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Johnson strikes deal with Luna in fight over remote voting for new parents

The House GOP leadership had been resisting efforts to allow proxy voting for new parents, but it’s not clear whether the compromise would be backed by Democrats.

Remote Voting For NRIs, AI, Biometrics: Outgoing Poll Panel Chief's Wishlist

Exiting Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday called for remote voting mechanisms for NRIs and migrant workers, biometric authentication to cast votes, and non-disclosure of votes (to guard against post-poll violence) for each candidate.

Why a voting proposal for migrants has alarmed India’s Opposition parties

Regional parties and experts suggest the move might end up disproportionately benefitting the BJP.

Every Vote is (Mostly) Equal | HackerNoon

Since the moment towns and villages grew larger than the average soccer team, the need to field group consensus and achieve a workable model of government has plagued our societies. Democracy, a concept derived and named by the earliest Greek philosophers, is, to date, the most widely accepted system for achieving as close to this goal as possible. Yet, it is far from perfect, and is inherently troubled by the issues it aims to solve in the first place. As such, most democracies we know today are actually more akin to systems of representative government.