Voting

Hong Kong's Filipino community flocks to vote in home elections

21 Apr 2013

As absentee voting in Philippine congressional and local government elections began last week, Filipinos in Hong Kong made sure their voices were heard. Some 2,500 cast ballots, far more than in...

8:00AM

Deputies give lowest marks in six years to budget and court

18 Mar 2013

Thousands of National People's Congress deputies gave the lowest endorsement in the past six years to government, budget and court reports yesterday - a small sign of progress in the top...

5:28AM

New environmental team booed amid pollution woes

17 Mar 2013

Balloting on the new line-up of the National People's Congress' environmental protection and resources conservation committee saw 850 opposition votes and 125 abstentions, about a third of the...

5:59AM

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Mystery over lone vote against Xi

16 Mar 2013

An overwhelming 2,952 delegates voted "yes" to Xi Jinping becoming China's new president on Thursday - but it was the lone "no" vote that attracted attention and sparked debate on China's main...

5:02AM

'No objection', vote monitors cry as congress passes key motions

15 Nov 2012

The Great Hall of the People reverberated with 21 resounding "noes" yesterday, the last day of the Communist Party's week-long 18th national congress.

4:49AM

Britons apathetic about electing police chiefs

14 Nov 2012

Britain goes to the polls tomorrow to choose its first elected police and crime commissioners - but the country's biggest shake-up policing for decades is threatening to end up a damp squib.

3:52AM

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

EU fails to adapt to borderless world

4:35AM

Howard Winn

Ferry companies shouldn't be subsidised while they burn dirty fuel

2:53AM

US consulate's mock election sees good turnout

"Ready for your big speech?" Simon Li yelled over the din of the crowd at the American consulate in Hong Kong.

4:15AM

New Jersey voters grumble at makeshift polling stations

Impatient New Jersey voters queued up amid rubble and rotting rubbish left by superstorm Sandy as US presidential election officials scrambled to open makeshift polling stations on time.

4:10AM

US polls open for tight presidential contest

US polling stations opened on Tuesday, with Democratic incumbent Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney locked in a tight presidential contest after a burst of last-minute campaigning...

7:51PM

UNITED STATES

Obama is first president to vote early

President Barack Obama cast his ballot for the November 6 election on Thursday in his hometown of Chicago and encouraged others who could vote before Election Day to follow his example.

11:35AM

Government needs to publicise new voting method for Legco

The Legco election campaign has not aroused much public attention so far. With the media dominated by issues like the Diaoyu Islands dispute, the Olympic Games, beaches awash with plastic pellets...

3:27PM

Everybody loses when a vote is rigged

The stakes are high in the coming Legislative Council election, so the temptation to rig the results will be even higher. It behoves the government and the election watchdog to be especially...

9:54PM