Armenian voters of U.S. have always been active in electionsOctober 28, 2010 - 19:05 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Executive Director of the Armenia National Committee of America (ANCA) Aram Hamparian said that the Armenian community of America, which consists of 1.5 million people, out of which more than 1 million are eligible due to age, citizenship, and registration to participate in elections, supports candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate based on their legislative track records, and irrespective of their party membership. “The most important thing for us is to advance the views and values of the Armenian community and Armenia as a whole. We are endorsing 160 candidates in the November 2 elections,” Hamparian told a PanARMENIAN.Net reporter. He added that Armenian citizens of the U.S. are always active in voting and the upcoming elections are not exclusion. “Around 75% of the Armenian community generally turns out for elections, which is considerably more than the usual U.S. average of around 50%,” said Hamparian. The 2010 United States midterm elections will be held on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. All 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives and 37 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate will be contested in this election. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |