Elections Bill: a blatant assault on democratic rights
“You don’t strengthen our democracy by making it harder for people to vote” – Alistair Carmichael. … Read the full post »
Proxy voting
Voting by proxy means appointing someone else to vote on your behalf because you aren’t able to make it in person to vote. It is usually an alternative to postal voting, whereby you still cast your own vote, but by post rather than having to turn out to a specific place at a particular time.
Not sure if you’ll be able to vote in person? Remember to get a postal or proxy vote
Don’t miss out on your chance to vote: you can sign up for a postal vote or a proxy vote (appointing someone to vote on your behalf) if you won’t be able to make it to your local polling station to vote in person on polling day. … Read the full post »
2017 general election timetable
As with the timetable for the 2017 local elections, this timetable is based on the one published by the Electoral Commission. … Read the full post »
Local election timetable 2017
Here is the electoral timetable for this May’s council elections in England, Scotland and Wales. … Read the full post »
There’s more to Eric Pickles’s report into electoral fraud than the title suggests
A long list of recommendations should always have a careful reader diving for the details to see quite what is lurking in the list. … Read the full post »
Barnet Returning Officer faces financial penalty after polling blunder means voters wrongly turned away
The Electoral Commission can recommend that Returning Officers face a financial penalty for failing to run elections well – as happened after the Tower Hamlets elections in 2014. … Read the full post »
European referendum – the electoral timetable
See all the details of the deadlines for the 2016 European referendum, such as last day to apply for a postal vote. … Read the full post »
Election deadline coming up: 5pm polling day for replacement postal votes and emergency proxy votes
5pm Thursday 7th May: that’s the deadline for the reissuing of a postal vote in cases of postal votes having gone astray or the paperwork being messed up. … Read the full post »
Election deadline coming up: apply for a proxy vote by 5pm Tuesday
5pm Tuesday 28 April: that’s the deadline for new proxy vote applications (though it’s now too late to get a postal proxy). … Read the full post »
“Not acceptable” – Electoral Commission on Green Party’s proxy vote tactics
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 »