Two stories in Australian politics this week draw attention to structural issues that might benefit from some international comparison.
Category: Electoral law
Another president-for-life looms for Nicaragua
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua doesn't want to give up the job that he first held in the 1980s.
Pennsylvanians get to vote without photos
The battle in the US over photo-ID laws for voting continues, with Republicans losing a court challenge in Pennsylvania.
Italy talks electoral reform
Silvio Berlusconi is back in the news, as Italy's party leaders do deals on electoral reform. Even if they get implemented, the effects might be different to what's intended.
Honduras votes against change – sort of
Honduras seems to be set for another disputed election, after the incumbent conservatives lead with less than 35% of the vote in a four-way split.
Election preview: Chile
Chile's presidency is expected to revert to the centre-left, although that probably won't be official until a second round in December.
Maldives: yet another interrupted election
The continuing saga of the attempts to elect a new president in the Maldives.
Election preview: Luxembourg
Luxembourg goes to the polls tomorrow in an early election brought on by a spy scandal. At stake is the traditional dominance of the ruling Christian democrats and their long-serving leader.
If you’re not sick of elections yet …
Germany votes in two weeks time on the fate of Angela Merkel's government. The result will depend in part on a quirk of the country's otherwise very democratic electoral system – a system which, incidentally, would have produced a rather different result last weekend in Australia.
Electoral “reform” in Israel
Israel plans an electoral change that seems superficially fair but in context has a clearly discriminatory intent.
The World is Not Enough 