Progressive and Inclusive Technology Policy
By Sadiq Khan MP. The way we run our democracy is stuck in a time warp. If we are serious about raising turnout at elections and getting more people involved … Continue reading Online Voting: Time to drag our democracy into the 21st century
The Government Digital Service, which is part of the Cabinet Office, is to roll out a new tool called ‘GOV.UK Verify’ which it says will be able to help people … Continue reading Cabinet Office to roll out tool to verify users’ identities online
Online voting and e-voting could become a larger part of the political process around the world but only if the right technologies and processes are implemented to ensure its security, … Continue reading Computer security company McAfee promotes online voting
By Victoria Richards. There is a belief, at least in democratic societies, that every individual has a right, and the responsibility, to vote and participate within the civic/political arena. We … Continue reading Votes for All: Ensuring the ‘right to vote’ for disabled citizens
In a report launched this month, a network of ‘digital experts’ from the Labour Party’s ‘Labour Digital’ group have included a recommendation that the UK should ‘implement an electronic voting … Continue reading Labour’s ‘digital experts’ advocate online voting for UK elections
In his speech to the Labour Party conference in Manchester today, Labour’s Shadow Justice Secretary, Sadiq Khan announced that should the Labour Party win the General Election in 2015 they … Continue reading Labour announce plans to introduce ‘electronic voting’
After a passionate, heated and tightly-run two-year campaign, over 665,000 registered voters did not cast a vote in the Scottish independence referendum. This represents over 15% of the 4 million … Continue reading Why did over half a million registered voters not turn out in the Scottish #indyref?
On Tuesday 9th of September, Sky News hosted an online debate about the potential for online voting (also known as e-voting) for the UK. This was done as part of … Continue reading VIDEO: Should the UK get e-voting?
With just over two weeks to go until Scotland decides it’s future in the Independence Referendum, WebRoots Democracy has analysed the social media followings of the two official campaigns who … Continue reading Which Scottish #indyref campaign is leading on social media?
Early reports from the West Midlands suggest that just over one in ten people voted in the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) by-election yesterday. The estimate is that turnout was … Continue reading The 10% turnout in the West Midlands PCC by-election represents an embarrassment to UK democracy
Official figures released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) this month have displayed the huge advances the UK has made in embracing the digital age. The ONS have looked … Continue reading Government figures confirm that the UK has become digitalised
As the sporting world watches the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow to see which country will climb to the top of the medals table, WebRoots has created another medals table … Continue reading UK lags behind Nauru, Tonga, Beliz, and Kiribati in voter turnouts
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