Archive for Election law
Boundary Commission for England publishes details of stage two consultation
Boundary Commission for England Newsletter 2012 #1
Can polling station location alter how people vote?
A new academic study of 99 people suggests the choice of building for a polling station can have an impact on people's political outlooks.
Should Police Commissioner candidates get election addresses?
The Electoral Commission's Peter Wardle has highlighted the inconsistent and potentially confusing rules for election addresses for Police Commissioner and City Mayor candidates.
Learning lessons from the US elections: four legal differences you need to know
Many of the differences between American and British election campaigns are not the result of American campaigners having good ideas the British should copy, but rather are the result of four key legal differences between the two countries.
Electoral registration: the group that gets overlooked
Whether or not someone lives in private rented property is one of the most important factors in predicting whether or not they will be on the electoral register, new research by the Electoral Commission has found.
How can a general election happen?
The Fixed-term Parliaments Act of 2011 is now in force and the sorts of calculations that were relevant during previous political excitements are no longer relevant. A Prime Minister can no longer simply call an early general election because they want to.
Phew, that’s some submission
The Liberal Democrat response to the Boundary Commission for England’s draft proposals, submitted today: Well done to everyone involved in pulling it together.
When should election counts be held?
The Electoral Commission has a new consultation paper out, returning to an old issue: when should election counts be held?
Political party funding: transparency alone isn’t enough
If we really want to reform party funding, we need politicians or trade unions to be brave. Transparency has failed. That is the lesson from the last decade of political party funding reform. Encapsulated by the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act of 2000, the emphasis – with general cross-party support – has been on [...]
How many people are prosecuted for failing to fill in electoral registration forms?
In amongst the debate over individual electoral registration, one question has been whether it should remain a legal obligation to complete registration forms sent out by the local council. But how meaningful is the current legal obligation?
