Not only has there been a rash of election-related violence (including what look like at least two killings) in recent days.
"Far from showing global leadership ahead of the crucial Paris climate summit later this year, the government appears to be making the environment pay the price for rash pre-election promises".
Nichol warned that dismantling the board shortly before the 2016 presidential elections was rash and ill-advised.
Tsipras's rash decision to resign and call elections – the third poll to be held in Greece this year – the MP argued, amounted to a concerted effort by the leader to purge the party of dissent.
Post-election, I noticed a rash of people lamenting their waning libidos on social media, so I put out a call to anyone who wanted to share a story; I received an immediate and overwhelming response.
It is usually rash to read too much into midterm elections, but the outcome of these contests will nevertheless matter hugely to the national picture because of their impact on the morale and standing of the parties.
The appeals by Iraq's two highest government officials added to a rash of complaints related to how the March 7 election was conducted and how the votes were tallied.
Though Kenya avoided bloodshed during last year's elections, it has since experienced a rash of terrorism and clumsy counter-measures by the police.
Such egregious barriers are in the past, but the rash of new laws erecting hurdles in the 2012 election cycle has chilling echoes.
The Greek banking system, which in normal times could help to fund the government, suffered a rash of withdrawals in the weeks after Syriza's election, in late January, and it is still dependent on outside support.
