BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug. 18 -- The Asian Network for Free Elections issued the following news: * * * Would you ask AI who to vote for? | Elections and Technology Reader Issue No. 10 Artificial intelligence (AI) has been utilized in several aspects of the elections with both positive and negative use cases. These use cases continue to expand, among them recently AI chatbots as a means for voters to identify the qualifications and platform of electoral candidates that match their interests, some even directly asking these chatbots who to vote f more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R49188) on Aug. 14, 2026, entitled "Ecuador in Brief - Overview and U.S. Relations" by foreign affairs analyst Joshua Klein. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Ecuador is an ethnically and geographically diverse country of 18.1 million people, encompassing parts of South America's Pacific coast, Amazon basin, and Andean highlands. Following a period of bilateral tensions under former President Rafael Correa (2006-2017), U.S.-Ecuador ties have  more PR

LOS ANGELES, California, Aug. 21 [Category: Sociological] -- Equality California posted the following news release: * * * Equality California Endorses 19 LGBTQ+ Candidates for Local Office in 2026 Midterms * August 21, 2026 CONTACT: Jorge Reyes Salinas, Equality California PHONE: (213) 355-3057/MOBILE: (213) 355-3057/EMAIL: press@eqca.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Equality California, the nation's largest statewide LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, today announced the endorsements of nineteen out LGBTQ+ candidates -including a handful of inc more PR

DUBLIN, Ohio, Aug. 22 -- The Ohio State Medical Association issued the following news: * * * Advocacy Update: Gearing Up for "Lame Duck" Fall Legislative Session The Ohio Legislature may be on summer recess and many of our elected officials are busy on the campaign trail, but OSMA's Advocacy team continues to work to move our legislative priorities forward. When legislators return to the Statehouse this fall following the November general election, we anticipate that there will be an extremely hectic whirlwind of legislative activity to clo more PR

BANGKOK, Thailand, Aug. 17 (TNSrep) -- The Asian Network for Free Elections issued the following news: * * * Sustaining Democracy in Exile: ANFREL's Observations from the 2026 Elections for the 18th Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile | Data Dive Issue No. 33 Overview ANFREL undertook the 2026 Tibet International Expert Election Observation Mission (TIEEOM) at a particularly important moment for democratic institutions and credible election observation more broadly. The mission provided an opportunity not only to independently assess the integrity  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 -- The Voter Participation Center issued the following news release: * * * Voter Participation Center and Center for Voter Information to Send 11.1 Million Pieces of Voter Registration Mail Nationwide In anticipation of midterm elections happening later this year, the non-partisan organizations the Voter Participation Center (VPC) and Center for Voter Information (CVI) will send more than 11.1 million voter registration applications nationwide in August and September to eligible but unregistered Americans. These efforts a more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * WHAT THEY'RE SAYING: "GOP's Senate Map Gets Shakier" as IA and TX Races Shift Toward Dems - Creating "Multiple Paths" to the Senate Majority Cook Political Report's Jessica Taylor on CNN: "Democrats have increasingly expanded the competitive battlefield and are putting Republicans on the defensive in more states in double-digit Trump states that really should not be competitive" MS NOW's Erielle Reshef: "And these aren't the states t more PR