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From the Federal Executive report tabled for the 2015 Glasgow conference… … 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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From the Federal Executive report tabled for the 2015 Glasgow conference… … Read the full post »
This handy flowchart from the Electoral Commission explains when non-party campaigners (third party campaigners) have to register their activities. … Read the full post »
Despite some reforms introduced by Labour in the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (on which see the guide I wrote), unincorporated associations continue to offer rather a loophole when it comes to donations to political parties. … Read the full post »
As issued by the Electoral Commission, here is the 2014 Scottish Independence Referendum Voting Guide in full for you to read.. … Read the full post »
The Access to Elected Office Fund seeks to provide assistance to candidates with disabilities seeking election to public office. … Read the full post »
Lib Dem Chief Executive Tim Gordon last week put up a short post just after the party’s official accounts were published. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission’s report into the May 2014 elections is fairly low-key, but in amongst the modest changes floated based on the lessons of this year are a couple of welcome details – and one misplaced idea. … Read the full post »
Read the list of 25 political party names that the Electoral Commission has rejected since 2010, meaning that the party in question has had to pick a different name to be its official name and to be on ballot papers … Read the full post »
The verdict: “Underlying both of these main factors were plans for the management of the verification and count on Friday 23 May which proved inadequate”. … Read the full post »
Scotland Yard are investigating two new complaints relating to election fraud at Tower Hamlets Council. … Read the full post »