Morocco’s proposed 2026 electoral law is widely criticized as a tool to stifle dissent, protect entrenched interests, and weaken democratic participation.

The Democratic Party recently achieved decisive wins in the New York mayoral election and governor races in Virginia and New Jersey.

Iraq’s Independent High Electoral Commission has disqualified hundreds of candidates just two months before the vote, a move that has unsettled political blocs across sectarian and partisan lines after each saw members struck from the race.

As Iraq’s parliamentary elections draw closer, political factions are stepping up their media campaigns, using crises and incidents to discredit rivals, even at the cost of civilian lives.

Iraq’s election lists are witnessing fierce battles as intense as the fight for parliamentary seats, with early contests erupting within political alliances over the coveted top spot on candidate lists.