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Dedollarisation refers to countries reducing reliance on the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency, medium of exchange or as a unit of account. [1] It also entails the creation of an alternative global financial and technological system in order to gain more economic independence by circumventing the dependence on the Western World-controlled systems, such as SWIFT financial transfers network for ...
As of the aforementioned date, 12 countries or territories have a minimum voting age of less than 18, with 3 countries or territories at 17-years-old, and 9 countries or territories at 16-years-old. [ 10 ] 16-years-old is the lowest minimum age globally for national elections, while the highest is 25-years-old which is only the case in the ...
Iowa restores the voting rights of felons who completed their prison sentences. [59] Nebraska ends lifetime disenfranchisement of people with felonies but adds a five-year waiting period. [62] 2006. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended for the fourth time by President George W. Bush, being the second extension of 25 years. [64]
What are those countries doing right, and could the U.S. eventually adopt those practices? America's electoral process has been in the news quite a bit since early April, with many presidential ...
Compulsory voting, also called universal civic duty voting or mandatory voting, is the requirement that registered voters participate in an election. As of January 2023, 21 countries have compulsory voting laws. [ 1 ]
2024 was the year of the vote. More than 60 countries – home to nearly half the planet’s population – selected their leaders. In the history of democracy, it is a first. In the history of ...
A new bill, SB 1, was passed into law on September 7, 2021. The law expands the voting hours as proposed in the earlier SB7, but critics stated this reduced voting hours in the state's most populous areas. The law also bans drive-thru and overnight early voting, and introduced identification requirements for absentee voting.
While Election Day is finally here, more than 83 million people have already cast their ballots. Election Day was trending on the busy side, with roughly half of the 161.42 million registered ...