Researchers from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), in collaboration with international experts, have published a scientific study on how to ensure that the selection of committees and expert ...

In 2022, voters in Portland, Oregon, adopted a package of reforms to replace a commission government established in 1913. The old charter called for a small council and a peculiar version of at-large ...

In American politics, the people are supposed to choose their leaders. However, in state after state, it’s increasingly the opposite: politicians choose their voters. The evidence of democratic ...

The first-past-the-post system favoured Reform in this English local elections ...

As states from Texas to California to Florida debate and vote on new electoral maps, Americans are both learning about — and often disgusted by — the scale of gerrymandering in their states. The ...

Last week, the town of Newburgh — not to be confused with the city of Newburgh — agreed to change how it elects the Town Council, and adopted a proportional rank choice voting system. The change comes ...

Now is the time to envision a better electoral system, regardless of who sits on the court.

Professor of political science Ailsa Henderson also said it was the ‘most volatile’ election Scotland has seen.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Jennifer Lynn McCoy, Georgia State University (THE CONVERSATION) In the face of ...

If U.S. electoral politics is going to survive the high court’s attack on equal rights, the game will have to change.

Civic engagement leaders in Washington called on the state to adopt ranked choice voting as they looked for ways to protect ...