- Majority of US adults say democracy is on the ballot but they differ on the threat: AP-NORC poll – Boston 25 News https://www.boston25news.com/news/politics/majority-americans/AFP4PLBKUZBA5OPTOZIYL5BASI/ 19 comments politics
- Suddenly, Trump Is Interested in Democracy | As Maine throws him off the ballot, the president who betrayed democracy is now pleading for its protections. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/12/trump-maine-ballot/676987/ 198 comments politics
- Democracy on the ballot — Ukraine's democracy, that is https://www.startribune.com/democracy-on-the-ballot-ukraines-democracy-that-is/600222108/ 149 comments moderatepolitics
- Evan McMullin put democracy on the ballot. Utah voters probably won’t care. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/11/evan-mcmullin-put-democracy-on-the-ballot-utah-voters-probably-wont-care-mike-lee/ 21 comments politics
- Biden on midterm elections: 'Democracy will be on the ballot' https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/watch/biden-criticizes-republican-agenda-ahead-of-midterms-149124677699 20 comments politics
- To preserve our democracy, we must bar insurrectionists from the ballot https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2022/01/06/election-constitution-rights-curtail-january-6/9024921002/?gnt-cfr=1 357 comments politics
- 'Democracy Will be on the Ballot': Analysis Shows 1/3 of GOP Midterm Candidates Embrace Trump Election Lies https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/07/06/democracy-will-be-ballot-analysis-shows-13-gop-midterm-candidates-embrace-trump 36 comments politics
- The Whole World Is on the Ballot: As American democracy teeters, so does the fate of our burning planet. https://newrepublic.com/article/159958/vote-election-2020-climate 15 comments politics
- Trump v American democracy: the real battle on the ballot this November https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/23/donald-trump-v-democracy-us-election 10 comments politics
- 'Working to Save Democracy': Postal Service Reaffirms Policy of Delivering Mail-In Ballots Even Without Postage https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/04/23/working-save-democracy-postal-service-reaffirms-policy-delivering-mail-ballots-even 1344 comments politics
- Wisconsin’s In-Person Voting Threatens Health and Democracy. Officials can protect voters by adopting a plan for extended absentee balloting. https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/wisconsin-covid-primary-election/?utm_campaign=sproutsocial&utm_content=the+nation+magazine&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=iwar3dqcdpfexgzx7k1pkmmumkjzjqvnpuee4zf61xwnh8jot61vszpvtsvzm 3 comments politics
- ‘A risk to democracy’: North Carolina law may be violating secrecy of the ballot https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/11/north-carolina-voting-secret-ballot 8 comments politics
- American Democracy Is on the Ballot in November https://newrepublic.com/article/151687/american-democracy-ballot-november-midterms-voting-rights 13 comments politics
- 2018 Could Be the Year of the Ballot Initiative - American Voters Are Turning to Direct Democracy https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/04/citizen-ballot-initiatives-2018-elections/558098/?utm_source=atltw 3 comments politics
- Ballot Measures: American Direct Democracy at Work https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/opinion/campaign-stops/ballot-measures-american-direct-democracy-at-work.html?smid=re-share 6 comments politics
- Undermining Democracy, Corporations Pouring Millions into Local Ballot Fights http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/09/29/undermining-democracy-corporations-pouring-millions-local-ballot-fights 3 comments politics
- In Virginia’s sham democracy, voters are robbed at the ballot box "In Virginia, the incumbent protection racket known as redistricting has ensured that another all-but-meaningless season of state legislative elections has arrived, and with it the predictable response — namely, apathy and wan turnout https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/in-va-competition-is-for-suckers/2015/09/29/7fff4d86-66d2-11e5-9ef3-fde182507eac_story.html 82 comments politics
- Why Democracy is Always Unfair: The Alabama Paradox, Arrow's Impossibility Theorem, and Other Ballot Box Nettles http://athousandnations.com/2010/05/10/why-democracy-is-always-unfair/ 12 comments philosophy
- Dodging the ballot: stolen votes test Africa’s faith in democracy http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/12d0feb4-c2d7-11dc-b617-0000779fd2ac.html?nclick_check=1 10 comments politics
- [GAVIN NEWSOM] CA is working to expand and protect our democracy. I just signed two bills that will: 1. Increase ballot drop off locations. 2. Prevent harassment of election officials. Voting should be easy and safe. https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1574799497271468041?s=20&t=veWMUslyY6h-A7cnRU_P6g 4 comments law
- ‘Disgrace to Democracy': 35 Ballots Destroyed in Drop Box Fire Set in Boston https://www.nbcboston.com/news/local/fire-set-to-ballot-drop-box-in-bostons-copley-square-disgrace-to-democracy/2218074/ 35 comments politics
- The Plot Against America: The GOP's Plan to Suppress the Vote and Sabotage the Election: Blocking ballots, intimidating voters, spreading misinformation — undermining democracy is at the heart of Trump's 2020 campaign https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-campaign-2020-voter-suppression-consent-decree-1028988/ 931 comments politics
- More than half a million Hong Kong citizens had cast a ballot in pro-democracy primary elections https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1537308-20200712.htm 10 comments worldnews
- 'Huge Win for Democracy': Nationwide Celebrations as NYC Residents Approve Ranked-Choice Voting Ballot Measure https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/06/huge-win-democracy-nationwide-celebrations-nyc-residents-approve-ranked-choice 5 comments politics
- India announced on Sunday a general election to be held over nearly six weeks starting on Apr 11, when hundreds of millions voters will cast ballots in the world's biggest democracy https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/india-calls-elections-for-april-to-may-11329284 50 comments worldnews
- House Republicans pass bill making it harder to get proposals on ballot | Michigan House Passes Bill Restricting Direct Democracy https://www.freep.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/13/ballot-proposals-michigan-lame-duck/2297824002/ 8 comments politics
- Barack Obama tells Hillary Clinton supporters in Ohio: ‘Democracy is on the ballot’ http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/barack-obama-tells-hillary-clinton-supporters-in-ohio-democracy-is-on-the-ballot/news-story/d9e1c415a2e037be191a0869250247e9?nk=9fe1c4b0b5c0cb919ea25558c1be16a8-1476463950 43 comments politics
- Islamic Radicals in Egypt are now leaping aboard the democracy bandwagon, alarming those who believe that religious radicals are seeking to put in place strict Islamic law through ballots. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/02/world/middleeast/02salafi.html?_r=1&ref=global-home 34 comments worldnews
- NH Recount Update: Ballot boxes found slit; NH stops putting ballots in vault (IS THIS DEMOCRACY?) http://www.opednews.com/articles/genera_bev_harr_080118_nh_recount_update_3a_b.htm 66 comments politics
- The Climate Crisis Is Still a Crisis | If the fate of American democracy is on the ballot in November, so too is the future of the planet. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/08/climate-crisis-still-crisis/615319/ 22 comments politics
- Chandigarh Mayor Election | 'Obvious That Presiding Officer Defaced Ballot Papers, This Is Murder Of Democracy' : Supreme Court https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/chandigarh-mayor-election-obvious-that-presiding-officer-defaced-ballot-papers-this-is-murder-of-democracy-supreme-court-248558 37 comments india
- Proposition 22's Victory Shows How Uber and Lyft Break Democracy - Corporations spent millions to mislead voters about an anti-labor ballot measure, won, and reaped billions on the stock market. This is not healthy. https://www.vice.com/en/article/akddx8/proposition-22s-victory-shows-how-uber-and-lyft-break-democracy 1743 comments technology
- Milk, bread, democracy: New Zealanders get to vote in supermarkets - “It’s important that ballot boxes are placed where people are going about their normal business and can therefore accommodate voting more easily into their busy lives” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/21/milk-bread-democracy-new-zealanders-vote-election-supermarkets 1412 comments worldnews
- From ballot box to tinder box: Burnt votes and an election recount might plunge Iraq into crisis -- Many Iraqis are souring on democracy https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2018/06/14/burnt-votes-and-an-election-recount-might-plunge-iraq-into-crisis 3 comments worldevents
- Colbert demands 'democracy in orbit' after winning poll - Where Colbert's democracy is a form of ballot box stuffing - The true american way! http://www.cnn.com/2009/showbiz/tv/03/31/colbert.nasa/index.html?eref=rss_tech 11 comments space
- Federal Court Rejects RNC and Trump Campaign’s Challenge to Nevada Ballot Receipt Deadline - Democracy Docket https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/federal-court-rejects-rnc-and-trump-campaigns-challenge-to-nevada-ballot-receipt-deadline/ 101 comments law
- California GOP refuses to comply with attorney general’s order to remove “illegal” ballot drop boxes. The GOP is "willing to lie, cheat and threaten our democracy all for the sake of gaining power," Gavin Newsom says https://www.salon.com/2020/10/13/california-gop-refuses-to-comply-with-attorney-generals-order-to-remove-illegal-ballot-drop-boxes/ 110 comments politics
- Courts Are Taking Away One of Americans’ Best Options for Fixing Voting: The Supreme Court told citizens to improve the country’s democracy by passing ballot initiatives. They tried. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/10/courts-are-taking-option-fixing-voting/616634/ 10 comments law
- Democracy, DPRK style: North Korea holds parliamentary election. Mandatory voting with one candidate on each ballot.Nothing to fill in, just drop the paper in the ballot box. Turnout always close to 100%, candidate support 100%. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-47492747 15 comments worldnews
- Hong Kong Voters Defy Beijing, Endorsing Protest Leaders in Primary: Voters turned out in high numbers to cast ballots in an unofficial primary for the city’s pro-democracy camp despite government warnings it might be against the new security law. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/world/asia/hong-kong-elections-security.html?campaign_id=2&emc=edit_th_20200714&instance_id=20284&nl=todaysheadlines&regi_id=68337520&segment_id=33327&user_id=b6e55f6f6979146395b2946f4fb0e01e 5 comments worldnews