In the United States, when only two candidates are on a ballot, the results are normally quite clear — the winner has a majority, or over 50% of the vote. But when there are three or more contenders, ...

American democracy is struggling. Political polarization has exacerbated division within the electorate, while gerrymandering and hyperpolarization mean only a handful of elections are truly ...

(WLUK) -- A democracy approaching its 250th birthday is reevaluating how to conduct its most democratic practice: voting. Earlier this week, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani to be the ...

For more than 200 years the Electoral College has been the key factor in determining the results of the presidential races in America. But many Americans want the the president to be elected by the ...

People frequently are forced to vote for someone other than their preference, keeping us in a two-party duopoly.

Luzerne County’s Election Bureau has completed its review of voting system options and is recommending the leasing of a new one from Hart InterCivic. The county’s five-citizen Election Board is ...

Elections belong to the public. Just as we have the right to understand our overall election process, we have a right to understand the underlying hardware and software involved in electronic voting.

For more than three decades, Louisianans have pushed buttons on the same voting machines when casting ballots for everything from local school board members to president of the United States. But ...