Elections

A wide array of potential outcomes, especially in foreign policy, await America.

A Greek election looms over European debt markets; Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s coalition wins at the polls.

Whoever wins the tight race needs to shore up the country’s finances and find new motors for the economy.

Early returns in India’s national elections show Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party in a decisive win. The country’s markets are also holding an election party.

Optical scanning, touch screens and other technologies that were supposed to fix the U.S. voting process have introduced problems of their own.