Malta, with its familiar yet unusual electoral system, looks like swinging to the left.
Category: Electoral law
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.
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.
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.
Australia gets used to fixed terms
The prime minister's election announcement shows up just how little flexibility she really had about the timing anyway. Australia has moved close to a fixed-term model without even trying.
Lib Dems get their revenge on electoral reform
Britain's Liberal Democrats succeed last night in frustrating a Conservative move for electoral reform – as a measure of revenge for last year's defeat over the House of Lords, but also due to their own self-interest.
Could the Coalition steal Labor’s clothes on optional preferences?
Change in electoral law is generally driven by perceived political interest, not by principle. Shifts to more democratic outcomes happen when a major party thinks that they will work to its advantage.
Another view on compulsory voting
There was a bit of discussion in a post on Monday about the merits of compulsory voting. Those who are interested in the topic shouldn't miss Peter Brent's post from yesterday at Mumble. As you'd expect from Brent, it's very thorough and very thoughtful. It's one of those debates that a lot of people form … Continue reading Another view on compulsory voting
What if they had an inauguration and no-one came?
Hugo Chávez will be missing from Thursday's inauguration in Venezuela. It just goes to show that even the most comprehensive of constitutions can't provide for everything.
Hungary takes the John Howard route
Hungary's government comes to grief in an attempt to change the electoral law to its advantage, in much the same way that John Howard did in Australia.
The World is Not Enough 