Welcome to the world of political gridlock. Voting booths become battlegrounds, and ballot counts are high-stakes dramas. We’ll look at how countries handle their democratic processes in different ...

Electronic voting, the use of electronic systems to cast, record or count votes, could potentially simplify the process of ...

Voters in New York City will once again be asked to rank up to five candidates in the Democratic primary for mayor, four years after the process was slow and marred ...

When New Yorkers fill out ballots in Tuesday’s mayoral primary, they’ll be able to choose more than just one candidate. They can pick a second choice. And a third. And a fourth. And a fifth. It’s part ...

Other states with vote-by-mail manage to count much more quickly. By Maia Spoto California’s election process is notoriously time-consuming, in part because of the state’s reliance on mail-in voting, ...