A split-second glance at two candidates' faces is often enough to determine which one will win an election, according to a Princeton University study.

Australians will go to the polls on November 24. The country's conservative Prime Minister John Howard is campaigning for re-election on the back of a strong economy and a promise of a decisive hand on matters of national security. His rival - Labor leader Kevin Rudd - has said Australians no longer trust Mr. Howard.

Australian Prime Minister John Howard kicked off his re-election campaign Monday by promising major tax cuts as an opinion poll suggested his government is heading toward a crushing defeat.

Federal Parliament has erupted with accusations of smear politics and dirty tactics, highlighting what may be in store for the election campaign.

Thailand's military-installed government has agreed to consider a European Union offer to monitor upcoming parliamentary elections.

A foreigner suspected to be a Dutch man and three Nigerians were recently killed at different locations in the violent oil rich Rivers state of Nigeria.

The Turkish Parliament has held a second round of presidential voting, and leading candidate Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul failed to obtain the two-thirds majority needed for victory.

Thailand's rulers say the country will hold elections in December to restore democratic rule following a military coup last year. The announcement came Monday after voters on Sunday approved a new constitution. However, as VOA's Luis Ramirez reports from Bangkok, a huge number of 'No' votes suggests the elections will be hotly contested.

A review of software source code led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, has found security holes that would leave electronic voting machines vulnerable to attack.

Two University of California, Berkeley, researchers are among the four authors of a report released today (Wednesday, Aug. 1) that recommends more targeted and rigorous audits of paper records produced by electronic voting machines.

Historically, the theoretical social choice literature on voting procedures in economics and political science routinely highlights worst case scenarios, emphasizing the inexistence of a universally ‘best’ voting method.

New research by political scientists examines the significance of the Voting Rights Act (VRA) for the political representation of people of color and documents “a substantial relationship between the VRA and the election of nonwhite officials at the national, state, and local levels.”