GRAPH: The power of postal voters
Data from November 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections shows the importance of postal votes. … Read the full post »
Read my posts about the use of postal voting in public elections, its impact on turnout and the fraud risks that go with it.
For more about how elections are run, see all the posts tagged Election Law.
Data from November 2012 Police and Crime Commissioner elections shows the importance of postal votes. … Read the full post »
A Pendle Council panel, consisting of cross-party councillors and representatives, will gather evidence at five public hearings across the borough into possible postal vote fraud. … Read the full post »
Parliamentary by-election timetables will be lengthened, Returning Officers face losing pay for under-performance and postal voters will be better informed about problems in future. … Read the full post »
Along with many activists from all political parties, yesterday I was out on the doorsteps campaigning for votes with a special emphasis on targeting postal voters. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission’s report into May’s Scottish elections is now out and broadly paints a positive picture of how the elections were administered. … Read the full post »
The Electoral Commission report into the administration of the May 2011 AV referendum is out. … Read the full post »
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… … Read the full post »
One reason for switching to individual registration is a point of principle: someone’s ability (if they aren’t the head of a household) to vote shouldn’t be dependent on whether or not someone else has filled in a form for them. … Read the full post »
This week the government has put three new changes to election law out for consultation, including widening the availability of emergency proxy voting. … Read the full post »
Mark Pack explains how to fill in the paperwork that comes with a postal vote. … Read the full post »