What’s the significance of the Electoral Commission cyber-attack?
Large volumes of electoral register data held by the Electoral Commission have been illegally accessed. What are the consequences? … 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).
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Large volumes of electoral register data held by the Electoral Commission have been illegally accessed. What are the consequences? … Read the full post »
It is 46 days since Nadine Dorries tweeted that she would stand down as an MP with “immediate” effect. She hasn’t yet and her constituents aren’t happy about it. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission is kicking off its publicity campaign to warn people about the new voter ID laws coming into force for the May elections. … Read the full post »
The government looks set to cut the number of nomination signatures councilcandidates need in England from 10 to 2. … Read the full post »
Interesting and useful data from the Electoral Commission in their report on the 2022 local elections. … Read the full post »
As I’d predicted, the early voting pilot in this May’s elections in Wales has turned out to be a bit of a dud. … Read the full post »
The bad news keeps on coming for Boris Johnson with the Electoral Commission handing out a fine for law-breaking over the infamous Downing Street flat refurbishment. … Read the full post »
“You don’t strengthen our democracy by making it harder for people to vote” – Alistair Carmichael. … Read the full post »
A printing error has meant some regional ballot papers for the Senedd election across north Wales left out a candidate. … Read the full post »
Due to the legal secrecy requirements around voting, the Electoral Commission does not want people taking selfies when they are voting. … Read the full post »