The problem of postal votes arriving too late has doubled in size
1% is a low figure but it is also just over a doubling of the figure from the 2012 Police and Crime Commission elections. … Read the full post »
Read about how UK elections are run, including changes to the law and what the regulator, the Electoral Commission, has got up to.
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1% is a low figure but it is also just over a doubling of the figure from the 2012 Police and Crime Commission elections. … Read the full post »
It all makes for an enjoyable read, as the eclectic mix of names in the index – from Mohammad Azharuddin through to Sandi Toksvig and Bill Clinton – demonstrates. … Read the full post »
Michael Crick is attempting to put an impressively perilous interpretation on the wording of the Representation of the People Act. … Read the full post »
Nigel Farage’s fine relates to the failure to declare donated office space worth £3,800 per year. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission has recommended that a proof of identity scheme be in place for the 2019 round of elections. … 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 »
Fail to understand what happened in 1997 and why and you not only fail to understand British political campaigning but also, closer to home, fail to understand the roots of more recent events involving Chris Rennard. … Read the full post »
Yes to a right of recall when an MP is caught breaking rules, but no to the ability to abuse recall just because you don’t like their party and aren’t willing to respect the result of an election. … Read the full post »
A new edition of the ALDC Election Law guide is going to be on sale from the ALDC stand at the Liberal Democrat conference next week in Glasgow. If you can’t make it to Glasgow, party members will also be able to buy it from ALDC afterwards. … Read the full post »
New laws to allow voters to “recall” their MP and force a by-election have been published by the government. … Read the full post »