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Trump, Biden turn to new presidential campaign field: Snapchat

Camille Camdessus, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 11:14 AM

Gone are the lively meetings, the distribution of flyers on busy campuses. The coronavirus pandemic has put an abrupt stop to traditional US political means of courting young voters -- forcing presidential candidates to turn to Snapchat instead.   Read more »

Biden brands Trump 'absolute fool' for mocking mask use

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 27 08:19 AM

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden attacked President Donald Trump as an "absolute fool" Tuesday for belittling his election rival over recently wearing a mask, an issue that has become a partisan flashpoint during the coronavirus pandemic. Read more »

New Zealand says virus will not stop September election

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 12 02:07 PM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand's Electoral Commission unveiled safety measures Tuesday designed to allow a national election to proceed as planned in September despite the coronavirus threat. Read more »

Biden's accuser says he should drop out of White House race

Reuters
Posted at May 08 09:53 AM

WASHINGTON - The woman who alleges presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden sexually assaulted her in 1993 said in a video interview on Thursday that he should withdraw from the White House race. Read more »

Biden: Alleged sexual assault 'never happened'

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 01 11:31 PM

Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, broke a month of silence on the accusations with his statement. Read more »

China says has no interest in meddling in US elections

Reuters
Posted at Apr 30 06:50 PM

China has no interest in interfering in the US presidential election, it said on Thursday, after US President Donald Trump said he believed Beijing would try to make him lose his re-election bid in November. Read more »

Hillary Clinton endorses Biden's White House bid

Chris Lefkow, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 29 07:53 AM

Hillary Clinton endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying the United States needs a "real president" and not just "somebody who plays one on TV."   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: April 16, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Apr 17 12:51 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

In South Korea vote, virus delivers landslide win to governing party

Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 16 10:09 AM

President Moon Jae-in’s governing party in South Korea won a landslide in parliamentary elections Wednesday, as he leveraged his surging popularity over his country’s largely successful battle against the coronavirus to increase his political sway.? Read more »

South Korea votes

Jung Yeon-je, AFP
Posted at Apr 16 08:56 AM

South Korean election officials sort voting papers for ballot counting in the parliamentary elections at a gymnasium in Seoul on Wednesday. Read more »

Obama endorses Biden for president to 'heal' America

Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 08:00 AM

Barack Obama endorsed Joe Biden's White House bid on Tuesday, saying his longtime vice president can unify and "heal" a nation struggling through some of its darkest moments. Read more »

South Koreans head to polls despite global pandemic

Sunghee Hwang, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 15 06:44 AM

Temperature checks on voters, separate booths for those with fevers, special polling stations for the quarantined: South Koreans headed to the polls Wednesday with a big turnout expected despite the coronavirus threat.  Read more »

South Korea, including coronavirus patients, vote as parliamentary election kicks off

Sangmi Cha, Reuters
Posted at Apr 10 12:45 PM

Early voting in South Korea's parliamentary election kicked off on Friday, with coronavirus patients casting ballots at designated stations and candidates adopting new ways of campaigning to limit the risk of contagion. Read more »

Coronavirus worries drive push in US for November 'vote by mail'

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 10 09:03 AM

Worries that the COVID-19 threat will persist into the November election is driving a push for US voters to vote by mail nationwide, but the biggest opponent is President Donald Trump, who admits it threatens his Republican Party. Read more »

Joe Biden bursts from twilight of career onto biggest stage

Sebastian Smith, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 09 08:48 AM

Best known as the vice president under Barack Obama, he wants Democrats -- and maybe wavering Republicans -- to feel they can rewind to pre-2016. Read more »

Biden vs. Trump: The US general election is here, and transformed

Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin, The New York Times
Posted at Apr 09 04:18 AM

For the foreseeable future, the pandemic has overtaken all other issues in the campaign and may well turn the election into a one-issue debate over Trump’s record in the crisis. Read more »

Voters' registration suspended amid enhanced community quarantine

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 28 12:20 AM

MANILA -- The Commission on Elections announced Friday further suspended the voter registration from Tuesday, March 31 until the end of April amid the Luzon-wide community quarantine. Read more »

Citing virus, Putin suspends vote on keeping him in power

Andrew Higgins, New York Times
Posted at Mar 26 07:32 AM

Calling for “discipline and responsibility” in the face of the coronavirus, President Vladimir Putin of Russia on Wednesday announced the postponement of a referendum next month on whether he can govern until 2036. Read more »

Virus-hit US pushes ahead with presidential primaries, turnout low

Leila Macor and Michael Mathes, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 08:20 AM

Americans voted Tuesday in Democratic primaries in Florida, Illinois and Arizona in an election day like no other, as the rapidly spreading coronavirus pandemic blighted the US presidential nomination race between frontrunner Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders. Read more »

Voter registration suspended March 10-31 due to coronavirus spread

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 09 04:33 PM

Poll body spokesperson James Jimenez said the suspension is a response to "the growing threat to public health" posed by the virus. Read more »