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As Labor’s Annastacia Palaszczuk and the LNP’s Deb Frecklington vie for Queenslanders’ votes, leadership, COVID and economic recovery are set to dominate debate.
A pandemic can amplify friction and tension between jurisdictions – especially when there are political differences and existing conflict.
A key electoral reform in 2009 shifted the focus of legislative elections from political parties to individual candidates.
‘I don’t like the candidates,’ ‘I don’t know enough to make a decision,’ ‘I don’t want to give this election legitimacy’ – an ethicist takes on nonvoters.
Clothing is a way for politicians to convey authenticity and to tell their story.
An army of mostly older, white volunteers run America’s voting sites. They’re reluctant to work during a pandemic. So new recruits are signing up to run the polls, for better and for worse.
It’s easy to edit video of public figures to make them appear asleep, confused, drunk or cognitively impaired when they are not. The technique is being used to undermine Joe Biden’s campaign.
No, it’s not the TV news networks. The American election certification process is a lot more complicated than that.
Russian agents reportedly placed malware in U.S. voter registration systems in 2016 and are actively interfering in the 2020 election. Here’s the state of election cybersecurity.
International observation will not insulate controversial polls – such as Tanzania’s in October – from malpractices, but will make them less likely and allow them to be exposed.
Debate is raging as to whether Uganda can hold a scientific election, preceded by mass media and digital campaigns.
Oregon’s experience shows that mail-in voting can be safe and secure, providing accurate and reliable results the public can be confident in.
Changing the voting age from 18 would allow more young citizens to make voting a habit before they lose interest in politics.
Despite partisan affiliation, American voters tend to share views on common facts about the world. But recent research suggests that when it comes to COVID-19, voters live in alternative realities.
Elections belong to citizens, not politicians. There is no reason to deny or unduly delay this basic democratic right.
Political conventions used to pick presidential nominees in private. Now the public picks the nominee and then the party has a big party at the convention, writes a scholar of US elections.
Even a highly popular and respected leader can lose an election, writes a historian – especially if they don’t have a plan for the future. Churchill was one of them.
Voters across the nation should prepare for similar circumstances in their communities – but there is still time for them to demand better from their officials.
Recognising our cognitive biases and avoid them will help us make sounder decisions, and therefore, a better decision for our country!
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