Voting

NationBuilder's election tools attempt to "bring democracy to democracy"

How is money raised and spent in a runoff election?

In many ways, the 2012 presidential election is a referendum on a number: the nation's unemployment rate of 7.9 percent. Reporters in Oklahoma City (unemployment around 5 percent) and San Bernardino, Calif., (unemployment pushing 12 percent) look behind the numbers.

An economist and an engineer on the frustrations and virtues of waiting.

Why electronic voting’s challenges, from hacking to glitches, might be best with an old fashioned analogue backup.

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