Short of funds, the electoral commission borrowed ballot boxes from neighbouring Ghana. Former colonial power France sent indelible ink to ensure nobody votes twice. Other opposition parties are boycotting the poll. Reuters on 10 May reported that well over one thousand Malian opposition supporters took to the streets of the capital Bamako on Saturday on the eve of elections they are boycotting, witnesses said. The marchers, from 20 opposition parties, called on people not to vote in the presidential election, seen as a key test of democracy in the impoverished West African state.
Voters here go are at the polls in the second round of municipal elections.
After precisely one year in power, the elections in which five million Italians can vote, are seen as a test of Prime Minister Romano Prodi's national policies. The president of the union, Joseph Wehjla, Friday told a press conference in Accra that the proper infrastructure and the necessary conditions for a lasting peace are still not in place. These range from security arrangements, voluntary repatriation and participation of refugees, civic education, voters registration and intensive but orderly campaigning by the political parties. 23 May. The four presidential hopefuls are expected to focus on the weak economy, high unemployment, and the problems of youth. The Vancouver Sun on 10 May reported that two weeks into this year's federal election, the Liberal party's popularity remains rock-solid nationally but not in British Columbia where it trails the resurgent Reform party.