We are so reliant on our political affiliations that we refuse to think for ourselves.

Ghana reelected John Dramani Mahama to be president for a four-year term on Sunday. But despite high-voter turnout and modern voting technology, the failure of the biometric identification system led to widespread accusations of rigging the election. Does Sunday's election signal the next era of peace in West Africa's most stable democracy or will a contested election mean that Ghana's peace will go the way of Mali and the Ivory Coast?

Section 5 requires states with a history of discrimination to obtain federal approval before changing their voting laws.

Florida's counties had to submit their final ballot counts to the secretary of state Saturday.

STORIFY: Celebrities take to Twitter after President Obama's re-election was announced.

Clear up election confusion with what really matters: football.

Do people in Beverly Hills have the same views about voting as those in South Los Angeles?

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Romney returns to New Hampshire in hopes of gaining its crucial four electorial votes.