Should Scotland be an independent country? Voters are set to tick off either a YES or NO on their ballots for the Scottish independence referendum on September 18. This could mean that the centuries-old call for a separate and sovereign State of Scotland, which had at several instances been fought on bloody battlefields, may finally be ...
 The Republic of Romania is scheduled to hold the first round of its presidential elections this November. The country uses a two-round presidential elections model, the first of such round is slated to be held on November 2. In case a candidate obtains more than 50% of the votes in this first round of voting, he ...
Absentee voting is performed by someone unable to attend the polling location to which they’ve been allocated. Increasing access to it is seen as one way to increase voter turnout. Though some countries insist on people giving a valid reason, such as illness, disability or being abroad at the time, why they can’t vote in ...
Turkey is set to hold its presidential elections this August, the first round on August 10 followed quickly by the second round on August 24. The transcontinental republic sitting on Western Asia and Southeastern Europe  has an estimated 50 million registered voters. Vying for the country’s top posts are Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Justice and Development Party), ...
Scotland has looked carefully at its electoral system to see how it could be improved. Its government published a consultation document in April. Called ‘Scotland’s Electoral Future – Delivering improvements in participation and administration’, it examines how the country can encourage wider participation in elections – and improve the quality of its democracy. The suggestions range from ...
Catalonia, an autonomous region in the northwest part of Spain, has scheduled a non-binding referendum in November 2014. The exercise is meant to assess the pulse of Catalonians about the region’s bid for independence, a movement which has gathered steam in recent years and has caused considerable tension between Catalonia and the central Spanish government ...