Showing posts with label Voting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Voting. Show all posts

Saturday, 1 June 2024

Stand Up and Be Counted

Voting Line, Charly Palmer, 2000

My introduction to the June 2024 edition of The Pelican, the Parish e-Magazine of St Giles-in-the-Fields
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As I write, family and friends in South Africa have been standing in line for over three hours to cast their vote. They are not alone. This month,
votes cast by 20% of the world’s population will be counted. The result of India’s three-month long general election will be revealed. The population of Mexico goes to the polls in an historic election widely expected to return the country’s first female President; and voters in the European Union will elect a new parliament.  

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