Italy's prime minister, beset by rivals to both right and left, tries to improve her position by fiddling with the electoral system
Category: Electoral law
Democracy, of a sort, for Victoria
Victoria finally seems set to abolish group voting tickets in time for this year's state election.
Ups & downs at the Supreme Court
Donald Trump has a mixed week in the Supreme Court.
Election preview: New Caledonia
New Caledonia votes tomorrow in elections that once again put the issue of independence at centre stage.
Burnham!
Andy Burnham wins big in a by-election in the north of England, seemingly setting him up to be Britain's next prime minister.
Ending gerrymanders?
The venerable American tradition of gerrymandering seems to be entering a golden age, but its excesses may prove its undoing.
Gerrymanders for all (reprise)
Electoral fairness seems further away than ever in the United States, after the Supreme Court overturned the remaining safeguards in the Voting Rights Act.
Hungary and Victoria
Victoria's attempt to shut out independents fares badly in court, just as the Hungarian election shows the danger of trying to rig election rules.
More about third parties
South Australia represents a new low point for the major parties' share of the vote, making our electoral system increasingly unfit for purpose.
South Australia wraps up
South Australia wraps up. Despite all the angst about the preferential system, preferences didn't make a lot of difference.
The World is Not Enough 