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• Dec 16, 2012: No Overseas Observers for Bermuda Election, Royal Gazette (2012) The British Government has encouraged the allowance of electoral observers in Bermuda's upcoming elections.
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• Mar 13, 2012: Bermuda: OBA favours updating the Parliamentary Registrar every four years, Royal Gazette (2012) The Opposition party has called for four-year re-registering to improve the accuracy of the Parliamentary Registrar, and for fixed term elections to be set for every five years.
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• Feb 10, 2012: Bermuda:MPs to discuss fixed term elections and ethical governance, Royal Gazette (2012) Fixed term elections, an independent electoral commission and ethical governance are among a raft of items due to be discussed today in a take note motion led by United Bermuda Party MP Kim Swan.
• Nov 16, 2011: Bermuda Opposition promises to “bounce back” despite widespread defection, Jamaica Gleaner (2011) The oposition United Bermuda Party's (UBP) says it is in the process of rebuilding and will contest the upcoming general elections. The party suffered a major blow when several of its members defected to form the One Bermuda Alliance party. The UBP says it is currently selecting new candidates and seeking sponsorship.
• Sep 29, 2011: Bermuda:Reform electoral system to combat racial polarisation UBP leader Kim Swan, Royal Gazette (2011) Member of the third party, UBP, Kim Swan is calling for electoral reform in Bermuda to rid the Island of racial polarization after a recent survey showed that the opposition One Bermuda Alliance is attracting much of its support from whites and the older generation. The survey found that 72 percent of whites favoured the OBA. While the ruling Progressive Labour Party took only five percent of the white vote and 49 percent of the black vote.
• Jul 18, 2011: Bermuda:Polls says majority of Bermudians want UBP disbanded, CARICOM News Network (2011) A recently conducted opinion poll has revealed that more than half of Bermudians are dissatisfied with the performance of the United Bermuda Party (UBP), which ran the country for 30 years, and want to see the party disbanded.
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• Jun 20, 2011: Bermuda:Cox slams OBA over court case reaction, Royal Gazette (2011) Bermuda's Premier, Paula Cox, is condemning the Opposition for playing “petty politics” and ‘impugning the integrity” of Government following corruption claims against former Premier Ewart Brown and has hinted that an election needs to called "sooner rather than later."
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• Jun 07, 2011: Bermuda:PLP expects to win it on the doorstep, Bermuda Sun (2011) Bermuda's ruling Progressive Labour Party is expressing confidence of a fourth consecutive victory in the next general elections.
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• May 30, 2011: Bermuda:OBA calls for fixed term elections, The Royal Gazette (2011) The Chairman of Bermuda's recently formed political party One Bermuda Alliance is calling for fixed term elections as speculation grows over when the next election will be called. The OBA has pledged to introduce fixed term elections as part of a proposal to improve democracy.
• Dec 20, 2007: Bermuda: PLP scores a hat trick, The Royal Gazette (2007) This is an article about the Bermudan elections.
• Dec 20, 2007: Bermuda's ruling party wins election focused on corruption, racial resentment, Int. Herald Tribune (2007) Bermuda's ruling party won a third term in general elections shadowed by racial resentment and allegations of corruption.
• Dec 10, 2007: Bermuda: Independents could turn out to be spoilers, The Royal Gazette (2007) This is an article about the two independent candidates running in the Bermudan parliamentary elections.