The year 2020 has been hard in so many ways. I hope you enjoy these patriotic caches leading up to the November 3, 2020 election. At each of these caches you will be able to spot an American flag.
Tomorrow is election day. It will be a day to remember, no matter your party affiliation.
Voting Around the World
Nearly two billion voters in 50 countries around the world will head to the polls this year to elect their leaders. Some of the biggest elections include:
India - the world’s largest democracy with 800 million eligible voters
Indonesia - 187 million registered voters
Nigeria - 84 million registered voters
Ninety percent of the world votes at age 18. If you’re 16, you’d be eligible to vote in 7 countries. You'll need to be at least 21 to vote in Lebanon, Malaysia, Samoa, Singapore and Tonga.
In 1893, New Zealand became the first country in the world to grant women the right to vote. By the 1950s, two-thirds of countries around the world had adopted universal suffrage, which allows all adult citizens equal rights to vote. The last European country to allow women to vote was Switzerland in 1971. In 1994, South Africa became the last African democracy to give equal voting rights to all following the end of apartheid. In Afghanistan, women gained and lost the right to vote several times. They have continuously held the right to vote since 2004.
Most countries hold elections every 4-5 years. The country with the most frequently held elections is San Marino, where a leader from one of two alternating parties is elected every six months.
Most leaders can either serve one or two terms in office. It’s not uncommon, however, for a country’s leader to have an unspecified term limit. In some countries, such as the United Kingdom and New Zealand, heads of government serve until they resign or lose majority support of parliament. Other countries without term limits, like Venezuela, let voters petition for a recall election after a certain period of time.
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya is the world’s longest-serving, non-royal leader. He’s been in power for 44 years. He’s followed by Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo - 40 years - and Cambodia’s Hun Sen - 34 years.
Source: https://interactive.aljazeera.com/aje/2019/how-the-world-votes-2019/index.html