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When candidates can get elected to Congress based on a mountain of lies they’ve told, is it time to reconsider whether such lies are protected by the First Amendment?
Despite the benefits that could come from integration, many African countries remain wary of the process.
Nigeria must fix its electoral system before the next general elections in 2023.
Are the conditions ripe in the US for violence before, during or after the presidential election?
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.
The US has sent troops to countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of Congo in anticipation of violence and unrest once the election results are announced.
The re-election of Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen contributes to the growing global democratic crisis. Here’s why.
The Canadian government is right to hold public consultations on digital and data transformation given how profoundly it affects society at large. But the scope is far too narrow.
Many African elections are less than ideal. But is the rest of the world really that much better?
Claims about Cambridge Analytica’s role in elections in Nigeria and Kenya have been overstated.
President Nicolás Maduro has announced he will run for reelection, a sign that Venezuela’s authoritarian regime now has an electoral strategy for beating the opposition.
By resorting to all means necessary, Nicolás Maduro’s government has clawed its way back from the brink of collapse.
There are good reasons to be concerned about the procedures used for voter registration in many countries, including many long-established democracies.
Despite concerns about corruption, the high cost of living and a stagnating economy, Kenyans may have handed Uhuru Kenyatta a second term.
Passports for polling booths should not be a vote winner.
Donald Trump is wrong: the US election can’t be rigged. But it’s a different story in Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Gabon and Mexico.
Some advice for Trump from Mexico, a place that knows something about contested elections: nobody likes a sore loser.
Gabon has the lowest trust ratings of any election commission among the 36 African countries surveyed by Afrobarometer.
Voting for national leaders has become the global norm in a remarkably short time – in Africa in 1988, only 25% of countries had multiparty elections, but 94% do today. Yet all is not well.
Top contributors
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ARC Laureate Fellow, Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney and McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics, Harvard Kennedy School
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Professor of History, Durham University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Department of Government and Public Administration, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow, University of Exeter, University of Exeter
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Honorary Senior Lecturer, Institute of Local Government Studies, University of Birmingham
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PhD Candidate, Australian National University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Electoral Integrity Project, University of Sydney
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Teaching Fellow, Department of History, University of Birmingham
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Assistant researcher, University of Sydney
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Professor of Asian Studies, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, The University of Edinburgh
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Associate Professor of Political Science, Brock University
