An election official uses the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System to take a picture of a voter during Nigeria’s presidential election.
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The use of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System or BVAS and the result-viewing portal IReV improved the running of the elections.
Labour Party presidential candidate Peter Obi looks on during a party campaign rally in Lagos.
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Peter Obi is leading a ‘third force’ that might spring surprises in Nigeria’s presidential election.
Voting silences voices. Listening deeply to people in your group leads to more robust and better decisions.
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In formal consensus decision-making, no proposal is adopted until every concern is heard, understood and addressed. Here’s how it can work.
Protesters who support Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro storm the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, on Jan. 8, 2023.
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The chaos in Brazil’s capital, along with the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection in the US, demonstrate that there is a key human factor in election integrity.
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez watches Donald Trump’s state of the union address in 2019 with other female Democratic lawmakers.
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For decades, there were growing numbers of Democratic and Republican women in Congress, but the number of Republican women has stalled.
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Our assumptions about what it means to be young have left millions of people disenfranchised.
Votes aplenty in 2023.
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Zimbabwe, Turkey, Argentina, Pakistan and Nigeria all have presidential or general elections in 2023.
More than 110 million votes were cast in the U.S. midterm elections of November 2022.
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Compared with past midterms, voter turnout among young people jumped in 2022 – but it was still below 30%.
A vote sign appears at a campaign event for Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Mastro in Las Vegas on Nov. 1, 2022.
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While TV political ads might seem old-fashioned in the age of social media, research shows that this kind of advertising does win votes – and could influence the upcoming midterms.
People volunteer at a Native Alaskan voting station on Nov. 2, 2022 in Anchorage.
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Voter demographics and policy priorities are two recurrent, big issues on Election Day – but shifts in election administration and voting laws are new challenges influencing the midterms.
It a democratic duty … so just do it!
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‘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.
You need to be prepared so you can vote on Election Day.
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It’s Election Day, you go to vote – and you’re told you’re not registered or you’re not eligible to vote. A civil rights lawyer provides a guide so voters can know their rights to cast a ballot.
Amy Cox, a Democratic candidate running to be an Ohio state representative, speaks with a potential voter on Oct. 23, 2022.
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New surveys carried out by a team of social scientists find no evidence that Democrats, Republicans and independents are more likely to vote because of the Supreme Court’s abortion decision in June.
State laws dictate how far away campaign signs and workers need to be from polling places.
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All 50 states have laws that ban potentially intimidating behavior at polling places. They will need enforcement during the 2022 midterm elections.
Religion shapes how many people vote – and lack of religion does, too.
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Winning elections isn’t just a matter of how many players you have. It’s how engaged they are.
Women are more likely to vote than men, but white women have different voting tendencies than women of color.
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Every citizen has the right to vote. But various characteristics and legal requirements affect how likely any one person is to actually cast a ballot.
From Alaska to Alabama, corporations spend money to shape their local business environments, resources and regulations.
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Businesses can spend huge amounts of money to influence Congress. But sizable lobbyist and campaign donations also go to state campaigns and lawmakers to influence policymaking.
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Permanent residents can vote in New Zealand. So why not here?
Voting at home by mail can be very convenient – and safe from concerns about COVID-19.
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Voting by mail is safe from fraud and manipulation, is backed by people across the political spectrum and can be more convenient for many voters.
A GOP plan means that voters may be challenged on their right to vote.
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On Nov. 8, the US may experience a surge of voters intimidated by Election Day challenges to their right to cast a ballot.