Arizona tries to make it harder for people to enrol to vote, but the Supreme Court says no.

Politicians across the world are sincerely convinced that they are worthy recipients of public money. The public disagrees, but only rarely – as this week in Australia – is it able to get its voice heard.

An analysis of Malaysia’s electoral results shows how the government won. (Hint: it wasn’t by winning more votes.)

Sandra Day O’Connor, who indirectly gave us the Iraq war and much else, now seems to regret her role. Better late than never.

French Polynesia votes next week in the second round of an election designed to end a long period of instability. It looks like returning the controversial Gaston Flosse to the top job.

Unions NSW is launching a High Court challenge to election expenditure laws. A recent case from Pennsylvania provides an interesting contrast.

Italians prepare to celebrate Easter still without a new government, five weeks after an inconclusive general election.

Last week’s political crisis in Victoria illustrates a problem about having fixed-term parliaments in a Westminster system.

Malta, with its familiar yet unusual electoral system, looks like swinging to the left.

Kenyan vote counting is even slower than expected, and its election authority has come up with a bizarre interpretation of what a “vote” is.