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Votes for cash: the significance of vote buying in Nigeria’s democracy

The 2022 primary and gubernatorial elections in Nigeria brought to the fore the reality of vote buying.

The Conversation

Editorial: Massacres, abortion, climate change: What will it take to make voters wake up?

President Joe Biden is correct to blame Congress for the political stalemate blocking action on bills to address urgent issues such as climate change and abortion rights — action that most Americans want to see. But no amount of complaining about Republican obstinacy and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin’s swing-vote ambivalence…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

US publishes list of alleged bad actors in Central America

The U.S. State Department has named 60 current and former officials, as well as some corporate figures in its latest list of people suspected of corruption or undermining democracy in four Central American countries

The Independent UK

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Letters to the Editor — July 21, 2022

Inner-party democracy

The Hindu

Religion and state need to be in balance to protect democracy in South Africa

The relationship between religion and the law is often complicated. It is sometimes even conflicted. At the heart of the matter lies the tension between freedom of belief and association, and protection from abuse.

The Conversation

Rekha Basu: Jan. 6 committe points up fragility of our democracy

Whatever political side you’re on, and however you feel about Donald Trump’s policies, personality or problems with the truth, the latest testimonies to the U.S. House committee investigating Jan. 6, 2021, make a couple of things chillingly clear.

Tribune News Service

Editorial: Some signs indicate a Republican sweep of Congress might not be inevitable

A new national poll suggests the midterm elections could end up being a lot tighter than Republicans are hoping for, and not the blowout that Democrats are fearing. Of course, the devil is in the details, and there’s nothing predictable regarding voter sentiments in a midterm election that pits urban…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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European Parliament VP urges renewed China-Taiwan dialogue

European Parliament Vice President Nicola Beer has met with Taiwan's leader Tsai Ing-wen and called for China to open a “mutual and respectful dialogue" with the self-governing island democracy it claims as its own territory

The Independent UK

One in five US adults condone ‘justified’ political violence, mega-survey finds

As mistrust and alienation from democratic institutions peaks, researchers explore how willing Americans are to commit violence

The Guardian - US

Chile marks a notch in global constitutionalism

The country’s draft Constitution is an example of a framework for an enduring and egalitarian democracy

The Hindu

No inner-party democracy

Unlike their counterparts in the U.K., MPs in India have no autonomy to question and challenge their party leadership

The Hindu

If Ukraine Wants To Stand for Liberty and Democracy, It Should Rethink Some of Its Wartime Policies

We can condemn the actions of Moscow without forfeiting the right to point out missteps in Kyiv.

Reason

The Tories are upping their attack on our democracy, under cover of the leadership contest

Deep within the Northern Ireland protocol bill, ministers are making a sinister grab for yet more unchecked powers, says transparency campaigner Gina Miller

The Guardian - UK

Europe must 'stand firm' with Taiwan: EU lawmaker

Europe must support Taiwan's democracy, a senior EU lawmaker said Tuesday at the start of a trip to the island, citing both Russia's invasion of Ukraine and China's crackdown in Hong Kong.

Bangkok Post

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The Conversation

What’s climate got to do with electoral reform? More than you might think

What do electoral laws, social media, climate change and secure work have in common?

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Midterm elections are a fight against ‘extremist, so-called leaders,’ Vice President Kamala Harris tells NAACP members

Speaking to hundreds of civil rights activists gathered in Atlantic City, Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday framed the November midterm elections as an existential fight for liberty and progress, saying “extremist so-called leaders (are) attempting to undermine our democracy and assault our most fundamental freedoms.”

The New Daily

‘Global assault on democracy and freedom’: Prince Harry’s message to United Nations

Prince Harry has told the United Nations general assembly leaders must act against a "global assault on democracy and freedom" which he says has worsened a "painful year in a painful decade".

Evening Standard

Prince Harry calls out ‘rolling back of constitutional rights in US’ in UN speech marking Nelson Mandela Day

The Duke of Sussex warned of ‘global assault on democracy and freedom’ in speech to mark Nelson Mandela International Day

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The Independent UK

Prince Harry condemns the ‘rolling back of constitutional rights’ in United Nations speech

‘We are witnessing a global assault on democracy and freedom,’ Duke of Sussex tells UN General Assembly

The Independent UK

Harry warns of ‘global assault on democracy and freedom’ in speech about Mandela

The Duke of Sussex also spoke about his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who met the former South African leader in March 1997.

Wales Online

'The cancellation of Sky's Tory leadership debate shows what a joke our democracy has become'

Columnist Will Hayward argues that the fact that a party that has run the country for over a decade has decided that it is too risky for the person who is going to govern us to have a public debate shows how many underlying health conditions our country has

Salon

Joe Walsh warns of major MAGA violence

Outspoken Trump critic Joe Walsh tells Salon why the Democratic Party is outmatched in the fight for democracy

The Guardian - US

‘It was opportunistic in the best sense’: how the US constitution inspired an exhibition

After a frenzied auction, a rare first printing of the US constitution was lent to a museum in Arkansas where it’s led to an exhibition on democracy

Newcastle Herald

Crime files: Attack on a Belmont mum

A jury trial is one of the best examples of democracy at work.

AAP

Independent MP tackles 'jobs for mates'

Australian politics has a growing "jobs for mates" culture but an independent MP says her proposed bill will put a stop to it.

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