Elections

Attorneys oversee the ballot process at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Warehouse on November 15th, 2018, in West Palm Beach, Florida.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A Cornell University government scholar warns that false claims of voter fraud have dangerous long-term implications.

• By Tom Jacobs

Now that felons can vote in Florida, Democrats might see a boost in future elections.

• By Max Ufberg

In one of the most consequential mid-term measures nationwide, Florida's Amendment 4 would automatically restore voting rights to most felons who complete their sentences.

• By Emma Sarappo

Just before the vote, a video with homophobic overtones appeared across multiple social media networks and may have helped steer the election toward far-right president-elect Jair Bolsonaro.

• By Ciara Long

Want to vote but unsure of your state's laws? Don't worry, we've got you covered.

• By Emma Sarappo

This is the most interest in a mid-term election that pollsters have seen since 2006.

• By Francie Diep

Bolsonaro's angry, populist campaign rhetoric led many newspapers and public figures worldwide to declare his candidacy a threat to the country's 33-year-old democracy.

• By Helder Ferreira do Vale

The state election could serve as an effective referendum on Angela Merkel's government.

• By Emma Sarappo

Recent court challenges to politically motivated redistricting have yielded several decisions not to decide.

• By Jack Denton

Of the more than 50,000 people in the state whose voter registrations are frozen or "pending," about 98 percent live in urban areas.

• By Brentin Mock

A Peruvian soldier stands guard at a polling station during municipal elections in Lima, Peru, on October 7th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Next month's elections will serve as an effective referendum on Trump.

• By Emma Sarappo

Research finds voters in these heavily Republican areas are less likely to support obscure office-seekers with feminine-sounding names.

• By Tom Jacobs

Supporters of the leader of the Cameroonian opposition party Movement for the Rebirth of Cameroon raise their fists during a campaign rally in Yaounde for the presidential elections.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A riot policeman throws a sound grenade during clashes against protestors demonstrating against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, on September 23rd, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The outcome of this year's election will likely set the stage for the murky years to come, be those years of recovery—or persistent chaos.

• By Chayenne Polimédio

Invoking the bloody history of regime change in the region, 10 countries signed a document rejecting military intervention in Venezuela.

• By Jack Herrera

Lessons from the Nixon years.

• By Seth Masket

New research argues Republicans' us-vs.-them attitude gave the GOP an advantage by heightening party solidarity.

• By Tom Jacobs

The federal government has released data on how states will spend money set aside for election infrastructure. But questions remain about how much it will help secure the 2018 election.

• By Blake Paterson & Ally J. Levine

The late senator's funeral had an unspoken but vital message for those who still wield power: to not wait until your time is up to speak out.

• By Seth Masket

As we saw following Ronald Reagan's drubbing of Walter Mondale, the losing party will often try to define their defeat in a way that helps shape future strategy.

• By Seth Masket

Thousands of recently released documents make clear that the commission's work was driven by a small number of members who were convinced—without evidence—that voter fraud was widespread.

• By Jessica Huseman