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5A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018 WORLD IN BRIEF Associated Press National voting system faces test on Election Day ATLANTA — Federal and state officials have been working for nearly two years to shore up the nation’s election infrastructure from cyberattacks by Russians or others seeking to disrupt the vot- ing process. It turns out that many of the problems are closer to home. Early voting leading up to today’s midterm election revealed a wide variety of concerns with voting and registration systems around the coun- try — from machines that changed voter selec- tions to registration forms tossed out because of clerical errors. Election officials and voting rights groups fear that voter confidence in the results could be under- mined if such problems become even more wide- spread as millions of Americans head to the polls to decide pivotal races for Congress and governor. Already there is concern that last-minute court rulings on voter ID requirements, the handling of absentee ballots and other issues in a handful of states will sow confusion among voters and poll workers. “We expect poll workers will be overwhelmed, just as voters are overwhelmed, and there will be lots of provisional ballots,” said Sara Henderson, head of Common Cause in Georgia, where vot- ing-rights groups have been raising numerous concerns about election security and voter access. The problems come amid a surge of interest, with registrations and early-voting turnout run- ning well ahead of what is typically seen during a midterm election. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security, FBI and other federal agencies have opened a command center to help state and local election offices with any major problems that arise. Nationally, some 6,500 poll watchers are being deployed by a coalition of civil rights and voting advocacy groups to assist people who encounter problems at the polls. That is more than double the number sent to polling places in 2016, while the number of federal election monitors has declined. Economic realities moderate Trump’s hard line on Iran WASHINGTON — The Trump adminis- tration was caught between allies at home and AP Photo/Steve Ruark The remains of Maj. Brent R. Taylor arrived today at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware. Utah mayor slain in Afghanistan urged Americans to vote DOVER AIR FORCE BASE, Delaware — The body of a Utah mayor and Army National Guard member who urged Americans to vote before he was killed in Afghanistan has been returned to U.S. soil. Military officials said 39-year-old North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor was shot to death Sat- urday by an Afghan commando he was training, who was then killed by Afghan forces. Major Taylor had been expecting to return as Mayor Taylor in January. His death leaves behind his wife, Jennie, and their seven children, ranging from 11 months to 13 years old. She was there as his remains were returned to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. “Brent may have died on Afghan soil, but he died for the success of freedom and democ- racy in both of our countries,” she said in a statement that referred to her husband’s final post on Facebook, which urged Americans to exercise their “precious right to vote.” “It seems only fitting,” her statement said, that her husband “has come home to US soil in a flag-draped casket on our Election Day.” Taylor’s post, drawing a connection between democracy abroad and at home, has been seen and shared thousands of times. “It was beautiful to see over four million Afghan men and women brave threats and deadly attacks to vote in Afghanistan’s first parliamentary elections in eight years. The strong turnout, despite the attacks and challenges, was a success for the long-suffering people of Afghanistan and for the cause of human freedom,” he wrote. “As the USA gets ready to vote in our own election next week, I hope everyone back home exercises their precious right to vote. And that whether the Republicans or the Democrats win, that we all remember that we have far more as Americans that unites us than divides us. ‘United we stand, divided we fall.’ God bless America.” abroad and the reality of global economics as it reinstated sanctions Monday on Iran, forced to carve out exemptions for important allies and back off on measures that could have been even more punishing for Tehran. The U.S. granted waivers to allow China and seven close U.S. partners and allies to con- tinue importing Iranian crude and other petro- leum products without penalty, bowing to con- cerns that a complete end to Iran’s exports would cause a major spike in world oil prices and cause other economic disruptions. Trump conceded that reality on his way to a last-minute campaign event a day before critical midterm congressional elections. “We have the toughest sanctions ever imposed but on oil we want to go a little bit slower because I don’t want to drive the oil prices in the world,” he told reporters. “I could get the Iran oil down to zero immediately, but it would cause a shock to the market.” The newly reinstated sanctions target Iran’s energy, financial and shipping sectors and are aimed at forcing Iran to end ballistic missile pro- gram and end its support for armed movements throughout the Middle East. The measures restore all the U.S. sanctions that had been lifted under the 2015 accord that gave Iran billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear program, a deal that Obama administration critics had argued was too soft on the Islamic Republic. In reinstating the measures, the Treasury Department imposed penalties on more than 700 Iranian and Iranian-linked individuals, entities, aircraft and vessels. Among those are 50 Iranian banks and subsidiaries, more than 200 people and ships, Iran’s state-run airline Iran Air and more than 65 of its planes. The sanctions freeze any assets that those tar- geted have in U.S. jurisdictions and bar Amer- icans from doing business with them. They will also affect non-Iranian companies that deal with sanctioned Iranian firms and officials. Yet, while the administration seeks to cut off Iran’s oil revenue, it is allowing Greece, India, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and Turkey to continue purchasing Iranian oil as long as they work to reduce imports to zero. China dismisses criticism about mass detentions of Muslims GENEVA — China today once again rejected criticism of its treatment of ethnic Mus- lims, telling the United Nations that accusa- tions of rights abuses from some countries were “politically driven.” At a regular U.N. review of the country’s human rights record, China characterized the far west region of Xinjiang as a former hotbed of extrem- ism that has been stabilized through “training cen- ters” which help people gain employable skills. Former detainees of such centers, on the other hand, have described the facilities as polit- ical indoctrination camps where ethnic Uighurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities are forced to renounce their faith and swear loyalty to the ruling Communist Party. 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