Margaret Chase Smith was the first of many things in American politics. She was the first woman to serve in both the House and Senate (representing Maine). When she retired from the Senate in 1973, she was the longest-se...

Adam Ruins Everything by explaining how the electoral college works, meaning it really doesn’t work the way it should, and the way it should is kinda screwy. Adam Conover tells Betsy Randle (from Boy Meets World) t...

(Photo: Santa Claus's Facebook page)His legal name...  ...g for the city council of North Pole, Alaska. The election is today. Last Thursday, he filed paperwork to ru...

Azerbaijan held a presidential election on Wednesday, but before the first ballot was cas...  ...but before the first ballot was cast, the Central Election Commission released the election results by mistake. President Ilham Aliyev, who h...  ...app's developer had mistakenl...

People will make a tournament bracket out of anything, and the process of selecting the next Pope is just too tempting to resist -especially as it will be held in March. This bracket is divided into four regions, includ...

[http://youtu.be/kF8I_r9XT7A] (YouTube link)C. G. P. Grey tells us how you can work your way up to the job of replacing Pope Benedict. It's pretty difficult. It may even be too late to get started, at least for the next...

Bobby McDonald ran for a seat on the city council in Walton, Kentucky. The vote Tuesday ended up in a tie between McDonald and Olivia Ballou for the final slot on the six-person council.Each candidate captured 669 votes,...

Remember everyone who died so you could have that "I Voted" sticker. (Someone should really make that manufacturing process safer.)— Ethan Trex (@ethantrex) November 6, 2012...

American moms have long been notorious for the old...  ...viewers to the state-owned network ORT. With the election looming, ORT made a surprise announcement: The sh...  ...s finale would air as a special triple episode on election day between 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.More amazing was th...

[http://youtu.be/sHEDXzOfENI] (YouTube link)C.G.P. Grey explains the system in place for breaking an electoral college tie. It's convoluted, of course, and may possibly return a result contrary to the wishes of the peopl...