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Miami, Nov 3 (EFE/EPA).- Florida, one of the most heavily populated states and with a correspondingly large 29 votes in the Electoral College, is going into the Nov. 3 election with more than nine million ballots already cast, a record, and with President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden virtually tied in the voter surveys.The election results in this battleground state, which Trump won in 2016 by some 110,000 votes, are as yet unknown, with about two million independent voters and a large Hispanic population divided between the two main parties.Gov. Ron DeSantis promised on Tuesday that although the polls close at 7 pm, anyone already in line by that time will be allowed to vote and their votes will be counted. (Camera: CRISTOBAL HERRERA). SHOT LIST: PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP’S SUPPORTERS CELEBRATE IN FRONT OF THE VERSAILLES RESTAURANT IN MIAMI, FLORIDA, US.
The Madagascan police fire tear gas at opposition candidates for the presidential election on 9 November, as they converge with several hundred supporters on a square in the centre of the capital. IMAGES
"We are not candidates for any arrangement, any scheme or any participation in a government with the president”, declares left-wing party La France Insoumise deputy Adrien Quattenens at the end of an interview with Emmanuel Macron. The French President continues his consultations of the political forces, in search of a difficult consensus in the National Assembly, three days after the second round of the legislative elections. SOUNDBITE
Baghdad (Iraq), Oct 12 (EFE) .- (Camera: Carles Grau) The Election Observation Mission from the European Union in Iraq regretted this Tuesday that women candidates in the parliamentary elections held on Sunday were subjected to "intimidation and threats ”during the electoral campaign and after the announcement of the results.FOOTAGE FROM THE PRESS CONFERENCE OF THE EU OBSERVERS MISSION IN IRAQ DURING THE ELECTORAL PROCESS, INCLUDING FOOTAGE FROM THE EU MISSION CHIEF, VIOLA VON CRAMON.
Baghdad, Oct 11 (EFE/EPA).- The party of influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr said Monday that it will have the largest block of seats in Iraq's parliament following weekend elections."This is the day of victory against corruption, terrorism, the militias, poverty, injustice and slavery," Al-Sadr said in a televised speech. (Camera: CARLES GRAU).SHOT LIST: SUPPORTERS OF THE PARTY OF SHIITE CLERIC MUQTADA AL-SADR CEL CELEBRATE VICTORY IN IRAQ'S PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN BAGHDAD, IRAQ.
Iraqi security forces begin voting ahead of Sunday's parliamentary elections, two years after a wave of anti-government protests swept the war-scarred country, but analysts say the vote is unlikely to deliver major change. IMAGES