Elections worldwide are becoming increasingly dependent on technology. But, typically, the electronic systems adopted suffer from weak transparency and scrutiny even when the outcome is challenged.
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In this year’s election, the system of majority voting didn’t allow voters to express their opinions adequately. If they had, the choice would have been between Kasich and Sanders.
While research has long suggested that we like others who are like us, a new study offers insight into how we choose to support those who share our views of ‘moral purity.’ It may explain how we voted.
With two of the past five presidential election winners losing the popular vote, it’s hard to justify the continuation of the Electoral College.
It’s time to reconsider economists’ idea of rationality in the wake of Trump’s election.
Where problems arose, voting was generally able to keep going smoothly. But those failures serve as a warning of how bad things could get if we don’t replace our voting machines soon.
Despite complications and challenges, elections in Somalia promise to be a game changer.
Though there is no indication hackers affected the outcome of the election, we still must act to improve the cybersecurity of American elections.
Unlike other issues, climate change has broad support among millennials across political parties and races. But it’s unclear that they’ll convert that into political activism.
President Obama is right to say it’s very, very hard to rig an American election. That doesn’t mean things always go to plan.
Ever wondered how the US president is actually elected? Here is a basic guide to the electoral college system.
While voter fraud - despite recent allegations - is rare, how do we ensure the ballots we cast are counted accurately? If so, how? Our experts offer background and insight.
It’s not disrespecting the result of the referendum to criticise the government –or even to call for a second vote.
A look through the ballot papers shows the declared result in Colombia’s crucial vote is far from definitive.
Labour once claimed racial equality as its turf, but the Tories are fighting back to woo this key demographic.
Imagine you’re in a voting booth faced with a choice between bad candidate #1 and bad candidate #2. Surprisingly, science says this may actually be a good thing. Here’s how.
Facebook has already proved it can increase the number of people who vote in elections. But what if it tries to influence how they vote?
The 2016 US presidential race has been a strange campaign in many ways, but the swing state map looks very familiar.
It’s true that sophisticated hackers may be able to tilt the presidential election. But the more likely threat to democracy comes from sore losers who sow doubt about voting integrity.
Laws that restrict who can vote are facing challenges in several states. A historian explains how people mobilized against voting restrictions of the 1960s, and why their strategy is still important.
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