place. Addressing journalists and election observers on 17 August, ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba said: “The commission has procured all essential electoral materials and has delivered 80% of them to provinces under police escort.” She added: “I would like to assure you...
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission has announced that some polling stations delayed opening due to late deployment of material because of late printing of ballot papers. The Harare and Bulawayo provinces have been the worst affected. However, the electoral commission said all affected polling stations will extend their deadlines to cover for the time wasted. Zimbabweans...