Democrat Sen. Joe Manchin has made headlines for breaking ranks and occasionally voting alongside Republicans. He has made a name for himself as a moderate. And now, it’s possible he could seriously upset the way of Washington with a third-party presidential run in a new No Labels Party. What would this mean for the elections,…

News Analysis COSTA MESA, Calif.—“I can’t begin to understand what ballot harvesting is,” Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, the former Republican House Speaker, said in an interview in the wake of a 2018 political upset in Orange County, California. Democrats had swept the congressional seats in one of California’s few Republican strongholds, largely due to a well-executed…

Commentary Complaints about our two-party system are nothing new and parties other than Democrat and Republican have popped up from time to time, occasionally with memorable names such as the Bull Moose Party. Even so, they disappear pretty rapidly, the conventional wisdom being that the only thing that really works is the same old, same…

The Pennsylvania General Assembly passed Act 77, a “voter reform act” in October 2019, which brought new election procedures, such as no-excuse mail-in voting and ballot drop boxes. Since then, these procedures have been the subject of lawsuits around the state. Among them is the case of 14 Republican members of the Pennsylvania House of…

HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s legislature unanimously voted on Thursday to overhaul district level elections by drastically reducing directly elected seats, a move critics said removed some of the last vestiges of democratic freedoms in the China-ruled city. Under the amendment bill, only 88 seats would be directly elected by the public, down from 452 seats in…

An Arizona county elections director resigned from her position on Tuesday after accusing officials of politicizing elections and creating a harmful work environment. The Pinal County government announced the resignation of Elections Director Geraldine Roll, who stepped into the position to oversee the recount process after the 2022 midterm election. In a scathing email sent on…

Spending caps, real-time disclosure requirements, and a lower donation threshold are among recommended reforms to reduce the election influence of donors with deep pockets. The reforms are part of a push to increase transparency in federal elections and level the playing field so the biggest spenders do not have an unfair advantage. Election spending reached…

Global intelligence analysts, political risk consultants, and members of security establishments are warning of the “probability” of Russia interfering in South Africa’s election next year. “The goal of the interference would be to ensure that a pro-Russian government is elected in one of the world’s most resource-rich nations, and that means the Kremlin-funded Internet Research…

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) has accused Democrats of having a “passion” for stealing elections, and advised Republicans to win by big margins. During a Fox News show on Sunday, anchor Maria Bartiromo asked Gingrich whether Republicans were doing enough to ensure free and fair elections in 2024. “Well, I think it’s probably almost…

WASHINGTON—Artificial Intelligence (AI) will drive massive disruptions in the American job sector and contribute to much more fraught election cycles as new platforms allow for increased manipulation of voters, Congress has heard. The explosion of popularly available AI tools like ChatGPT will profoundly affect society as early as next year, experts and senators said during…