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Category: Electoral law

US midterms wrap up

The composition of the new United States Congress is settled, with the exception of a Senate seat to be fought out next week.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 5 Comments 30 November 20227 December 2022

Further thoughts on Victoria

Independents and minor parties had a field day at this year's federal election; it's not clear that the Victorian election will suit them quite so well.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Party matters 1 Comment 25 November 2022

Individualism and the “libertarians”

Are Australia's "libertarians" really authoritarians in disguise? Upper house voting in Victoria provides a clue.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Ideas, Party matters Leave a comment 17 November 2022

Fifth time lucky for Netanyahu

The fortunes of yet another far-right party are bolstered by the vagaries of an electoral system.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Middle East 3 Comments 4 November 2022

Election preview: Vanuatu

Vanuatu is in better democratic shape than some of its neighbors, but today's election will still have its problems.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Oceania 2 Comments 13 October 202213 October 2022

A landslide in Quebec

Canada turns in another weirdly unfair election result, this time in Quebec, where the government has shelved its commitment to electoral reform.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 3 Comments 6 October 20226 October 2022

Weekend results, part 2

There were two Balkan elections on Sunday: Bulgaria seemed to take a step backwards, but there was modest progress in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 5 Comments 4 October 2022

Weekend results, part 1

Brazil's presidential election is rather closer than expected, and a poor result for the opinion polls. Meanwhile, the electoral system disenfranchises a lot of voters in Latvia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America 3 Comments 3 October 20224 October 2022

Why not try democracy?

Italy's prospective right-wing government is not the choice of most Italian voters – a fact that you might not learn from the media coverage.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Italy, Media 4 Comments 28 September 202228 September 2022

Voting in the desert

A by-election tomorrow in Western Australia raises some interesting issues, and incidentally reveals just how empty much of Australia is.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 16 September 2022

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