Ballot papers are first sorted by first preference vote for each candidate. The quota is then calculated - which is 50% of valid votes plus one, as only a single position has to be filled for ...

Opinion polls are having a hard time. Due to the horserace-style coverage of polls, one might wonder if we should move political polls to the sports pages of newspapers. Polls come under fire when ...

To great fanfare in 2021, Democrats in the House of Representatives introduced H.R. 1 — designed to, among other things, expand voting rights and access. While the Constitution grants states the power ...