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Maldives: Parliament approves country-wide voting in council elections, Minivan News (2010)

This article reports on the new Local Council Elections Bill in the Maldives. This bill allows citizens to vote anywhere in the country, and not only on their own islands, guaranteeing their right to vote. The Elections Commissions, however, will now have to face considerable logistical issues.

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Maldives: Policy on electing members to LGA constructed, Haveeru Online (2011)

The article discusses the new procedure to elect the members of the Local Governmebt Authority in Maldives. The 18 atolls of Maldives have been divided in to four groups to select four members from atoll councils.

Maldives: Final election results due tonight after “trouble-free” council re-vote, says EC, Minivan News (2011)

The article discusses the council elections in Maldives. The Election Commissioner has said that the secong roung of voting has gone almost entirely without disruption.

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Maldives: The opposition says polls bolster its early vote call, Reuters (2012)

This news article says a new government in the Maldives has won two by-elections, according to results on Sunday 15 April, defeating the party of former President Mohamed Nasheed who was unseated in February and, his party said, bolstering its call for an early presidential poll. The next election is due in October 2013.

Maldives ousted president appeals for global help to bring early elections, NY Daily News (2012)

In this news article; Mohamed Nasheed, the ousted president of the Maldives, has appealed for the international community to support early elections in his country as he linked the fight for democracy with the battle against global warming.

Maldives President Rules Out Early Elections, New York Times (2012)

In this news article, the president of the Maldives ruled out early elections during an official visit to India on Monday, citing the constitution, and declared that the soonest that a vote could take place was July 2013.