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Category: Electoral law

Britain debates preferential voting, again

Ten years after rejecting a move to slightly improve its electoral system, Britain is proposing to go backwards.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe Leave a comment 17 May 202126 January 2022

New numbers for America

New census figures for the United States are good news for the Republican Party, but not as much so as they might have expected.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 27 April 20216 January 2022

April results roundup

This month our regular electoral roundup brings news from Greenland, Samoa, Georgia and Western Australia.

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Disaster in Peru

A fragmented presidential election in Peru sends two extremist candidates into the runoff, far left against far right.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Political issues 7 Comments 13 April 202114 April 2021

Representing prisoners, and others

Preventing prisoners from voting in the United States has some strange effects on the workings of the electoral system. Australia is more fortunate in that regard, as a current round of redistributions illustrates.

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Election preview: Western Australia

Western Australia's Labor government is a shoo-in for re-election tomorrow, but that doesn't mean the result will be lacking in interest.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 12 March 2021

Does turnout matter?

Increased turnout in last year's US election probably didn't have much to do with the expansion of postal voting. Nor does it seem to have made much difference to the result.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Political issues, United States Leave a comment 10 March 2021

February election roundup

A monthly digest of recent electoral news. This time, Liechtenstein, Kosovo, Niger and Haiti.

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Shifting sands in New Caledonia

The supporters of independence win a majority in the New Caledonia government for the first time. Change is on the way, although the underlying balance of power is not all that it might seem.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 1 Comment 19 February 2021

One more post about the electoral college

What would happen in the US if the electoral college was elected proportionally? The answer is rather interesting, but it's an unlikely avenue for reform.

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