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Category: Electoral law

Results on three continents

A president narrowly returned in Angola, a high-profile loss in Alaska and the draft constitution goes down in Chile.

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Charles Richardson Africa, Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, Party matters, Referenda, United States 3 Comments 5 September 2022

Term limits strike again

Thailand's military prime minister falls afoul of term limits, although the system remains heavily stacked in his favor.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Elections, Electoral law, South-East Asia 2 Comments 1 September 2022

Preferences and the Republicans

Preferential voting will determine the fate of Sarah Palin, but on a broader front it could make a huge difference to the future of the Republican Party.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, United States 1 Comment 26 August 2022

Democracy in Alaska

Alaskan voters are trying out a new voting system, which among other things offers them the opportunity to return Sarah Palin to the limelight.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, Personalities, United States 4 Comments 16 August 20223 September 2022

Brazil two months out

With two months until Brazil's presidential election, the controversial incumbent could by laying the foundations for a Trump-style attempt at subversion.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Latin America, United States 2 Comments 2 August 2022

Fixing American elections, revisited

Reform of the US Electoral Count Act has advanced on the agenda, but progress is by no means assured.

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Charles Richardson Elections, Electoral law, Party matters, Political issues, United States 4 Comments 28 July 2022

The Senate comes through again

Australia's Senate once again shows itself to have better democratic credentials than the House of Representatives, despite its severe malapportionment.

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Gerrymanders for all

The US supreme court may have another controversial decision up its sleeve for later this year, making it even harder to stop elections being manipulated.

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Charles Richardson Constitutional law, Electoral law, United States 2 Comments 8 July 20228 July 2022

Australia’s new pendulum

Updating the electoral pendulum with the results of Australia's May election reveals some interesting things about the way the different parties are placed.

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Charles Richardson Australia, Elections, Electoral law 5 Comments 5 July 2022

Tactical voting, here and there

Boris Johnson suffers two sweeping by-election defeats, one of them strongly influenced by tactical voting. It provides an interesting counterpoint to the discussion of tactical voting in Australia.

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Charles Richardson Australia, British Isles, Elections, Electoral law, Europe 2 Comments 27 June 2022

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