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Added on the 08/04/2020 14:00:00 - Copyright : EFE Inglés
Wisconsin controversially holds its presidential primary as planned despite a state-wide stay-at-home order and concern that the election could expose thousands of voters and poll workers to the coronavirus. IMAGES
Lisbon (Portugal), Jan 24 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Cynthia de Benito).- Polling stations opened on Sunday morning in Portugal for the first round of the presidential elections.FOOTAGE OF POLLING STATIONS IN LISBON.SOUNDBITES OF: -ISABEL RAMOS, VOTER:"I think everything is going very well, people are complying with the measures and they are completely secure. " -CRISTINA OLIVEIRA, POLL WORKER:"Regarding the measures that we have at this time, I believe that things were distributed and were specified in a way that allows everyone to vote safely. Including us, who are at the voting tables. We got a Covid-19 test yesterday to be sure that we are not going to infect anyone because we have to stay closer to each other for a long time. It is a table that has five people, and we all tested negative, so we are safe among us and also regarding the voters."
Images of a polling station in the American town of Manchester, New Hampshire, as the presidential primary election is in full swing. Donald Trump aims to steamroll his way toward the Republican presidential nomination in the New Hampshire primary, making short work of his only surviving opponent, former UN ambassador Nikki Haley. IMAGES
Thousands rally in Kano, Nigeria's second-largest city, to support opposition presidential candidate Abubabakar Atiku two weeks before the election. IMAGES
Presidential candidate and former president of Brazil (2003-2010) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva holds a final rally in Sao Paulo the day before the first round of presidential elections. IMAGES