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    Fight back: GOP steps up voter suppression efforts

    04 Apr 2021

    A high level of voter engagement during the last election, spurred by the ability to vote early or via absentee mail-in ballots and drop boxes, has renewed GOP efforts to ensure that only certain people have access to the ballot box. Dozens of states

    Highest US poll turnout in 120 years stirs debate

    03 Feb 2021

    More than two-thirds of all eligible Americans, almost 160 million people, voted in the November elections. It was the highest turnout in 120 years, according to the United States Elections Project.

    Johnson greets new cabinet, vows to repay trust of voters

    14 Feb 2020

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greeted his new cabinet of senior ministers on Friday, vowing to repay the trust of voters by improving infrastructure, cutting crime and building more hospitals.

    Gunmen fire on buses carrying Muslim Sri Lankan voters

    16 Nov 2019

    Gunmen opened fire on a convoy of buses carrying minority Muslim voters in northwest Sri Lanka on Saturday, hours before polling in presidential elections got under way, police said.

    Of politics and the complex Latino, ‘Latinx’ power play

    09 Dec 2020

    When asked how Democrats might translate their success among Arizona’s Latinx community in the latest presidential election, US Representative Ruben Gallego tweeted a sharp reply: “First start by not using the term Latinx.”

    Apply the participation test to proposed poll reforms

    06 Jun 2021

    A vibrant democracy depends on two factors: the scope of participation and the depth of participation. In other words, how many different kinds of people can participate and what is the extent of that participation. Generally, democracy reformers have aimed to

    Preparing for the US polls, whatever the rules

    13 Jun 2021

    Democrats have been understandably upset at Republican efforts to make voting more difficult — especially for minority voters and others who have supported Democrats in the past. The Washington Post reported last week that “14 states have enacted laws this year

    Healthy democracy provides safety to candidates and voters

    19 Oct 2021

    The eyes of the political world were locked in when the candidates for governor of Virginia stepped on the stage for a debate on Sept.28. With the race between Republican Glenn Youngkin and Democrat Terry McAuliffe tightening, the table was set for a dramatic, head-to-head affair.

    How median voter theorem plays out in politics

    03 Aug 2021

    As President Joe Biden moves toward another legislative victory — namely, the $550 billion infrastructure bill — it’s worth asking what its success says about American politics. Mostly it’s good news, whether or not you agree with the policies of the Biden administration.

    Opening primaries first step towards bigger reforms

    14 Nov 2021

    If there were a silver bullet for democratic reform, you think we would have found it by now. With countries around the world experimenting with various forms of democracy for decades, if not centuries, surely we would have unlocked

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