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Category: Electoral law

A soft coup in Bolivia

The departure of Bolivia's Evo Morales is a defeat for autocracy, but may not be a gain for democracy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America 4 Comments 27 November 201927 November 2019

A local landslide in Hong Kong

Hong Kong's democrats win a big victory in local elections.

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Charles Richardson East Asia, Elections, Electoral law, Political issues 4 Comments 25 November 20196 December 2019

Tactical voting bonanza in Britain

Britain's December election is going to be a minefield of tactical voting. This is what happens when modern politics collides with a pre-modern electoral system.

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters 3 Comments 18 November 201926 January 2022

Brexit deferred again as election looms

Britain's prime minister is very close to getting the election that he wants. But why does he want it just now?

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Charles Richardson British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Political issues, Referenda 2 Comments 29 October 201926 January 2022

A Thuringian cliffhanger

A German state delivers a majority to the extremists after a knife-edge count. Coalition-building is going to be very interesting.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Germany, Party matters 4 Comments 28 October 201926 January 2022

Disputed victory in Bolivia

Bolivia's opposition gets very close to forcing the incumbent president to a second round, but not quite close enough.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America 2 Comments 28 October 2019

Canada gets one thing right

Canada's radically unreformed electoral system gets the right result for once, at least in its broad outline.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 4 Comments 23 October 201923 October 2019

Democracy on trial in Bolivia

Bolivia's presidential election features competing claims of victory, a cliffhanger count and a president who shouldn't be on the ballot in the first place.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Referenda 4 Comments 22 October 2019

Election preview: Canada

Canada's Liberal government seeks re-election tonight. As usual, its main task is to beat the electoral system.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 5 Comments 21 October 201921 October 2019

Election preview: Switzerland

Switzerland goes to the polls on Sunday, but its unusual yet effective constitutional structure shields it from some of the normal incidents of democracy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 3 Comments 18 October 2019

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