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The global increase in migration—with approximately 3.6% of the global population living as expatriates—has resulted in many countries extending external voting rights to their overseas citizens. This ...

Election security officials have no evidence that ballots were deleted or lost by voting systems in this month's U.S. election, two security groups said in a statement released on Thursday by the lead ...

In the run-up to the U.S. vote in November, social media companies like Facebook Inc and Twitter have announced new rules for various post-election scenarios.

On Oct. 3, the campaigns will file updated fundraising reports. In the last filing from August, the four candidates on the general ballot reported having raised a total $35.7 million since the start ...

The Tanzanian government has intensified political repression, raising grave concerns that the general elections scheduled ...

Shasta County supervisors approved over $131,000 for the elections official to test a new ballot processing system. The county's top election official has removed all but four ballot drop boxes. A ...

Election charges against a sitting elected county official are being suspended and will likely be dropped. In July, Marcus Buchanan, who was 56, was charged with illegal voting for allegedly violating ...

A new bill in Wisconsin aims to allow early processing of absentee ballots the day before an election. The legislation is intended to speed up vote counting and prevent late-night shifts in results.

Major European airports are starting to recover after they were hit by a cyberattack that affected check-in systems, causing flight cancellations and huge delays for thousands of passengers over the ...

The Pennsylvania League of Women Voters invites the public to learn about the courts in our state, in two programs that they are offering via Zoom this month. Election and retention of judges are ...