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Jay

#Hungary has postponed consultations with the Ukrainian delegation on national minorities, originally set for May 12. The talks were planned in Uzhhorod, where the Ukrainian team had already arrived.

Hungary setting the stage to invade the Zakarpattia region of #Ukraine.

"Negotiations on the rights of Hungarian minorities in #Ukraine" which is absolute nonsense, and all #russian playbook.

#Orban is going to get crushed in #elections and needs martial law that only #war can bring.

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Dumped cabinet minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for his demotion
By Jake Evans

Dumped cabinet minister Ed Husic says his decision to speak out on the conflict in Gaza was partly to blame for him being dropped from the frontbench, while also lashing Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles as a political "assassin".

abc.net.au/news/2025-05-11/ed-

ABC News · Dumped cabinet minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for his demotionBy Jake Evans
#ALP#FederalGovernment#GovernmentandPolitics
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Mark

What’s wrong with First Past the Post?

Under First Past the Post huge portions of us end up without a representative that we actually #voted for

The reality is that First Past the Post delivers election results that are disproportional, with seats in #Parliament simply not matching votes.

electoral-reform.org.uk/whats-

electoral-reform.org.ukWhat’s wrong with First Past the Post?First Past the Post (FPTP) is the name for the voting system used to elect Members of Parliament (MPs) to Westminster.It’s also used in a variety of other elections across the UK, inc
#DemocracyNow#FPTP#PR
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Marc Elias: We Have More Power Than #tRump Wants Us To Believe — Here’s What You Can Do

"He wants us to believe that opposing him is futile or worse. He wants you to accept that there’s nothing you can do to limit his ability to harm our country and our democracy. But that simply isn’t true. In truth, Trump is quite weak and afraid."

#Democracy #elections #authoritarianism
democracydocket.com/opinion/we

Democracy DocketWe Have More Power Than Trump Wants Us To Believe — Here's What You Can DoFrom Marc | Here is a list of what each of us can do to stand up for democracy and defend our elections.
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Arizona’s Elections Procedures Manual states that supervisors have no discretion when certifying results — or at least, that’s how it’s always been interpreted. @TucsonSentinel reports on a court ruling that threw out that section of the manual, and that may now shake up pending criminal charges for conspiracy against an election supervisor who delayed certification of Cochise County’s 2022 midterm results. “Ambiguity in election certification laws is a problem in several swing states across the country,” writes Jen Fifield.

tucsonsentinel.com/local/repor

TucsonSentinel.comAre local officials duty-bound to certify elections? Arizona ruling creates new doubt.By Jen Fifield
#Arizona#Elections#Law
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Australia voted last week for a Labor majority — and when we say “Australia voted,” we mean that. Before the election, @taniel of @bolts talked to politics professor Judith Brett about the country’s compulsory voting law — its history, how it’s evolved, and whether it leads to better engagement as well as turnout. “Look, the fines that one pays are pretty minimal; you get a letter, and you’ve got to give a reason why you didn’t vote,” says Brett. “I don’t think the fine is the reason people vote. I think they vote because everybody votes. It’s the political culture around voting … What we know from research is, if you don’t have compulsory voting, the people least likely to vote are poorer people, and people from new migrant groups, and often the young. I think it means that there’s more of an egalitarian pressure on our politicians, and I think we end up with more egalitarian policies.”

boltsmag.org/compulsory-voting

Bolts · “An Egalitarian Pressure”: Australia Has Been Requiring People to Vote for 100 Years - BoltsWhen Australia holds its federal elections on Saturday, it’ll do so with the requirement that all eligible citizens head to the polls and vote. If they don’t, the Australian Electoral... Read More
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