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Category: Electoral law

Some Malaysian numbers to ponder

An analysis of Malaysia's electoral results shows how the government won. (Hint: it wasn't by winning more votes.)

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, South-East Asia 11 Comments 6 May 2013

Bush v. Gore revisited: what might have been

Sandra Day O'Connor, who indirectly gave us the Iraq war and much else, now seems to regret her role. Better late than never.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, United States 8 Comments 3 May 201328 January 2022

French Polynesia to vote for stability

French Polynesia votes next week in the second round of an election designed to end a long period of instability. It looks like returning the controversial Gaston Flosse to the top job.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Oceania 2 Comments 27 April 2013

What rights do corporations get?

Unions NSW is launching a High Court challenge to election expenditure laws. A recent case from Pennsylvania provides an interesting contrast.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law, United States 3 Comments 15 April 201328 January 2022

Italian impasse: week 5

Italians prepare to celebrate Easter still without a new government, five weeks after an inconclusive general election.

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A Victorian lesson on fixed terms

Last week's political crisis in Victoria illustrates a problem about having fixed-term parliaments in a Westminster system.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Constitutional law, Electoral law 4 Comments 11 March 201328 January 2022

Election preview: Malta

Malta, with its familiar yet unusual electoral system, looks like swinging to the left.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 9 March 2013

Kenya still waits for results

Kenyan vote counting is even slower than expected, and its election authority has come up with a bizarre interpretation of what a "vote" is.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law 2 Comments 6 March 2013

Kenyan results trickle in

Waiting for Kenyan election results is a slow process. To pass the time, you can try to work out when the second round would be held.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Elections, Electoral law, Media 2 Comments 5 March 2013

To catch a senator

Nick Xenophon is being deported from Malaysia – an occupational hazard for critics of foreign governments. Australia's response so far has been tepid.

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