News of votes

Javier Milei in Congress: Regular attendance, but an irregular voter

13-07-2022 14:56 The deputy for La Libertad Avanza has missed only one of five sessions but passed up voting on half the occasions to date. Neither he nor his fellow-libertarian Victoria Villarroel have yet presented any bills and nor do they belong to any committee.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's electoral court to probe Bolsonaro for attacking voting system

03-08-2021 15:04 Brazilian leader lashes out at electoral authorities for ordering an investigation of his campaign against nation's electronic voting system, saying he refused to be "intimidated" and that the country "is under attack."

US ELECTION 2020

Could the US election be decided in the courts?

04-11-2020 16:29 Donald Trump's objections raise the spectre of the US presidential election being ultimately decided, as in 2000, by a high court ruling on how states can tally votes or conduct recounts.

US ELECTION 2020

For Florida Latinos, Trump's tough talk against socialism rang true

04-11-2020 11:32 Trump's victory in Florida owes much to his strident denunciation of leftist governments in Latin America, which resonated loud and clear with conservative Hispanics in the southeastern state.

US ELECTION 2020

Trump’s road to the Supreme Court isn’t as fast as he wants

04-11-2020 10:44 US President Donald Trump says he will go all the way to the US Supreme Court, as he tries to hold on to early leads in key battleground states. But he won’t be able to go there immediately and it’s not clear he has a legal argument that could affect the outcome of the election.

US ELECTION 2020

Win the vote but still lose? Behold the US Electoral College

04-11-2020 00:09 With the 2020 election showdown between Trump and Democrat Joe Biden well underway, the rules of the Electoral College system are coming back into focus.