The DOJ wants states to send it copies of voters’ names and addresses as well as sensitive information such as driver’s license and Social Security numbers. Here’s why many states have refused.
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After the Voting Rights Act, federal election observers helped ensure fair voting, but that oversight has increasingly shifted focus − to monitor what Washington says is voter fraud and accusations of cheating.
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.
The former Liberal strategist turned pollster says the Coalition has become ‘catastrophically uncompetitive’ with women and younger voters.
In the face of U.S. tariffs, the new Canadian government should take prudent, urgent and bold steps to strengthen the nation’s economy.
Now is not the time to cut immigration, given the contribution it makes to the economy. Arguments that migrants are pushing up house prices are largely wrong.
The Constitution does not grant Congress authority to set voter-eligibility requirements in federal elections.
A real boost to award wages is unlikely to drive up inflation, nor adversely impact productivity. But it would provide cost-of-living relief to Australia’s lowest-paid workers.
Barring its inability to initiate or amend supply bills, the Senate has almost the same powers as the House of Representatives.
For once-popular Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the honeymoon is well and truly over.
The combative opposition leader has continued to focus on prising suburbanites away from Labor with a relentless campaign emphasising the rising cost-of-living.
As Canada grapples with intensifying climate-related challenges, the next government will need to be able to effectively communicate its vision to voters.
A four-day working week would be trialled in certain industries, under an election policy from the Greens, who could share the balance of power in a hung parliament.
What do the weekend byelection results in Victoria tell us about Peter Dutton’s prospects in one of Labor’s strongest states?
Pierre Poilievre’s recent 100-minute interview with controversial media commentator, Jordan Peterson, provided some clues about the Conservative leader’s political ideology.
As she reads the economic commentators, Reserve Bank Governor Michele Bullock might, in moments of doubt, wonder whether she’s making a similar mistake to her predecessor Philip Lowe.
Long the subject of criticism and complaint, electoral spending laws may finally be made more open and fair as a result of a new review.
An election expert breaks down the big questions.
Labor needs substantially more than 50% of the two-party preferred vote – 51.8% according to the pendulum – to win the majority of seats, 76. This equates to a swing of 3.3 percentage points.
If the Coalition wins the election, Aussies can expect to continue to lag behind the rest of the world in terms of internet speeds and access.
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