The US compares relatively poorly with equivalent countries when it comes to voter registration.
Reuters/Bria Hall
There are good reasons to be concerned about the procedures used for voter registration in many countries, including many long-established democracies.
EPA/Franck Robichon
How did a man once suspected of dubious far-right sympathies end up on the threshold of a record third term?
An election observer from the British High Commission in Nairobi.
EPA/Dai Kurokawa
African democracies are embracing electronic voting far more confidently than the West.
One person, one vote.
David Goldman/AP Photo
In an upcoming case about Wisconsin’s voting districts, the Supreme Court will tackle legal questions that have long gone unanswered.
A recent research project about the 2015 Canadian election showed social media is no substitute for local news coverage.
THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
Local news is as important to communities as clean air, but the failing business model of traditional journalism has left the local news industry in rapid decline.
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Vladimir Putin position in the Kremlin looks more secure than ever, and he has shut down almost all the avenues for a genuine challenge.
A child’s exposure to violence can lead to lasting physical, mental, and emotional harm.
Georgina Cranston/Reuters
It’s important to understand the nature and extent of children’s exposure to violence during general elections so they can be protected.
An elderly woman votes in Kenya. The presidential results have since been contested.
Baz Ratner/Reuters
Kenya’s recently concluded general election has been described as a mixed bag of highs and the lows being the deadly clashes.
EPA/Abir Abdullah
Two-and-a-half decades on from the end of military rule, Bangladesh faces many of the same critical problems it always has.
Who’s really running elections these days?
Artificial intelligence now plays as big a role in election campaigns as traditional campaign tactics.
Here’s hoping.
EPA/Dai Kurokawa
The Singaporean model of ‘democracy’ is very much in vogue among sub-Saharan countries.
A child walks past Mongolians holding up banners at a protest against offshore account holders in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in March.
(AP Photo/Ganbat Namjilsangarav)
While democracy is struggling globally and especially in Asia, Mongolians continue to vote and engage.
Riot police in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano
Research shows how politics can easily halt reforms that require time to take effect.
EMILY’s List helps elect pro-choice Democratic women candidates to office.
AP Photo/Charles Dharapak
Research shows that married women tend not to relate as much to other women. This makes a big difference when a woman is on the ballot.
Former President Mwai Kibaki (bottom left) and opposition leader Raila Odinga (bottom right) sign a power-sharing agreement in February 2008.
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Kenya must address the problem of tribalism and ethnic violence. To do this leaders must critically examine the concept of political ideology.
Youth isn’t always wasted on the young.
EPA/Nigel Roddis
Before the 2017 election, young voters were dismissed as lazy; now they’ve started voting in numbers, they’re being stereotyped as naive.
Republican candidate for Georgia’s Sixth District congressional seat Karen Handel declares victory with her husband Steve.
AP Photo/John Bazemore
But there’s little evidence the high spending changed any minds, says a political scientist who lives in the district.
Macron during the first round of parliamentary elections on June 11, 2017.
REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer
France’s new En Marche! party is on track to win 400 legislative seats, another victory for the country’s young president.
The face of the British left.
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From outcast campaigner through looming electoral disaster to near-triumph, Corbyn’s remarkable political journey is far from over.
Surprise!
EPA/Gerry Penny
Hitting a moving target is hard, and young people don’t always do what’s expected.