by Abigail Orozco-Hugo | Oct 23, 2026 | Brown University
Put frankly, yes, Mexico is still a democracy in an important sense. Citizens vote, opposition parties compete, and political power changes hands. In June 2024, Claudia Sheinbaum won the presidency with nearly 60 percent of the vote. But beneath the ballot box, while...
by Abigail Tuufuli | Mar 4, 2026 | Arizona State University
An updated version of the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE, Act was passed by the House of Representatives on February 11th of this year. Meant to “[ensure] the integrity of elections” – in the words of Speaker Mike Johnson – the SAVE America Act would...
by Brian Farrell Wiggins | Apr 9, 2025 | Tartu University
On the 26 of March, the Estonian parliament (the Riigikogu) passed a constitutional amendment to remove the rights to vote in local elections for non-EU residents (Kangro, 2025). This was sparked by a motivation to disenfranchise residents who are citizens of the...
by Kimberly Brown | Jan 11, 2023 | Georgia State University Perimeter College
By: Kimberly Brown Georgia State University With political polarization levels being higher than ever seen, citizens are divided on almost every belief: except voting. The patterns I saw among young, old, minorities, and women all connected in one way, how much they...
by Mark Casto | Nov 21, 2022 | Suffolk University
How often do you feel disengaged and confused by the current political sphere and agenda within the country? Many may even feel disgusted by the word politics itself. Don’t worry, you aren’t alone in that matter. Much of America’s youth population struggles with...
