In election procedure, abstention happens when an eligible voter decides against voting. Abstentions are common in almost every voting endeavor, whether for public office or even in a small decision ...

Cheryl Borowski's attorney said his client would now proceed in federal court with her claim that her dismissal was an unconstitutional violation of her First Amendment rights. The U.S. Court of ...

If abstention were a political party, it would have secured a crushing victory in the recent French regional elections. Sixty-six percent of the electorate declined to vote in the first round, and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had warned before the vote that if the U.S. did not veto it, the visit of a high-level Israeli delegation to Washington would be pulled. The abstention from ...

Since certain media forums have taken it upon themselves to censor calls for abstention in the next presidential election1, we take upon ourselves the task of calling for abstention in the next ...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's government reported Monday that abstention in National Assembly elections was 24.1%, a figure some analysts said reflects discontent with the island's economic crisis as well as a ...

Sinn Fein leaders Michelle O'Neill and Gerry Adams must be thinking about their future. PA Theresa May’s plan to rely on support from Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) in the hope of ...