Elections Bill: a blatant assault on democratic rights
“You don’t strengthen our democracy by making it harder for people to vote” – Alistair Carmichael. … Read the full post »
Read about what the regulator for elections and political finance in the UK, the Electoral Commission, has got up to. It was created in 2000 by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act (PPERA).
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“You don’t strengthen our democracy by making it harder for people to vote” – Alistair Carmichael. … Read the full post »
A printing error has meant some regional ballot papers for the Senedd election across north Wales left out a candidate. … Read the full post »
Due to the legal secrecy requirements around voting, the Electoral Commission does not want people taking selfies when they are voting. … Read the full post »
After rather a long coronavirus-driven break, council by-elections are starting up again. There were two contests this week, both SNP defences in Scotland. … Read the full post »
A reminder for councillors of all political parties about the importance of knowing and following donations rules comes with this month’s batch of enforcement updates from the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
It’s eleven years since I wrote about “the Government’s farcical slowness over updating election imprint rules” to deal with the internet. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission’s round-up of its latest enforcement actions includes this about the Grassroots Out Movement. … Read the full post »
Open Democracy reports news of the police investigation into Vote Leave, the pro-Brexit campaign fronted by Boris Johnson amongst others. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has just released the latest round of applications it has received from would-be new political parties. … Read the full post »
Liberal Democrat Brexit spokesperson Tom Brake has joined a cross-party group of MPs in taking crowdfunded legal action against the Metropolitan Police. … Read the full post »