The election, which took place Wednesday, makes Bidhya Devi Bhandari, 54, only the second person to hold this position since Nepal abolished the monarchy in 2008.
Just days ahead of the country's general elections, Turkish police raided a broadcasting company in Istanbul known for supporting a government opposition group.
In a first, the six-member City Council in Ferguson, Mo., is now half white and half black. Voter turnout was reported at 30 percent in the majority-black community.
Boko Haram extremists are being blamed for more than 40 deaths, including one lawmaker, as balloting continues in a closely-fought presidential elections.
President Obama called the idea of mandatory voting potentially "transformative." That's true, and Democrats might love it, but it's not likely to happen.
Voting machines purchased after the 2000 elections are coming to the end of their useful lives. States are looking to buy new equipment but there's little money and technology is changing rapidly.
Recently, we’ve talked about the 1914 election - the women’s suffrage vote and the reelection of Senator Francis Newlands. That’s not all that went on...
A growing number of San Diego voters are opting against joining the country’s major political parties. Those, of course, would be the Republican Party...
Erin Bilbray has the name recognition – her father was a longtime former Congressman – but can she overcome a two-term incumbent and win Nevada’s 3rd...
In Elko last month, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Sue Lowden, backed a change to the way U.S. senators are elected. She agreed that the...
Nevada is set to get presidential visitations - lots of them. In fact, the president and his opponents will be visiting Nevada quite a few times over the next two months.
Mark Amodei won the special election in Nevada's Second Congressional District by 22 points. The race was called early and polling predicted that Amodei would easily win.
After incumbent City Councilman, Richard Cherchio lost the Ward 4 election in North Las Vegas by a single vote it was revealed some voters may have cast ineligible ballots. According to Clark County Elections Registrar, Larry Lomax a poll worker in Ward 4 allowed a voter to cast a vote in the wrong ward. A lawsuit filed by Richard Cherchio in district court also claims at least two other voters cast ineligible votes. One of those voters admitted to the Review Journal that he voted in the wrong city but claims he was unaware he wasn't allowed to vote in the ward 4 election. Cherchio's lawsuit seeks to nullify election winner Wade Wagner's certification. Review Journal Columnist, John L. Smith joins us to discuss the ongoing drama in North Las Vegas.
Local Latinos spoke out a lot about immigration and the DREAM Act during the recent elections. But where were other ethnic groups, like the Asians? What issues matter to Asians in Las Vegas? How strong is their political voice - and did they make an impact at the polls? Outside of Chinatown, how well have immigrant groups assimilated? We talk to local Asian leaders about what matters to them in Las Vegas.
Unions are all about brotherhood, but Democrats are keeping their distance this time around. Rory Reid didn't invite the teachers' union when he rolled out his education plan, and opinion polls on unions are down. Are candidates avoiding the unions' endorsement? Do unions hold the same political sway they did in 2008? Why have things changed? In this recession where jobs have fallen by the wayside, does the public resent employees' unions? Two Las Vegas Sun political reporters and a local union chief dig into this election's question: do unions still have political clout?
For the third time in forty years, Nevada citizens will have to decide whether they want to keep electing judges. Critics say elections require judges to solicit donations and engage in unseemly criticism of each other. The voters tend to agree and so the proposition supported by "Nevadans for Quality Judges" is struggling to pass in November. We look at both sides of the question about whether direct election or the Missouri System of retention elections for judges is better.
It's a plot tailored made for the "only in Nevada" file. A deadlocked Nye County primary for a county commission seat will be decided by a deck of cards this week.
City Life Editor Steve Sebelius updates us on the upcoming primary elections for governor, Harry Reid's senate seat and other state races.
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Steve Sebelius, Ed, LV CityLife
