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Hacking fears will slow global e-voting adoption

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INTERNATIONAL

Problems with online voting.

Canada's left feels pressure as Liberal support falls

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CANADA

Support for the Conservatives now equals the combined support for the centre-left Liberals and the New Democratic Party (NDP), which is further left. The Conservatives are now…

BBI reforms will exacerbate Kenya's political divides

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KENYA

Kenyatta and Odinga claim the reforms will mitigate Kenya’s winner-takes-all political culture. Critics allege they aim simply to shore up an emerging Kenyatta/Odinga coalition…

Canada's Conservatives are not Trump-style populists

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CANADA

Mulroney represented a centrist strand of conservatism that can appear old-fashioned as current Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre moves the party to the right, but Poilievre…

Activists will push reforms at US party conventions

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UNITED STATES

Unlike in most previous presidential election years, many of the protests against the current nomination process for both parties have assumed an existential quality, with many…

Serb leader may try quietly to drop Bosnian referendum

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BOSNIA

Under international pressure, Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik has avoided holding a referendum that he initiated in 2015 on whether the Court of Bosnia-Hercegovina (BiH) has…

US policy encourages Venezuelans to head to US border

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UNITED STATES

The Biden administration’s indication of tougher sanctions on the Maduro government may play well in terms of next month’s midterm elections but it is likely to increase further…

Prospects for Canada to end-2021

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PROSPECTS H2 2021

Prospects for Canada to end-2021.

US South will be competitive for Democrats from 2020

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UNITED STATES

Georgia’s governor will therefore appoint a stand-in senator before a special election in 2020, two years before the seat would normally have been up for election. Democrats are…

Provincial resentment of Ottawa may be growing

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CANADA

The campaign to lead the UCP is likely to bring out a rising sense of frustration with the Liberal government in Ottawa. Quebec is also exhibiting a renewed sense of nationalism…