BRUSSELS, June 8 (UPI) -- Turnout for the 2009 European Parliament elections was the lowest since direct election for the assembly began 30 years ago, officials said.

WASHINGTON, July 27 (UPI) -- Somewhere between 80 million and 90 million U.S. citizens old enough to vote, about 40 percent, won't cast ballots in November, observers say.

BANGKOK, March 2 (UPI) -- Under 60 percent of potential Thai voters participated in Sunday's Senate elections, but poll officials expressed satisfaction with the turnout.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Feb. 19 (UPI) -- The Pakistan election commission Tuesday reported voter turnout for 147 of the 272 parliamentary seats contested was 44.91 percent.

MOSCOW, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed into law a measure canceling the 20-percent minimum voter turnout threshold for elections.

KIEV, Ukraine, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Voter turn out appears slightly down in Ukraine's presidential election compared with the last time, the Interfax-Ukraine news agency said Sunday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- A surge in U.S. voter registration is spawning predictions of the largest increase in turnout in more than a decade.

WARSAW, Poland, June 12 (UPI) -- Concerned about voter apathy in this week's European elections, leaders of new EU member countries urged the public Saturday to go to the polls.

LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 20 (UPI) -- It may be a good thing voter turnout was pegged at 20 percent for Tuesday's Kentucky primary election -- the ballots are wrong. Democratic gubernatorial hopeful

DALLAS, March 11 (UPI) -- Latino voter turnout could be historic in Tuesday's Texas primary as Democrats pick candidates for governor and a U.S. Senate seat. The high-profile contenders