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Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar arrives at a Dublin polling station and casts his votes in a double referendum on proposals to modernise constitutional references to the make-up of a family and women's "duties in the home". All the major political parties support a "Yes-Yes" vote, which falls on International Women's Day. IMAGES
The wife of Prince Harry, Meghan Markle will make British royal family history as its first member to vote in the US presidential election. The Duchess of Sussex is an American citizen. The couple now resides in Montecito, California, after withdrawing from their working senior royal family member roles. British royal family members aren't banned from voting in British elections. However, Elle reports they are expected not to, in order to remain apolitical. In August, Markle spoke to Marie Claire magazine to talk about why voting is so important to her. She quoted Kate Sheppard, a leader in New Zealand's suffragist movement. 'Do not think your single vote does not matter much. The rain that refreshes the parched ground is made up of single drops.' That is why I vote. Meghan Markle The Duchess of Sussex
Presidential campaigns today seem to be massive, well-oiled machines. But that doesn't mean American election history is without its oddities. For example, the Farmers Almanac says President Zachary Taylor never, ever voted. He kept his political beliefs a secret all the way up until his 1848 election. According to The Famer's Almanac, George Washington’s entire campaign budget for his 1758 election to the House of Burgesses was spent on liquor. Borrowing an English tradition, Washington spent 50 British pounds on 160 gallons of alcohol that was given to 390 voters. Originally, only white male American property owners could vote in US elections. But the 1920 Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote, too. According to the Farmer's Almanac, since 1964, more women voters have gone to the polls than male voters during presidential election years.
Angelina Jolie gives Brad Pitt the credit for helping her stay strong during and after her double mastectomy. Angelina was thinking of the loss of her beloved mother to cancer at a young age in making her medical decision.
A dual referendum in Ireland on redefining family and women's roles in the constitution has been defeated, prime minister Leo Varadkar says. SOUNDBITE
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