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The House of the National Assembly in Belgrade, where the 250 deputies elected on Oct. 25, 2026 will sit. Photo: Eticangaaa, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Serbia Needs 126 of 250 Seats for a Government, Not 50% of the Vote

A list can win a majority with under half the vote, or fall short with 45%. The rules on the threshold, the seats and the clock decide who governs Serbia.

World  · 25 Oct 2026, 12:35  · Elena Marsh
A Homeland Security Investigations agent in a jacket marked "POLICE HSI" knocks on a residential door, in a still from CBS News video.

Nine States, One Citizen Test: What the DHS Door-Knocking Order Covers

A federal judge's preliminary injunction limits DHS field interviews likely to reach U.S. citizens in nine states through Nov. 3, but it is stayed until 5 p.m. Friday and leaves lawful investigations open.

Politics  · 22 Oct 2026, 12:43  · Marcus Hale
The Alberta Legislature Building in Edmonton, photographed on Sept. 27, 2026 (Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons).

Option 2 Is a Process, Not Secession: What Alberta's Ballot Would Trigger

Polls open at 9 a.m. in Edmonton on Monday, Oct. 19, and no result exists yet. The separation question asks only whether to start a legal process, and it is the four constitutional questions on the same ballot that bind the government by statute.

Politics  · 19 Oct 2026, 12:43  · Marcus Hale
A voted mail-in ballot beside a ballot box in Sonoma, California, photographed on Nov. 5, 2022; illustration only, not from the lawsuit or the 2026 election. Photo: Missvain (Sarah Stierch), CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.

DOJ Suit Targets 20,000 California Voters but Doesn't Allege One Voted

The 15-page complaint asks a federal judge to order California to hold mail ballots on a list state and county officials say they could not review, with no verification process and no end date, as counting runs to Dec. 3 and certification to Dec. 11.

Politics  · 16 Oct 2026, 12:47  · Marcus Hale
Two signs reading 'No data center' stand in a grassy field on Woodsdale Road in Trenton, Ohio, near the planned Prologis Project Mila site. Photo: Lilley Halloran/WVXU

Trump vs. His Own Candidates on Data Centers: Follow the Power Bills

PJM's market monitor ties $29.4 billion in capacity costs to data centers, and several battlegrounds on its grid saw some of this year's sharpest home power price increases. No candidate's fix touches costs locked in through May 2028.

Politics  · 13 Oct 2026, 12:43  · Marcus Hale
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon raises both fists on stage at the party's election-night event in Montreal on Oct. 5, 2026.

28% of the Vote, 59 Seats: How First-Past-the-Post Built Quebec's PQ Win

Quebec's Parti Québécois won 59 of 127 seats with 28.02% of the vote, a record-low share for a governing party, yet 2022 was the more distorted election. The riding arithmetic shows how close the PQ came to a majority and what the seat count does and does not say about reform and independence.

World  · 8 Oct 2026, 18:52  · Elena Marsh
The Virginia State Capitol in Richmond, where the 1901-02 constitutional convention debated the state's odd-year election calendar alongside new voter suppression measures.

Why Virginia and New Jersey Elect Their Governors in Odd Years

Virginia, New Jersey, Kentucky, Louisiana and Mississippi elect governors on a calendar built, in part, to keep the electorate smaller. It still does.

Politics  · 10 Sep 2026, 12:24  · Marcus Hale