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​US President Donald J. Trump signs executive orders in the Cabinet Room of the White House on March 25, 2025.
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GZERO Explains: How Trump’s executive order could impact millions of voters

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday that aims to secure elections by requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. The order aims to guard against illegal immigrants voting in elections and would require all ballots to be received by Election Day.

10 elections to watch in 2025
Analysis

10 elections to watch in 2025

This time last year, we had you buckle up for the world’s most intense year of democracy in action, with more than 65 countries holding elections involving at least 4.2 billion people. As we now know, many of those voters turned against incumbents in 2024 — from the United Kingdom and the United States to Botswana, Japan, and South Korea, just to name a handful. Now, we’re spotlighting the 10 most consequential elections of 2025.

Canadian parties choose to see, hear no foreign mischief
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Canadian parties choose to see, hear no foreign mischief

When about 200 foreign students arrived by bus at the Liberal nomination meeting in the leafy suburban Toronto community of Don Valley North in 2019, Han Dong thought nothing of it.

​A woman attends a campaign rally by former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at Crotona Park in the Bronx borough of New York City, on May 23, 2024.
Analysis

Bloc by Bloc: Trump gambles to woo Black voters

With November’s election predicted to be decided by a few thousand votes in a couple of key states, it matters which candidate wins the support of Black voters.

​House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) talks to reporters after surviving a vote to remove him from the Speaker’s position, Washington, DC, May 8, 2024. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) introduced a motion to vacate the Speaker’s office, which was defeated by a motion to table the issue immediately afterward.
Analysis

OPINION: Vibes-based lawmaking isn’t helping us, Speaker Johnson.

​Speaker of the House Mike Johnson speaks during a news conference at the US Capitol on May 7, 2024, in Washington, DC.
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Hard Numbers: GOP makes illegal thing illegal, Immigration inquiries overload Ottawa, Westjet makes its flight, US gas demand sputters

A sign at the flagship event of a nationwide march for voting rights on the 58th anniversary of the March on Washington in August, 2021.
Analysis

15th Amendment as relevant as ever on 154th birthday

Saturday marks 154 years since the ratification of the 15th Amendment to the US Constitution – Feb. 3, 1870 – which guaranteed Black men the right to vote.

FILE PHOTO: Voting booths are set up at the Shawnee County Elections Office
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Hard Numbers: The world gets set to vote, Myanmar rebels make gains, Uganda nabs terror boss, Israel’s Cabinet tangles over West Bank taxes, Jury convicts SBF

​Heat map of Canada and US voter registration levels
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The Graphic Truth: Canada tops US in voter registration

The United States and Canada are two of the world’s biggest advanced democracies. But when it comes to elections, the Great White North is far better at registering its voters.

Ohio vote reflects abortion’s mobilizing power
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Ohio vote reflects abortion’s mobilizing power

Voters in the Buckeye State on Tuesday, with 57% of the vote, struck down Issue 1, a Republican-backed proposal aimed at making it harder to change the state’s constitution.