Voters’ responses to information in a way compatible with Bayesian updating, can explain the modest size of campaign effects.
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AMERICA
Voters Can Be Persuaded To Switch Candidate Support With New Info
Majority Continue To Favor Moving Away From Electoral College
Due to the Electoral College’s excessive influence in recent elections, most Americans back altering the presidential election process.
4 States To Use Gerrymandered Maps Ruled Illegal
Despite judges opposing racially biased maps in Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Ohio, these states are going ahead with these maps.
Turning Jails Into Polling Places
Every day, over 500,000 individuals in America are in jail. In many states, it is acceptable for a detained resident to cast a ballot.
Denver Renews Voting Software Feds Say Proved Vulnerable
A federal agency warned about a security breach on the Dominion systems last month. But Denver City Council has decided to use them.
Google Quieter On Election Misinformation As Midterms Loom
Google is able to monitor false information. But the internet giant is less vocal about election misinformation ahead of the midterms.
It’s Time For Universal Voting
A genuinely inclusive and participatory democracy, which is currently essential to the stability of America, requires universal voting.
Kansas abortion referendum drives record number of voters to polls
Only a small number of voters participate in primaries, but this year’s Kansas primary was unique due to its abortion referendum.
Election Workers Report More Than 1,000 ‘hostile’ Contacts
More than 1,000 interactions “identified as hostile or harassing” were examined by a task force established by the DOJ last year.
- Federal Lobbying Spending On Track To Set New Record In 2022
- What if the Supreme Court had had term limits from the beginning?
- Two-Thirds Of Americans Support Supreme Court Term Limits
- He Ordered Celebrities’ Absentee Ballots. Now He’s Under Arrest.
- Former Republicans And Democrats Form New Third Party
- Correcting Misconceptions About The Electoral Count Reform Act
- Conspiracy-Promoting Sheriffs Claim Vast Election Authority
- A Hidden New Threat to U.S. Elections
- How Redistricting Gives Republicans New Political Power
- Can Ranked-Choice Voting Save American Democracy?
WORLDWIDE
A Greek Scandal Reverberates As Eavesdropping Expands In Europe
Revelations that a top opposition figure’s cell phone was bugged has alarmed government, raising worries of the extent of such espionage.
How The Ultrarich Use Media Ownership As A Political Investment
A growing number of billionaires globally are combining their political and financial goals with control of significant media outlets.
How Sri Lankans Rose Up to Dethrone A Dynasty
Following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation, protesters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, were seen having a good time last month.
Why South Korea Just Pardoned The Samsung ‘Prince’
Lee Jae-yong, heir to Samsung who was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement in 2017, has received a special presidential pardon.
Kenya’s Battered Economy Takes Center Stage In Election
Regardless of who wins Kenya’s August 9, 2022, general election, Raila Odinga or William Ruto, the economy needs to be strengthened.
Could Democracy Backslide in Colombia?
After decades of civil war, Columbia’s democracy has improved much. But it is still important to consider if its democracy could backslide.
Haiti Sinks Into Pandemonium, The World Community Is Silent
Haiti remains unstable. Pandemonium is spreading further over the nation. The international community, as usual, is silent.
Michigan Officials Detail a Brazen Voting Machine Scheme
The Michigan attorney general’s office discovered attempts to induce county clerks in three counties to turn up election equipment.
Ethiopia Gets Tough On Journalists Since Tigray Conflict
When it comes to press repression in Africa, Ethiopia and Eritrea are at the top of the list. They are the leading African jailers of journalists
- Ethiopia Gets Tough On Journalists Since Tigray Conflict
- Mexico To Investigate Former President Pena Nieto’s Finances
- Forced Organ Harvesting In China
- Senegal’s Disputed Elections Do Not Bode Well For Democracy
- Sweeping Mortgage Boycott Changes The Face Of Dissent In China
- Tunisians Back Constitution Giving Extraordinary Powers To President
- Thousands In Bosnia Protest Possible Changes To Election Law
- Russia Is Quietly Ramping Up Its Internet Censorship Machine
- The Last ‘Arab Spring’ Democracy Is Dangling By A Thread
- Myanmar Junta Executes Four Democracy Activists