What You Need to Know About Ranked Choice Voting
As New York City prepares for another election season, voters will again use Ranked Choice Voting (RCV) in municipal primary and special elections. This system, first implemented in NYC in ...
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Assembly Member Jenifer Rajkumar Withdraws from Comptroller Race to Run for NYC Public Advocate
New York Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar announced her decision to run for New York City Public Advocate, pivoting from her original bid for city comptroller, on Monday, January 27th. Rajkumar, a ...
Unrest Continues As Mozambique Presidential Election Results Are Upheld
Protests erupted in Mozambique on Monday after the Constitutional Council decided to uphold the results of the country’s presidential elections that took place in October, much to the dismay of ...
BREAKING: President Biden Announces He Will Not Run For Re-Election
On Sunday, July 21st, President Joe Biden, in a Twitter post, announced he would not seek re-election. The announcement comes after weeks of pressure from both parties to step down ...
Jamaal Bowman Loses NY House Primary to George Latimer
On Tuesday, June 25th, Representative Jamaal Bowman, a prominent progressive and vocal critic of Israel, was defeated by Westchester County Executive George Latimer in the Democratic primary for New York’s ...
French Election Shock Waves Hit Markets and Currency
French President Emmanuel Macron’s unexpected decision to dissolve the National Assembly and call for snap legislative elections on Monday, June 10th, sent shock waves through financial markets and heavily impacted ...
Claudia Sheinbaum Breaks Barriers as Mexico’s First Female and Jewish President
Claudia Sheinbaum has achieved a historic milestone in Mexican politics, having been elected as the nation's first female president and also its first Jewish leader. The 61-year-old, a former mayor ...
Former President Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party Brings ANC to its Knees
On Sunday, June 2nd, results announced by the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) of South Africa’s national election showed that the African National Congress (ANC) party has lost its parliamentary majority ...
NYC Election Lawyer Faces Petition Challenges in Judicial Bid
Controversy arose in New York City on Tuesday, April 16th as Hemalee Patel, a top lawyer for the NYC Board of Elections, announced her candidacy for a judgeship in Brooklyn’s ...
