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Norway's Labour Party leader Jonas Gahr Store arrives at the party's event in Oslo ahead of the announcement of vote results for the country's parliamentary elections. According to opinion polls, a clear majority is emerging to unseat Prime Minister Erna Solberg's centre-right government, which has ruled the Nordic country for the last eight years. IMAGES
Los Angeles, Sep 7 (EFE/EPA).- More polling stations in Los Angeles county opened Tuesday for people to cast their vote on whether or not they choose to remove the governor of California, Democrat Gavin Newsom.In case the "yes" exceeds 50 percent, citizens must vote for an alternative candidate, who can be either a Democrat or Republican.The recall campaign against Newsom achieved most signatures between late 2020 and early 2021, when the governor imposed drastic measures to curb a wave of the pandemic, making California the state with the most deaths in the country, with more than 60,000 deaths. (Camera: CAROLINE BREHMAN).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE CAST THEIR VOTES AT THE VOTE CENTER INSIDE OF UNION STATION IN LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, US.
Business Insider reports former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Sunday had sharp words for President Donald Trump's legal team. Christie told Martha Radditz on ABC's 'This Week' that the team's approach to overturning the election results was 'an absurdity.' It's an absurd idea to think that any state, or any number of states, no matter how good they are, can challenge another state's right to run the election as they see fit. Chris Christie Former Governor of the State of New Jersey Friday, the Supreme Court declined to hear the GOP-backed lawsuit brought by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton due to lack of standing. In addition to Paxton, 17 state attorneys general and 126 Congressional Republicans had signed an amicus brief backing the lawsuit. "The reason the Supreme Court is not taking this is not because of a lack of courage. It's for the same reason that every court has thrown this out. It's a lack of evidence and a lack of any type of legal theory that makes any sense."
Mexico City, Dec 4 (EFE).- Pilgrims lined up Friday at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City, a week before the public feast celebrations for Mexico's patroness, when the shrine is scheduled to close to avoid mass gathering amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (Camera: MIGUEL ANGEL ANDRADE).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE VISIT THE BASILICA OF GUADALUPE IN MEXICO CITY, MEXICO.SOUND BITES: SOFIA GONZALEZ, A DEVOTEE; VIOLETA ROSAS, A CHURCHGOER AND ANIBAL MUÑOZ, A RADIOLOGIST (IN SPANISH).TRANSLATION:1. SOFIA GONZALEZ, A DEVOTEE.- They check our temperature, gave us a hand sanitizer, nothing more. They simply made sure that we were okay.2. VIOLETA ROSAS, A CHURCHGOER.- Remember that people who have died from coronavirus are closer to God today. It's us that are still here who have to live through these difficult moments.3. ANIBAL MUÑOZ, A RADIOLOGIST.- They used to say that it (the coronavirus) affects old people, but right now there are cases of young people as well. We begin to see many more cases of young people in the hospitals.
President Donald Trump's campaign and Republican officials have filed nearly two dozen lawsuits since Election Day. It's an attempt to contest the results of the 2020 election. But according to Business Insider, none of the lawsuits so far have ended in victory. The campaign filed lawsuits and motions to intervene in cases in swing states Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, and Pennsylvania. They've notched zero victories, 19 cases where they've withdrawn or lost. Three cases remain pending. The Trump campaign had one win in Pennsylvania, where a judge ruled an issue over voter ID. verification. However, the state Supreme Court later overturned it.