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Retired Czech army general and candidate in the 2023 presedential election, Petr Pavel, votes in the village of Cernoucek as the polling stations have just opened for the election's first round. Pavel, 61, served as the chief of the Czech general staff and chair of NATO's military committee and is a former paratrooper decorated as a hero of the Serbo-Croatian war. He is facing a billionaire and an academic in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
Former NATO general Petr Pavel reacts to the results of the second round of the presidential election, in a speech to a cheering crowd in Prague, Czech Republic. Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 56.76 percent of votes while former prime minister Andrej Babis scored 43.23 percent, with over 85 percent of the vote counted, according to the Czech Statistical Office. IMAGES
Many Americans believe that once the media 'calls' a presidential election and one candidate gives a concession speech, the other is officially named the winner. But according to Voice of America, that's far from the truth. In fact, it's a multi-step process that takes place over the course of months, not days. Once all the in-person, mail-in, and provisional ballots are tallied, each state governor draws up a list of electors. Copies of this list are submitted to the US Archivist. The electors then meet in their state capitals on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December, to formally vote for president and vice president. The electors in each of the states complete Certificates of Vote and send them to the US Senate, the National Archives, and state officials. The final step in the process occurs in early January. Congress meets to count the electoral votes and officially certifies the winner. While the process is ordinarily ceremonial, there can be objections.
Ghana's outgoing Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia says he is receiving the "greatest honour" of his life after the ruling NPP party elected him as their candidate for the 2024 presidential ballot. The West African country is undergoing its worst economic trouble in years, and the crisis is set to dominate the election campaign ahead of the December 2024 ballot to succeed President Nana Akufo-Addo. SOUNDBITE TO COMPLETE VIDI33ZV83L_EN + VID33ZV9EA_EN
At the Presidential Palace in Libreville, guests gather for the swearing in of General Brice Oligui Nguema as 'transitional president'. Oligui, the head of the elite Republican Guard, led officers in a military coup against President Ali Bongo Ondimba, moments after he was proclaimed victor in last month's presidential election- a result branded a fraud by the opposition. IMAGES
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