French election: would different rules have mattered?
What would have been the result if the French had chosen their president yesterday by a single round of preferential voting? Preferential voting is use to elect parliaments in Australia, … Continue reading
French voters send Macron and Le Pen to second round
The next 5-year term of the French presidency will be contested by independent Emmanuel Macron and nationalist Marine Le Pen (National Front) on May 7, after they were the two highest-placed candidates … Continue reading
Runoff elections that went wrong
What could possibly go wrong in the next week of French presidential elections? The epic contest for the French presidency is being conducted according to the rules of two-round runoff … Continue reading
French presidential election: Round 1
With just days to go until the first round of elections for the next President of France, what could possibly go wrong? The French are the world’s most prominent users … Continue reading
Democrats close to upset in another US House by-election
A special election to fill a vacant safe Republican seat in the US House of Representatives has almost been snatched at the primary round of voting – by a Democrat. … Continue reading
British to vote using decade-old boundaries
The UK House of Commons will be dissolved for a general election on 8 June. But the sudden move means that the boundaries for the nation’s electoral constituencies will be … Continue reading
Legal ruling means original voter ballots will determine new Senator
The new Senator to replace Bob Day, who left the Australian Senate late last year, will be determined by a recount of the ballots from the July 2016 election, after … Continue reading
Who gets to choose – voters or party officials?
A vacancy in the Australian Senate exists – for one of the 12 representatives elected by voters in the state of South Australia – and the nation’s High Court will … Continue reading
Armenians shift to parliamentary government with unique voting rules
In contrast to the increasingly presidential governments seen in nations such as Turkey and Russia, the little Caucuses republic of Armenia has deliberately shifted to a parliamentary system of government, … Continue reading
So … Who did put Family First?
Political conservative Bob Day resigned from the Australian Senate late in 2016, but the intriguing history of his encounters with the electoral system have left a legacy of voting system issues … Continue reading
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