Two counties are trying to gather enough signatures to make brothels illegal. If successful, the measures would be on the ballot in November and, if passed, would eliminate 40% of the state's brothels.

The recent election signaled a decisive shift in Italian politics, marking the collapse of the parties that have ruled Italy for the past 25 years. In this interview, conducted by Lewis Bassett, David Broder surveys the state of Italian politics in the four weeks since the election, and asks where next for Italian politics.

Opponents of Russian President Vladimir Putin alleged that voters in Sunday’s presidential election were being compelled to show up at polling stations in a Kremlin drive to ensure Putin’s all but inevitable win is not tarnished by a low turnout. And on social media, pictures show feasts and novelty entertainment laid on at election stations, to lure jaded voters convinced Putin's victory is a foregone conclusion.

Russian president says he 'couldn't care less' if his citizens involved in efforts to influence 2016 vote, insists actions cannot be tied to Kremlin. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with the NBC network over the weekend that Russians who sought to influence the results of the 2016 presidential elections could have been “Jews, but with Russian citizenship.”

In 2018 the Russian presidential election will use the blockchain technology to record and protect the results and data of the exit polls. The official announcement was made on the platform of the Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTSIOM). The Russian presidential elections will take place on March 18. This event is going to be one of the first of its kind.

Vladimir Putin, flanked by cheering supporters, strode on to a stage in the centre of Moscow’s colossal Luzhniki Stadium and urged a crowd of tens of thousands of flag-waving Russians to join him in building a bright and joyful future for the country’s children. “Our ancestors lived here, we live here, and this is where our children and grandchildren will live,” Putin said on Saturday afternoon, at what was his sole campaign rally ahead of this month’s Russian presidential elections. “And we will do everything to make them happy!”

Local election administrators across the country face new problems and threats. But their budgets for new voting equipment remain inadequate. By Kate Rabinowitz.

Silicon Valley’s social media giants aren’t done reckoning with their Russia problem. With less than 10 months to go before the midterm election, however, they’re still trying to earn back the public’s confidence that the commons they operate aren’t also undermining our democracy—and they’re still answering questions about what they’ll do the next time a foreign disinformation campaign runs rampant on their social networks.

French president warns democracies are under threat as he sets out plan including emergency blocks on websites

Opposition leader Alexei Navalny on Wednesday announced a series of rallies across Russia in January to press home his call for a boycott of next year’s presidential election, a move likely to draw a sharp response from the Kremlin and police. Mr Navalny unveiled his plan hours after Russian president Vladimir Putin, who polls suggest is a shoo-in for re-election, registered his candidacy at the central election commission ahead of the March 18th vote.

After coming up short on Election Day, Judge Roy Moore urged his supporters to keep the faith. Praying for a recount, the Republican reminded his supporters that “God is in control.” But either the Almighty just didn’t hear or the divine decided to vote Democrat in Alabama for the first in more than two decades.

Alabama is allowed to destroy digital voting records created at the polls during today's U.S. Senate election after all. At 1:36 p.m. Monday, a Montgomery County Circuit Court judge issued an order directing Alabama election officials to preserve all digital ballot images created at polling places across the state today.

Alabama is allowed to destroy digital voting records created at the polls during today's U.S. Senate election after all.

Barbara Simons believes there is only one safe voting technology. By Jill Leovy.

You can’t say Andrea Anthony didn’t try. A 37-year-old African American woman with an infectious smile, Anthony had voted in every major election since she was 18. On November 8, 2016, she went to the Clinton Rose Senior Center, her polling site on the predominantly black north side of Milwaukee, to cast a ballot for Hillary Clinton. “Voting is important to me because I know I have a little, teeny, tiny voice, but that is a way for it to be heard,” she said. “Even though it’s one vote, I feel it needs to count.”

Bright Future have just announced that they will be ending their coalition with the Independence Party, effectively collapsing Iceland’s government. By Paul Fontaine.

Singaporeans were meant to go to the polls at the end of next week to vote for a new president, but they'll no longer have the chance, with only one candidate qualifying for the race. Former Speaker of Parliament Halimah Yacob has emerged victorious by default, after other presidential hopefuls fell foul of new rules.

  With the final results of the last election held in the country officially announced on Wednesday confirming Joao Lourenco as the person who will take over from the long time sit-tight leader President Jose Eduardo

The decision about whether to opt-out of Proposition 108 and cancel the June 2018 primaries for Congress, the governor’s office and other positions is reminiscent of when the Colorado GOP vot…

President Uhuru Kenyatta's re-election victory last month was thrown out Friday by Kenya's Supreme Court, which ordered new voting within 60 days in a stunning decision that plunged the East African country back into political chaos. The move to nullify an election was unprecedented on the...