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Commentary: The one lesson for both parties from Georgia’s runoff

Georgia’s candidates and voters are undoubtedly grateful that this year’s Senate campaign, unlike the last one, was over before the holidays. But the state legislature’s decision to hold the 2022 runoff a month earlier than the 2020 runoff wasn’t motivated by a desire to make things more convenient for everyone.…

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Counting begins in Fiji national election

Polling closed in the Pacific island nation of Fiji's national election on Wednesday evening, where voter turnout of less than 60 per cent was the lowest in a decade, analysts said.

Reuters · Dec 14, 2022

Scrutiny ramps up on Meadows at the Capitol and in NC. The latest on two investigations

RALEIGH, N.C. — North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation has finished its inquiry into whether Mark Meadows, former President Donald Trump’s last White House chief of staff, committed voter fraud.

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022

Why Texas is unlikely to let voters decide on abortion access

A Texas Democrat is proposing a constitutional amendment stopping future abortion restrictions. Voters would have to approve it — but Republican lawmakers aren’t likely to put it in front of them.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 12, 2022

Missouri Democrats could take abortion issue to voters. What would it look like?

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bolstered by an August vote that upheld the right to an abortion in Republican-controlled Kansas, abortion rights supporters are considering whether to seek a ballot initiative to restore abortion rights in Missouri.

Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022

Young voters' enthusiasm for Democrats waned during midterms

Young voters who have been critical to Democratic successes in recent elections showed signs in November's midterms that their enthusiasm may be waning

The Independent UK · Dec 12, 2022

‘This lot? No way’: what ‘red wall’ voters think now of Johnson, the Tories and Labour

We visit Blyth, Bury and Penistone to find out what has changed in the three years since they turned blue

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Council leaders urge ministers to delay plans for photo ID at May elections

Voters risk being turned away and organisers need more time to prepare, argue critics of the new measures

The Guardian - UK · Dec 10, 2022

Rural voters 'in the trenches' on climate, leery of Biden

The impacts of climate change hit communities across the country, yet voters in rural areas are the least likely to feel Washington is in their corner on the issue

The Independent UK · Dec 10, 2022

Six very real threats to democracy

Despite midterm failures, the path to extremism remains open

Salon · Dec 9, 2022