Government changes plans for conduct of EU referendum
The government is set to announce “significant” changes to its planned rules on an in-out EU referendum. … 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).
You can also follow news about UK election law on this blog, on Twitter at @UKElectionLaw or on Facebook.
The government is set to announce “significant” changes to its planned rules on an in-out EU referendum. … Read the full post »
Much to my relief, the Liberal Democrat Newswire poll for the leadership contest turned out very close to the result and was the most accurate of the published polling. … Read the full post »
Claire Bassett, Chief Executive of the Parole Board for England and Wales since April 2012, has been appointed as the new Chief Executive of the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
New figures out from the Electoral Commission show that at least 24 Returning Officers failed to meet the standards necessary for a “well-run election”. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission’s report on the May 2015 elections reveals a rather embarrassing problem with postal voting. … Read the full post »
The final data for the size of the electoral register at the election is in and it shows the media stories were misleading. … Read the full post »
With the deadline for filing petitions against constituency results in the 2015 general election, only two have materialised. … Read the full post »
One of the lesser known political reforms seen through by the Liberal Democrats during the 2010-15 coalition was the power to reduce Returning Officer pay when the job has been done badly. … Read the full post »
The National Conservative Draws Society has been fined for repeatedly failing to notify the Commission that it had made donations to the Conservative Party. … Read the full post »
Over the weekend I reported on complaints about the Green Party’s proxy voting campaign in Brighton, handing out forms pre-completed with the names of Green Party activists. … Read the full post »