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Meet the ‘Wands’ – the voters who could decide the next UK election

In the most marginal seats, voters of working age with no degree make up a large proportion of the electorate, say political analysts Chris Curtis and Tom Collinge

The Guardian - UK · Jul 6, 2022

Free noodles offered as Japan wrestles with low youth turnout for elections

Ramen chain offers free refills as upper house elections near, amid concerns younger voters feel politicians are more interested in targeting ageing society

The Guardian - AU · Jul 6, 2022

Feds sue over new Arizona citizenship proof law for voting

The U.S. Department of Justice is suing Arizona over a new law requiring people who use a federal form to register to vote to provide additional proof of citizenship if they want to vote for president

The Independent UK · Jul 6, 2022

Types of Political Power Slippery Slopes

[Last month, I've been serializing my 2003 Harvard Law Review article, The Mechanisms of the Slippery Slope, and I'm finishing it up at the start of this month.] Decision A may change the political balance in several different ways. [1.] Decisions to change the voting rules (such as rules related…

Reason · Jul 1, 2022

Disinformation, mudslinging induce voter apathy in Kenyan youth

Kenya’s digitally-savvy youth are being exposed to outright disinformation and inflammatory rhetoric on social media.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2022

Editorial: Scott Perry, Jeffrey Clark, and the lingering threat of Jan. 6 enablers

The six House Select Committee hearings on the attack on the Capitol have exposed the seditious lengths Donald Trump and his associates went to try to overturn the 2020 election, from promoting election fraud lies, pressuring state election officials to throw out votes, leaning on Vice President Mike Pence to…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Jul 1, 2022

Ranked-choice voting campaign submits signatures for Nevada ballot

On June 29, the Nevada Voters First campaign submitted signatures to qualify for the Nevada ballot this November. This came on the day after the Nevada Supreme Court ruled that the initiative may proceed to the ballot.

Ballotpedia · Jun 30, 2022

How many Americans voted in 2020?

Voter turnout surged in 2020 with increases in mail-in and early voting.

USAFacts · Jun 30, 2022

Downfall of Bolsonaro ally spotlights Brazilian leader's female voter issue

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right former army captain with a history of misogynistic comments, has a female voter problem that could cost him in October elections. And it just got worse.

Reuters · Jun 30, 2022

Josh Hawley became a symbol of the Jan. 6 insurrection. He hasn’t come up in the hearings

WASHINGTON — The Select Committee to Investigate the January 6 Attack on the U.S. Capitol has presented a lot of evidence about the effort to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Jun 30, 2022