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Category: Electoral law

No, not Nigeria

We'll have to wait another week for Nigeria's election. Logistical problems are blamed.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 18 February 2019

Armenia’s new leader consolidates

A lopsided election victory for the new government in Armenia.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Middle East 2 Comments 18 December 2018

Victoria’s very strange upper house

Victoria's Legislative Council again falls badly short of the proportional representation that it was supposed to achieve. Unscrupulous preference deals are only part of the story.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 3 Comments 12 December 201820 July 2019

Election preview: Victoria

Victorian voters seem poised to give their Labor government a second term, although the opposition is not entirely without hope.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 1 Comment 23 November 201823 November 2018

More slow counting in America

Two weeks after the election, US Congressional results are almost final. The Democrats have won a solid majority in the House of Representatives despite a less-than-stupendous swing.

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“Election” preview: Fiji

Fiji goes to the polls tomorrow, still ruled by the man who uprooted its democracy 12 years ago. Australia should hang its head in shame.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Ideas, Oceania, Political issues, War and peace 6 Comments 13 November 201827 January 2022

Understanding those Senate numbers

There's a lot of confusion around concerning the interpretation of this week's Senate results in the United States. Here's an attempt to straighten some of it out.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 8 Comments 9 November 20189 November 2018

Election preview: United States midterms

American voters get the chance tonight to put some legislative restraints on their rogue president. Here are a few things to watch for.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, United States 7 Comments 6 November 2018

“Non” scores a Pyrrhic victory

New Caledonia votes against independence, but the narrowness of the margin suggests that there is plenty of life left in the issue.

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Charles Richardson Electoral law, Europe, France, Oceania, Political issues, Referenda 6 Comments 5 November 201827 January 2022

Mr Mélenchon and the redshirts

Victoria's Daniel Andrews is not alone in tangling with a police investigation into the misuse of parliamentary staff.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 24 October 201827 January 2022

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