#electoral

7:36pm, 31st July, 2019

PM Johnson faces first electoral test in vote for Welsh parliamentary seat

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson could see his working majority in parliament reduced to just one when voters in a rural Welsh parliamentary seat go to the polls on Thursday in his first electoral test as leader.

Spain's Socialists increase their electoral advantage: poll

1:45am, 22nd April, 2019

World

Spain's Socialists increase their electoral advantage: poll

Spain's Socialists increased their lead in a poll published on Monday in newspaper ABC that gave them 31.5 percent of votes, but fell short of a majority ahead of a general election on April 28.

U.S. Supreme Court divided on partisan electoral maps

3:46pm, 26th March, 2019

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court divided on partisan electoral maps

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared divided along ideological lines again on whether the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power may violate the constitutional rights of voters, with Ju...

U.S. Supreme Court justices divided on partisan electoral maps

2:34pm, 26th March, 2019

US

U.S. Supreme Court justices divided on partisan electoral maps

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled skepticism toward letting the judiciary curb the contentious practice of manipulating electoral district boundaries to entrench one party in power, as the court appeared divided largely alo...

Engineering elections? U.S. top court examines electoral map manipulation

6:56am, 22nd March, 2019

US

Engineering elections? U.S. top court examines electoral map manipulation

Before the Republican-led state legislature divided their city and even their college campus into two different districts in a bid to boost the party's election chances, students like recent graduate Vashti Smith could vote for the Democratic U....

Nigeria presidential election postponed to February 23: electoral commission chairman

9:48pm, 15th February, 2019

World

Nigeria presidential election postponed to February 23: electoral commission chairman

Nigeria's presidential election, which was due to be held on Saturday, has been postponed to Feb. 23, the chairman of the country's electoral commission said on Saturday.

U.S. Supreme Court turns away Pennsylvania electoral map dispute

9:11am, 29th October, 2018

Politics

U.S. Supreme Court turns away Pennsylvania electoral map dispute

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rebuffed a bid by Republican legislators in Pennsylvania to reinstate a congressional district map struck down by that state's top court as unlawfully biased in favor of Republicans.

Brazil electoral court bars Lula from presidential race

9:49pm, 31st August, 2018

World

Brazil electoral court bars Lula from presidential race

Brazil's top electoral court ruled on Friday that jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva cannot run in this year's presidential election due to a corruption conviction.

Zimbabwe opposition marches on electoral agency to demand reforms

7:03am, 11th July, 2018

World

Zimbabwe opposition marches on electoral agency to demand reforms

Zimbabwe's main opposition party marched to the independent election agency for the second time in as many months on Wednesday, demanding reforms it said were vital for a credible vote this month.

Supreme court largely backs Texas Republicans over electoral maps

10:50am, 25th June, 2018

US

Supreme court largely backs Texas Republicans over electoral maps

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday handed a victory to Texas Republicans by reviving electoral districts drawn by the state legislature that had been thrown out by a lower court for diluting the influence of black and Hispanic vo...

Supreme Court sidesteps major rulings on electoral map manipulation

12:26pm, 18th June, 2018

US

Supreme Court sidesteps major rulings on electoral map manipulation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan ad...

Supreme Court declines to curb electoral map manipulation

11:24am, 18th June, 2018

US

Supreme Court declines to curb electoral map manipulation

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday dealt a setback to election reformers by declining to use high-profile cases from Wisconsin and Maryland to curb the ability of state lawmakers to draw electoral districts purely for partisan ad...

Some states taking electoral maps out of politicians' hands

10:00am, 7th June, 2018

US

Some states taking electoral maps out of politicians' hands

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule by the end of June on the contentious practice called partisan gerrymandering in which state legislators draw electoral maps designed to entrench their own party in power, but states in gro...