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Tunisia's once-vibrant democracy is on its deathbed: but it can be saved

One of the lessons the 21st century is bringing home is that the winners of elections can gradually kill democracies. Healthy democracies have institutional checks and balances which act as a restraint on elected governments. The key institutions include parliament and independent judicial systems.

The Conversation

Voters cited abortion as a key issue in Pennsylvania’s first election since ‘Roe’ was overturned

As voters streamed into Bell Avenue Elementary School in the Delaware County borough of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, poll watcher Gabriella Coleman stood by ready to help maintain order. But the 32-year-old lawyer said when she cast her own vote Tuesday, she was focused on reproductive rights above all other issues —…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

DUP MP Ian Paisley denies super-majority bill is 'changing the goalposts' for border poll

The bill has been dismissed as a "stunt" by Alliance and the SDLP, while Sinn Fein accused the DUP of "having trouble respecting democracy"

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US midterms: 42 new voting laws since 2021 risk undermining confidence in American democracy

Soon after the first results had been declared in the 2020 US midterm elections it became clear that the “red wave” of Republican victories many pundits had thought would hand them control of both houses of Congress was not materialising as expected. And what was especially marked was that candidates…

The Conversation

Israeli Leaders Warn Of Nation Divided At Ceremony Marking Yitzhak Rabin’s Death

Both President Isaac Herzog and Prime Minister Yair Lapid suggested at the ceremony that Israel's democracy is under threat.

Zenger

Meghan Markle breaks royal protocol as she heads to vote in US mid-term elections

The Duchess of Sussex urged her fellow Americans to vote as she exercised her own civic duty, as divisive issues such as guns, abortion and threats to democracy add to the importance of this year's elections

Daily Mirror

Hong Kong court lets UK lawyer defend media tycoon Jimmy Lai

A Hong Kong court has upheld the decision to let a veteran British lawyer defend pro-democracy newspaper publisher Jimmy Lai at his upcoming national security trial

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Taiwan's Tsai thanks British minister for support

President Tsai Ing-wen has thanked British Trade Minister Greg Hands for London’s support for Taiwan after he became the latest foreign official to defy Chinese pressure and visit the self-ruled island democracy

The Independent UK

House and Senate control uncertain as Democrats so far hold off worst-case ‘red wave’

WASHINGTON — The balance of power in Congress was still in question Tuesday after polls closed across the country and governors races in Florida, Massachusetts and several other states were called.

Los Angeles Times

Republicans confident of House control as polls begin to close, but Senate control uncertain

WASHINGTON — The balance of power in Congress was still in question Tuesday after after polls closed in much of the East and governors races in Florida, Massachusetts and several other states were called.

Los Angeles Times

What voters agree on: Democracy is in danger

That chilling finding comes from a national exit poll conducted by Edison Research for several major news organizations.

Chicago Sun-Times

Midterms 2022: 4 experts on the effects of voter intimidation laws, widespread mail-in voting – and what makes a winner

With control of Congress and statehouses at stake, voters across the nation headed to the polls on Election Day 2022. That was after more than 42 million people had already voted early or by mail. The Conversation asked four scholars to give us their initial observations on the voting, in…

The Conversation

AZ may be key to GOP election subversion

With election deniers up and down the ballot, key voters don’t rank democracy as a big concern

Salon

Listen: 2022 Election Night Special Coverage

Millions have already voted and results are coming in. Listen to NPR election night analysis beginning at 8 p.m. ET.

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Los Angeles Times

Republicans confident of House control, Senate remains close as first polls close

WASHINGTON — Republicans are favored to take at least one chamber of Congress, shifting the balance of power in Washington, as voters head to the polls in the first major test of the country’s democracy since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection.

The Independent UK

VoteCast: Inflation, democracy drive demoralized US voters

The AP VoteCast survey shows that voters have become deeply discouraged about the state of America and its future

Salon

Whatever happens, let's face the truth

After six years of reassuring America that somehow everything will be OK, it's time for the media to get real

The Guardian - UK

Dutch MEP says illegal spyware ‘a grave threat to democracy’

European Commission wears ‘velvet gloves’ when dealing with spyware used on citizens, says chief of inquiry on hacking software such as Pegasus

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Fight for America's soul? High turnout in bitter battle for US Congress

Is democracy really on the ballot, as Joe Biden claims? The whole world is watching the US midterm elections: the first since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine fuelled soaring inflation and the first federal elections since Trump supporters stormed the Capitol. We ask about the issues that have pollsters predicting a…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Egypt’s abuses: justice needed for Alaa Abd el-Fattah – and the others

Editorial: The treatment of the British-Egyptian democracy activist is a travesty, and emblematic of the regime’s brutality

Reason

Nevada Voters Could Smash the Two-Party Duopoly

Abolishing party-specific primary elections makes a lot of sense, and might help steer American democracy back towards the center.

Evening Standard

US elections: democracy is on the ballot (again)

I have a rule: no American politics at the dinner table until you can name two European leaders not called Macron or Scholz.

Los Angeles Times

Anita Chabria: Thanks to Elon Musk's weekend of crazy, Twitter's in flames for election day

It's been less than a month, but how tired are we already of hearing about Elon Musk and Twitter?

Los Angeles Times

Arizona election officials brace for impact in battle against conspiracy theories

PHOENIX — Two years after former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn his loss to Joe Biden, the electoral process remains in the shadow of the 2020 election, plagued by threats to election workers, efforts to misinform or intimidate voters and the rise of far-right candidates who have echoed false…

Salon

Michael Steele: Midterm surprises ahead

Republicans selling a sinister fantasy version of America while Democrats are just clueless, says former GOP head

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