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Austria: Even Trump’s Supreme Court Sometimes Reins In Its Madness

Robin Koerner - July 4, 2023. Published in Der Standard

There are limits to the madness — even in the U.S.

Canada: America’s Changing House Apportionment

Rejeanne Lacroix - March 1, 2023. Published in iPolitics

Australia: Why Australia’s Voting System Is the Envy of Americans

Rejeanne Lacroix - May 12, 2022. Published in Sydney Morning Herald

France: A Shameless Republican Party

Reg Moss - February 22, 2022. Published in Le Monde

The contempt shown for the Voting Rights Act was so blatant that Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the three progressives on the bench to denounce it.

Spain: Biden and the Risk of Further Polarizing the US

Robin Koerner - January 26, 2022. Published in El Mundo

[W]e must reconcile equality and governance with respect to the Constitution’s design.

Canada: A Slow Motion Coup

Robin Koerner - January 23, 2022. Published in Le Devoir

What is brewing is not the changing power of governing parties ... Rather, it is an attempt to subvert the system.

U.K.: If the Democrats Don’t Shape up, Biden’s Presidency Will Lead to a Trumpian Sequel

Lalatendu Das - January 22, 2022. Published in The Guardian

The president has failed to capitalize on progressive sentiment: his party needs to stand up for the working class.

Spain: Voting Rights in the US

Marta Quirós Alarcón - January 21, 2022. Published in El País

[W]hen it comes to the credible elections, there is too much at stake for it to hinge on a handful of people doing the right thing.

Canada: Biden’s Futile Voting Rights Push Tops Off a Disappointing 1st Year

Rejeanne Lacroix - January 20, 2022. Published in Globe and Mail

Mexico: Unnecessary Reforms

Robin Koerner - January 13, 2022. Published in El Heraldo de Mexico

It sometimes appears that Republicans are looking to create their own system of apartheid[.]

Canada: On Both Vaccines and Voting, Things Are Getting Ugly in America

Rejeanne Lacroix - September 15, 2021. Published in Ottawa Citizen

Japan: Spread of Voting Restrictions in the US Violates the Spirit of Democracy

Dorothy Phoenix - August 11, 2021. Published in Mainichi Shimbun

Though supporters claim that the purpose of the laws is to make it hard to cheat, isn’t the goal really to restrict opportunities for Black people to vote?

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