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Because of the stringent requirements needed to run for presidential elections, only three out of the seven elections had contests (1993, 2011 and 2023), while the rest were walkovers. An amendment to the Constitution in 2016 saw the 2017 election become reserved for a certain community ( Malay community in the case), resulting in that year's ...
In 1994, South Dakota voters rejected a ballot measure that would have lowered the age requirements to serve as a State Senator or State Representative from 25 to 18. In 1998, however, they approved a similar ballot measure that reduced the age requirements for those offices from 25 to 21. [ 72 ]
Head of state Head of government (if effectively supreme to a separate head of state) and other offices Title Maximum number of terms Title Maximum number of terms Albania: President: Two 5-year terms Prime Minister: No directly set terms; however, they must maintain the support of the Albanian Parliament, which has a term of four years. Andorra
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For more details, visit PortHuron.org, or find information to run at the clerk’s office at 100 McMorran Blvd. Contact Jackie Smith at (810) 989-6270 or jssmith@gannett.com .
The election process begins when the President, acting on Cabinet's advice, issues a writ of election addressed to the returning officer.On nomination day, the returning officer and their representatives will be present at designated nomination centres between 11:00 am and 12:00 noon to receive prospective candidates' nomination papers, and political donation certificates certifying that they ...
Local elections including gubernatorial, mayoral and council elections also have the deposit system with the amounts ranging from ¥150,000 to ¥3 million. The deposit system in Japan, inspired by the Westminster system , was introduced as part of the General Election Law of 1925 to prevent frivolous candidates from running simply for publicity ...
William Farquhar, who served as the first resident of Singapore from 1819 to 1823. On 30 January 1819, Sir Stamford Raffles, an Englishman who was the Governor of Bencoolen (now Bengkulu, Indonesia), entered into a preliminary agreement with the Temenggung of Johor, Abdul Rahman Sri Maharajah, for the British East India Company to establish a "factory" or trading post on the island of Singapore.