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Published in: Home: OpinionCould mandatory voting fix Northern Ireland’s dysfunctional politics?Voters’ disengagement was clear in last week’s elections – hardly surprising after a year without a government
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Published in: 50.50: AnalysisParaguayan elections pose uncertain future for women and LGBTQ peopleANALYSIS: What’s at stake as Paraguay gears up for a poll tainted by misinformation and anti-rights discourse
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Published in: Home: NewsRevealed: Election watchdog’s stark warning to government over voter IDElectoral Commission chair told ministers their plans are not ‘workable’ or ‘secure’. But the government ignored him
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Published in: Home: AnalysisExplained: What the Supreme Court decision means for Scottish independenceWhile the question of Scotland’s independence won’t be solved by a British court, the ruling could cause chaos
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Published in: Home: AnalysisA new election won’t solve Northern Ireland’s power-sharing crisisThe DUP’s boycott of Stormont has caused political paralysis. Is it time to change how Northern Ireland operates?
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Published in: Home: NewsBoris Johnson accused of ‘partisan interference’ over election watchdogExclusive: Former electoral commissioner David Howarth says new details of government power grab is exactly what...
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Published in: Home: AnalysisSinn Féin could win the Northern Irish election. Here’s what that meansAs a younger generation leaves the old sectarian divisions behind, new political alliances are forming
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Published in: Home: OpinionFrance’s election result should serve as a wake-up call for Keir StarmerThe Labour leader and Emmanuel Macron both fail to grasp that aping the far Right won’t lead to its demise
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Published in: Home: OpinionThis time around, the threat of a Le Pen presidency is realThe far Right does not command a majority in France. But Macron’s arrogance and elitism, plus divisions on the Left,...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe French election is all about imperialism. Here’s whyWith oligarchs using their media outlets to promote far-Right presidential candidates, France is being haunted by...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: NewsUK government accused of ‘rigging democracy’ with election changesPlans to impose First Past the Post voting system on mayoral and police crime commissioner elections were ‘sneaked...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWho decides Iran’s presidential elections?On Friday, Iranians will go to the polls to vote for the new president. But the will of the people is not the only...
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Published in: openDemocracyUK: OpinionIs this the beginning of the end for Labour?The pandemic should have been a chance to decry inequality and demand change. Instead, Labour tried to win a...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: ExplainerPower is up for grabs in Israel – but does anyone except Netanyahu want it?As yet another election looms, years of discrimination and racism have fragmented Israeli politics, leading voters...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaEcuador’s pro-mining politics dealt a blow by Indigenous, green movementIn a historic referendum, more than 80% of the electorate in Cuenca, Ecuador’s third-largest city, voted to ban...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: Interview‘Barbarism or solidarity’ at stake at Ecuador elections, says indigenous presidential candidateYaku Pérez, the leader of indigenous party Pachakutik, is running on a green platform – but can he reach outside of...
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Published in: Countering the Radical RightIs fascism returning to Romania?A new Romanian radical right party is resurrecting Romania’s interwar fascism.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaGuaidó proposes to step aside if Maduro does so to conduct free, fair, and verifiable electionsThe 6 December parliamentary elections in Venezuela are seen as a fraud by the opposition and part of the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionThe business of being a bad loser in MexicoThe (ill-gotten) power of defeated candidates in Mexico
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Published in: Home: OpinionAmerica 2020: an interim report from the slough of anxietyA detailed briefing that gives pessimists and optimists alike a lot to think about.
