Now a three week wait for Democratic nominee
With the Republican race for US presidential nominee now decided in favour of Donald Trump, there is still just a hint of interest left in the Democratic party contest. Results from … Continue reading
Irish government deal breaks new ground
Ireland’s new Fine Gael-Independent government is at last getting underway, 11 weeks after the February election. The new Enda Kenny Government has an apparently preposterous lack of parliamentary majority in the lower … Continue reading
Sadiq Khan the most popular Mayor of London so far
After a bitter campaign marked by innuendo about the religious faith of the leading candidate, earlier this month London voters elected Labour’s Sadiq Khan as the third Mayor of London. Despite the … Continue reading
Optional preferencing law upheld by Court
Australians will elect their senators on July 2 by the optional preferencing method, after a legal challenge to recent legislative changes was unanimously rejected by the High Court today. “None of … Continue reading
High Court upholds roll closure
The Australian High Court has upheld the legal validity of the current law that closes off changes to the national electoral roll early in the election campaign. As in previous … Continue reading
High Court ponders second electoral challenge
Following last weeks’s challenge to the new voting procedures for electing senators, Australia’s High Court today heard a challenge to the statutory cut-off date for Australians to join the electoral roll … Continue reading
Philippines elects president who might shut down parliament
Rodrigo Duterte, the controversial Mayor of the southern Philippine city of Davao, has easily won election as the next President of the Philippines. The leading candidate in recent months, Duterte, … Continue reading
Irish minority minority government takes office
Finally, after 70 days of negotiations, the Irish have a government. But only just. The Irish parliament – Dáil Éireann – is elected by the very representative single transferable vote … Continue reading
And they’re off…
The Australian federal election had been called. On the Prime Minister’s advice, the Governor-General of the Commonwealth, Sir Peter Cosgrove, will dissolve both the House of Representatives and the Senate … Continue reading
Trump sees off last rival
Ohio Governor John Kasich didn’t hang on in the race for the Republican presidential nomination in the United States. His withdrawal late on Wednesday would seem to confirm that the party … Continue reading
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