Questions tagged [voting]
To be used in relation to questions about the process in which a representative democracy elects its representatives, including how they are physically counted. Not to be used for questions about how the votes are scored, which are covered under the [voting-systems] tag.
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What are the key technologies used in the Chandrayaan-3 mission? [closed]
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To what extent if any did the Koch brothers facilitate an "attack on voting rights... that began after 2008"?
In CNN's November 30, 2023 Will Koch’s endorsement be enough for Nikki Haley to beat Trump?, civil rights attorney Maya Wiley responds to a question about financial support linked to the Koch brothers ...
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How would electoral votes be cast if the winning presidential candidate was a write-in?
If a write-in candidate won the November 2024 general election for President in some state, how would electors be chosen, since no political party had appointed electors in advance for that candidate?
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What aspects of voting in the USA are left to the states and what are controlled by the federal government?
As far as I understand it, the implementation of voting is left up to the individual states in the USA. On the other hand, federal legislation and rulings by the Supreme Court have certainly affected ...
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In the UK, what are the votes that started as voiced but passed into the divisions for more formal voting?
Following my previous question, I've learned from comments that many votes in the UK are voiced. According to what I was able to gather the Speaker of the House determines if a vote will be voice and ...
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Why are "the rich" more able to identify the party which represent their interests than "the poor"?
Consider the following premises, for which I think there is fair degree of consensus (at least according to my knowledge of political history of Latin America, but perhaps more broadly):
the majority ...
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Congressional vs. Party Votes: Secrets & Differences
In the domain of voting methodologies, what moral, ethical, and procedural distinctions arise when comparing secret ballots in congressional votes and party votes?
Why do the principles and rationales ...
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Can the Trump Campaign use the voter data the Trump Administration received in 2017?
In 2017 the Trump Administration requested and received 2016 voting data from the states. In some states this data can be used to determine how a person voted based on a code that was entered into the ...
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Election disruption caused by ballot typographic error or omission
Has there ever been an instance of where a typographic error or omission on a paper ballot led to a delay or postponement of an election? I would assume that filing deadlines are set in part to allow ...
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Why is vote counting made so laborious in the US?
At the UK General Election in 2015, the constituency of Houghton & Sunderland South, declared its result in under 49 minutes, from close of polling.
Polling stations at UK parliamentary ...
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Does allowing Commonwealth citizens to vote in UK elections have any practical impact on those elections?
Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK are generally allowed to vote in UK elections, even if they aren't British citizens. There's been some controversy over this provision. For example, Migration ...
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Did the countries which vote on July 12th against the UNHRC resolution condemning religious hatred and bigotry vote for the same reason?
UN motion after Sweden Quran burning: How did your country vote?
The motion called for countries to review their laws and plug gaps
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Why did Chile and Mexico abstain from voting, on the July 12th UNHRC resolution condemning religious hatred and bigotry?
UN motion after Sweden Quran burning: How did your country vote?
The motion called for countries to review their laws and plug gaps
that may “impede the prevention and prosecution of acts and ...
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What is the maximum number of seats possible in the Bundestag?
As we know, the German Bundestag uses a mixed-member proportional (MMP) electoral system, with constituency votes that are majoritarian (299 seats) and party votes that are proportional (299 seats), ...
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Did the 2022 Alaska congressional special election have a Condorcet winner, who was not elected?
Does anyone know if Begich may have been the Condorcet winner? Nic Tideman emailed me a few days ago, asking me this question.
I sure as hell do not know unless we can get the records of the ...
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What legal impediments might there be to alternate voting systems?
Most jurisdictions in the US use first-past-the-post voting. This appears to me to be a historical artifact; I'm not aware of any legal impediments on a federal level that would prevent states or ...
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Voting system with two votes as a defense against fear of voting for a loser - is it anywhere in the world?
In some countries there is a big fear among voters of voting for a party that doesn't end up in the parliament because they didn't reach the minimum threshold of votes, making their votes go in vain. ...
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How did the adoption of compulsory voting in Australia impact the partisan balance there?
Compulsory voting was introduced in Australia:
for state elections in Queensland in 1915, excluding Indigenous
Australians. Victoria introduced compulsory voting in 1926, New South
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Why do organizations and people try to convince others to vote in the US election?
Many organizations (including Google on their home page) encourage people to vote in the US election without specifying a candidate or political party. Why is this done? Are they assuming that the ...
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Pennsylvania mail in return rates 2023 primary? [closed]
In Pennsylvania, there is a municipal primary happening with Election Day on May 16. I have not been able to find data on Pennsylvania's mail request data but I have a feeling it exists because such ...
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Will we know after the election how many people are denied a vote because of the new ID rules?
In the UK on Thursday 4 May 2023, local elections are taking place across England. To vote at a polling station, you will need to bring photo ID. This is a new law introduced by the current ...
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Is Norway a rentier and resource-dependent country?
I have been reading a lot on the rentier state literature and have noticed that papers published in the last two decades focus on the typical rentier cases such as Saudi Arabia or Venezuela. However, ...
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Have any municipalities in the US ever used approval voting?
Approval voting is an alternate voting system which some people believe has many advantages over our standard first-past-the-post system. Instead of marking a single candidate, the voter marks every ...
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Is it possible to expand voting right by ordinary legislation provided that there is no explicit constitutional restriction?
I have noticed that while many constitutions guarantee voting rights for its citizens, these provisions are often phrased in a way that does not preclude expanding such right to people beyond the ...
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What is an example of a political process in which every person’s vote amounts to something?
One of the most common grievances against elections is that it doesn’t matter if you vote because it won’t make a difference how the world is or significantly sway the outcome of an election.
What is ...
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Which countries allow MPs to vote by proxy?
According to this article, an MP can vote by proxy in the UK:
(..) the Commons has reverted to its usual rules and processes for
voting, meaning that divisions take place in person with proxy votes
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Requirements for citizens living outside the US to vote in elections
In the United States, people who are not residents of individual states cannot vote in federal elections for President, Senators, and Representatives. However, US troops stationed overseas are allowed ...
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Why would voting for a US House Speaker candidate from a majority party be "taboo" and punishable if you're a member of a minority party?
If I'm a US House representative and a member of the numerical minority party, and the majority party is struggling to get consensus on a candidate for House Speaker that I find particularly ...
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Are monarchies like Kuwait authoritarian, autocratic, constitutional monarchies, or mixed political systems?
I am trying to find a clear conceptual difference in terms of how different monarchies are defined or classified. For example, let's consider three countries with monarchies: Kuwait, UAE, and Norway. ...
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What is the significance of the non-dictatorship principle in Arrow's theorem, and does this example fit the definition of a dictator? [duplicate]
Arrow's non-dictatorship principle states that "no single voter possesses the power to always determine the group's preference."
I am unsure if I am missing some nuance from this definition, ...
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As a voter in a democratic country, how can I influence a single issue?
If I am a regular citizen in a democratic country, I exercise my political power by voting (somehow) for regional leaders and the national leader. If I agree with all the positions of a particular ...
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General term for voting system where one group pre-selects n out of m, other selects 1 out of n?
The Wikipedia article on Opus Dei, the somewhat controversial, conservative institution of the Roman Catholic Church, currently explains an aspect of the institution's leadership selection procedures ...
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Was Hawaii the only state that never voted significantly more Republican than the national average? [closed]
I have read something (I don't remember where) that said: Hawaii is the only state that never voted significantly more Republican than the nation as a whole. Its Democratic lean was more established ...
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Counties Democrats and Republicans never won on any statewide level since 2016?
A lot of people talk about blue counties and red states and counties. But I want to know how consistently blue or red different counties are. This is especially relevant given how different governor ...
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Can I Vote Via Absentee Ballot in the 2022 Georgia Run-Off Election?
The senate race between Raphael Warnock and Hershel Walker is projected to go to a run-off election, to be held sometime in December. I did not vote in yesterday's election. I am eligible to vote in ...
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What was the median difference between governor and Senate results in 2022?
I am curious about what the effect of split-ticket voting is/was in 2022. There appears to have been a decent amount of it when Warnock put the Senate election into a runoff and Brian Kemp won almost ...
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Where can New Mexico early voting statistics be obtained?
I am following the special election in New Mexico's 1st district.
I found this from an article here:
According to the Secretary of State’s Office, more than 1,000
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Do parliamentary systems necessarily have episodes when replacement leaders can assume and keep power with very limited popular mandates and appeal?
Note: this isn't a dig at UK govt or promoting other systems. Not even all that much at Truss - I'll add another PM from a different ideological lean if representative of issue.
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How are party presidents elected in India?
Who is eligible to vote for a party president in India? Take, for example, the Indian National Congress. The Indian Express says:
Outgoing Congress president Sonia Gandhi visited party chief-elect ...
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What is the minimum vote share a party could obtain and still win a majority in a UK General Election?
Inspired by the US equivalent - what is the minimum total vote share that a party could obtain while still winning over 325 seats in the Commons? What is the smallest share of the vote that a party ...
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Traditionally, and currently, what stops human vote counters from altering ballots to make them 'Spoilt / Invalid votes?
Traditionally, and currently, what stops human vote counters from altering ballots to make them 'Spoilt / Invalid votes' ?
Referring to - Spoilt vote / Invalid vote
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How prevalent is AI in electoral counting in different countries, or why is it not more prevalent?
How prevalent is AI in electoral counting in different countries, or why is it not more prevalent ?
I see an ideal electoral counting system as one using both AI and human counters
At each human ...
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How can we identify if a certain political strategy led to the popularity of a party?
Suppose there is a political party X with a set of policies Y, how could we identify from the set of policies y, those policy which led to popularity of a party?
The motivation for the question was ...
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Is there a constitutional contradiction to prohibit discrimination based on nationality while restricting voting right based on nationality?
Many countries have constitutional provisions which prohibit discrimination based on certain characteristics (i.e. age, nationality, etc) while also - within the same constitution - having ...
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Why are non-voters taxed?
One of the major criticisms of the British government that led to the American War for Independence was "taxation without representation." Why are people who are not eligible to vote taxed? ...
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What management structure permits democratically elected managers or bosses?
Has anyone performed an abstract analysis of management structures, almost like what game theory is to games?
And which management structure permits democratic elections, which is a political process, ...
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What can I do if the candidates running in local/State elections do not have a opinion on the issues I care about? [closed]
What can I do if the candidates running in local/State elections do not have a opinion on the issues I care about?
I still want to cast a meaningful vote on the candidate most likely caring about my ...
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Is there any reason to vote against the predominant majority?
Let us take the example of voting in a U.S. presidential election. If one lives in a blue state for which the outcome of the vote is known to always favor the Democratic candidate, is there any reason ...
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Why does the US have such a low score for "Political participation" factor in the Democracy index?
According to Wikipedia's article on Democracy Index, the United States ranks 21st with the lowest indicators being "Functioning of government" and "Political participation".
I am ...
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How do US states maintain a secret ballot using Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail?
How have US states implemented Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail in their voting systems? In particular, how is the secrecy of votes insured?
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