Liam Fox wants to kick half a million Indians and Pakistanis off the electoral register
Senior Tories have called for an emergency change in the law to remove 1.5 million from the electoral register. … Read the full post »
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Senior Tories have called for an emergency change in the law to remove 1.5 million from the electoral register. … Read the full post »
One key piece of information at the moment is whether or not someone who is on the register has moved over to individual registration or not. … Read the full post »
Sam Gyimah, the constitution minister, told MPs that such a voting revolution was unwise because there was no way to “check an error”. … Read the full post »
Over one million people have applied to register to vote since the new online voter registration system went live in June, and there is over 90% satisfaction with the new online service. … Read the full post »
Maidstone Borough Council has wasted £12,600 thanks to mistakes in electoral registration letters sent to voters. … Read the full post »
Cash strapped Newcastle City Council has had to fork out £50,000 to put right an error in a letter sent to around 180,000 voters. … Read the full post »
The government’s new website is the first step in its switch to individual voter registration, rather than allowing the head of a household to sign up everyone who lives at an address. … Read the full post »
Computing reports: Supposedly private electoral roll information is suspected to have been sold to junk mail companies in a series of leaks from local authorities. The security lapses are thought to be so widespread that as many as one-in-four local authorities may have been involved. The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) says that a “software error” … Read the full post »
The government has unveiled the new online voter registration system as Greg Clark, Minister for Cities and the Constitution, hosted the first public demonstration of how people will register to vote online. … Read the full post »
A great example of why Britain’s electoral law is in need of a thorough consaolidation and simplification comes with the latest Electoral Commission bulletin. … Read the full post »