Javier Milei Wins Presidential Election in Argentina
On November 19, 2023, Javier Milei was elected the new president of Argentina. He won close to 56 percent of the votes in a run-off […]
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Questions Raised After Tinubu’s Presidential Election Victory in Nigeria
On February 25, 2023, Bola Tinubu was named winner of Nigeria’s presidential election. But Tinubu’s presidential opponents and several election observers have questioned the fairness […]
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Afghanistan Faces Humanitarian Crisis In September 2021, President Joe Biden withdrew all American troops from Afghanistan. American soldiers had been stationed there for twenty years […]
North Carolina Revises Voting Laws for Felons
This week’s Election Central post takes a look at a North Carolina change in voting rights. If someone has been convicted of a felony, do […]
Voting with Disabilities
This week’s Election Central post reports on the experiences of voters with disabilities in recent national elections. Usually when we talk about voter access, we […]
The Electoral College Goes to Court
This week’s story update on Election Central thinks about the role of the Electoral College. You might never have thought about the Electoral College until […]
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Cease Fire in Idlib, Syria The deadly civil war in Syria has been going on since 2011, but it feels like forever. Is it possible […]
Smartphones: The Future of Voting?
Last week, btw took a closer look at the new use of smartphones in the Iowa caucus: for the first time ever, Iowans will be […]
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Paradise, California: Six Months Later Six months ago, btw brought you the story of the devastating California Camp fire, which killed at least 85 people […]
Candidates, Campaigns . . . and Child Care?
This week’s story update on the Election Central Web site examines how the increasing number of female political candidates is putting social pressure on the […]