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Jordan parliament approves electoral law

Jordanian MPs on Tuesday endorsed an electoral law that scraps a contested one-person-one-vote system and increases seats for women, as the country prepares to hold polls by the end of this year. “Under the new law, voters can cast two ballots: one for individual candidates in their governorates and…