Tanzania’s October 29 protests were framed as an electoral dispute. Research links them to a deeper crisis of blocked adulthood among young people.
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This election is the first following the 2024 July uprising that led to the ouster of the country’s longest-serving prime minister, Sheikh Hasina.
An FBI raid on a Georgia elections facility has sparked concern about Trump administration interference in the 2026 midterms. An obscure 1970s Supreme Court case provides guardrails against that.
Bangladeshi voters went to the polls on February 12 for the first election to take place since the ousting of Sheikh Hasina in 2024.
Special election results have anticipated recent midterm outcomes. With Democrats now overperforming, that could spell trouble for the GOP in 2026.
The House has passed a bill to require proof of citizenship for voting. Although it likely won’t become law, the bill raises constitutional questions.
Japan’s ruling LDP has secured an outright majority in the lower house of parliament, enabling the party to implement its agenda.
Improving living standards in a country with a rapidly shrinking workforce and ageing population will test Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s political skills.
In dozens of states, an increasing number of legislative seats are going completely uncontested by one of the two major parties.
Voters can expect a lot of political polling in the lead-up to NZ’s general election in November. It’s important to know what the numbers can and can’t reveal.
The appointment raises questions about institutional neutrality and public trust.
Africans everywhere should show interest in the outcome of the African Union’s elections for its human rights institutions.
From Bondi to Venezuela, Gaza to Ukraine, AI supercharges online misinformation. But understanding exactly how it impacts voters is a challenge.
Nigeria has made some progress on voting rights for citizens with disabilities. But gaps persist.
29 states allow mail-in ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted days after an election. A case before the Supreme Court could take that decision away from the states.
What our experts believe will be crucial about the votes in Bangladesh, Brazil, Quebec and the United States.
The president’s party almost always loses seats in the midterms. More than two dozen Republican House members have already decided to retire.
The countries, whose respective leaders recently won widely disputed elections, offer contrasting examples in how autocracies operate, evolve and change.
Internet shutdown affects millions of Africans more and more often and are most prominent during elections or protests.
It became clear that “Team Dutton” was running on little more than bloke-energy, an unaffordable nuclear policy and, crazily, higher taxes.
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