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Another Republican steps up

A second candidate is ready to enter the race for next year's Republican nomination. By current Republican standards she could almost count as a moderate.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Party matters, Personalities, United States 3 Comments 2 February 20232 February 2023

Summer roundup

An update on recent electoral news, featuring Latvia, Antigua, Vietnam, Czechia and New Zealand.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Europe, Oceania, Party matters, South-East Asia 10 Comments 1 February 202322 March 2023

Czech & Slovak news

Czechia holds the second round of its presidential election, while Slovakia is set for an early election of uncertain date.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Europe, Referenda 4 Comments 27 January 2023

Change on the way in New Zealand

New Zealand is in for change at the top - certainly in coming days, and quite probably again in October.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Oceania, Party matters, Personalities 2 Comments 20 January 2023

Czechs choose a new president

The year's first European election will choose a new Czech president, replacing Trumpist incumbent Miloš Zeman.

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Presidential problems in the Americas, revisited

The case for parliamentary government has been strengthened, not weakened, by the recent troubles in Brazil and the United States.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Latin America, Party matters, United States, War and peace 2 Comments 12 January 2023

What’s on for 2023

A top-ten list of major elections for you to plan your year around.

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Charles Richardson Elections 6 Comments 4 January 2023

2022 in review

A review of the major electoral happenings on 2022, with particular reference to the invasion of Ukraine.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Ideas, War and peace 2 Comments 3 January 2023

Fiji chooses democracy, sort of

Fiji's original military ruler returns to power, this time as the champion of democracy. It's a cautionary tale, in which Australia has played a disreputable part.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Oceania 4 Comments 30 December 2022

Loose ends for Christmas

Tying up some electoral loose ends as we head into the holiday season.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Central and South Asia, Elections, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, Oceania 3 Comments 23 December 2022

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