Singapore's Peoples Action Party, which has ruled since 1959, used various tactics to cripple the opposition parties and maintain its supermajority, in the lead up to the May 3 general election, report Mark Tan and Alex Salmon.
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The principle of 鈥渙ne person one vote鈥 took a big leap forward in the City of Sydney last week with the abolition of double votes for business, writes Andrew Chuter.
On the heels of its decision to overturn 50 years of abortion rights and blunt the Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Supreme Court has announced聽it will take up a case that could upend the country鈥檚 electoral laws, reports Malik Miah.