Archive for electoral commission
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.
Michael Brown arrested in Dominican Republic
The Guardian reports: The Liberal Democrats’ biggest donor, who has been on the run for three years after being convicted of a multimillion pound theft, has been arrested by police in the Dominican Republic, the Guardian can disclose… A City of London police spokesman confirmed Brown’s arrest. “We are pleased to hear that Michael Brown has been [...]
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.
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?
Electoral Commission calls for local Council Tax referendums to be postponed
The Electoral Commission has called on Parliament to modify the Localism Bill to delay the proposed start date for local referendums on Council Tax levels, neighbourhood development plans and local authority structures (e.g. elected Mayors) from Spring 2011 to Spring 2012.
How were the Scottish elections run?
The Electoral Commission has promised to look at the question of when elections should be counted.
Electoral administration lessons from the AV referendum: the Electoral Commission’s view
Last week, the Electoral Commission published its report into the administration of the May's AV referendum. Despite the high political temperatures during the campaign, the administration got little criticism at the time and so the report rightly reflects that. However, amongst the details are some important pointers to issues that are likely to come up at future elections.
Nick Clegg signals government set to drop proposal to make electoral registration voluntary
Answering questions in Deputy Prime Minister Question Time this afternoon, Nick Clegg said that he is “minded to change” the proposals currently out for consultation that would make electoral registration voluntary following the concerns expressed by the Electoral Commission and others. Good news. He also reiterated his support for providing returning officers with the necessary [...]
What’s the point of switching to individual electoral registration?
As some background to the current debates, I thought it useful to revive and update an old post of my on the subject as there has been relatively little coverage of the reasons why it has been supported by all parties (including Labour, who even talked up their achievement in introducing the first legislation for individual electoral registration before 2010, in their last general election manifesto).
Individual electoral registration: consultation response
Here’s the response I’ve sent to the Electoral Registration Transformation Programme (electoralregistration - electoralregistration.hat.cabinet-office.gsi.gov.uk.spam.com (this is spam bot hidden email address, replace .hat. with @ and remove .spam.com for the real one)) in response to the consultation on the draft legislation for individual electoral registrations, which closes on 14 October.
