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Category: Electoral law

High Court loses its patience

The High Court expends little energy in disposing of the constitutional argument against Senate voting reform.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Party matters, Political issues 4 Comments 16 May 201628 January 2022

Election preview: Philippines

The Philippines elect a new president on Monday, with the front-runner making many people uncomfortable.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, South-East Asia, United States Leave a comment 6 May 201610 February 2020

Queensland government disgraces itself

Queensland's Labor government has turned the clock back to compulsory preferential voting in the pursuit of short-term electoral advantage.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Electoral law, Political issues 9 Comments 22 April 2016

Primary season moves west

Another set of primary results fail to clinch the presidential nomination on either side. With 19 states to go, the contests are moving into somewhat different territory.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States Leave a comment 24 March 2016

Three years or four?

Queensland's politicians want to give themselves an extra year before being accountable to their voters. The voters may not be so keen on the idea.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Referenda 5 Comments 19 March 201628 January 2022

The continuing struggle for Senate democracy

Don't depend on the media to explain what's at stake with Senate voting reform, or even to point out the biases of their sources.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law, Media 1 Comment 17 February 201628 January 2022

Election preview: Spain

Spain has undergone a political upheaval in the last four years, making Sunday's election the most unpredictable anyone can remember.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, Party matters, Spain 1 Comment 18 December 201528 January 2022

New regions, new politics

French regional elections tomorrow will tell us more about the size of the surge for the far-right National Front and the impact of the recent terrorist attacks.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, France, Party matters 1 Comment 5 December 201528 January 2022

Two election results

The polls got it right in Switzerland; less so in Canada, but for explicable reasons.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe, North America (ex-US) 2 Comments 21 October 2015

Election preview: Canada

Canada's Liberals look set to avenge their dreadful 2011 result tonight, meaning that the country might be set for fairer elections in future.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, North America (ex-US) 3 Comments 19 October 2015

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