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Category: Electoral law

“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

Results roundup

Election news from the weekend from Brazil, Latvia, Cameroon, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Romania.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Latin America, Referenda 3 Comments 8 October 2018

Two European previews

Latvia and Bosnia & Herzegovina go the polls on Sunday, with neither expecting drastic change.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 5 October 2018

Canada keeps getting it wrong

An update on Canada's strangely distant relationship with democracy.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US), Party matters 2 Comments 3 October 2018

Can the governor-general veto legislation?

Section 58 of the Australian constitution gives the governor-general power to veto legislation. What would happen if an occasion for using that power ever arose?

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues 3 Comments 29 September 20189 June 2026

Does the Senate need reform?

The two presiding officers of the Australian parliament have interesting things to say about how it works. But we should be very wary of plans that cut back on democracy.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Political issues 14 Comments 3 September 201827 January 2022

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