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The Electoral Reform Society in Wales (ERS Cymru) has announced that they are backing calls for online voting trials in the run up to the Welsh Assembly elections this year. … Continue reading Welsh Electoral Reform Society backs calls for online voting trials
By Councillor James Beckles. Local authorities are at the heart of our communities; they deliver a wide range of services we need and their role ultimately is to improve the … Continue reading Local Government: An avenue for online voting?
By Joe Carton. The British political system is painfully neglecting the country’s youth. Choosing to pander to the baby boomer generation with generous offerings of a pension ‘triple lock’ and … Continue reading Intergenerational unfairness: online voting is key to strengthening the voice of Britain’s disillusioned youth
Leanne Wood AM, leader of Plaid Cymru has promised to introduce online voting for Welsh Assembly elections if her party wins power in this year’s elections. Speaking at an event … Continue reading Plaid Cymru pledge to introduce online voting in Wales
Online voting can be made sufficiently secure and should be introduced for the 2020 UK General Election, according to a new report ‘Secure Voting’ launched today. The report, backed by … Continue reading REPORT: Online voting can be secured and should be an option in the 2020 UK General Election
The former Head of the UK Civil Service, crossbench Peer, and President of the Local Government Association, Lord Kerslake has suggested that online balloting is more secure than postal ballots in … Continue reading Lord Kerslake: Online voting is ‘more secure than postal’
The third largest party in the UK House of Commons, the Scottish National Party (SNP) has made fresh calls for electronic voting to be introduced in Parliament. Currently the 650 … Continue reading Scottish National Party calls for electronic voting in Parliament
By Sam Campbell. In March 2015 the state of New South Wales, known locally as NSW, in Australia held the largest (well – at the time anyway!) binding government Internet delivered election … Continue reading The NSW iVote project – Internet based voting in Australia
By Alex Wiltshire. A decision regarding any military action in Syria should be undertaken with close consultation with the electorate, and an online constituent vote could be the perfect solution. … Continue reading Constituents should be able to vote online on issues like Syria airstrikes
The European Parliament has voted to adopt a set of reforms to the 1976 EU Electoral Act by 315 votes to 254. The reforms include the need for member states … Continue reading European Parliament: EU citizens living abroad ‘must be able to vote online’
By Areeq Chowdhury. There seems to be an inconsistency in the Government’s stance relating to the use of online voting in trade union strike ballots. The Government has, so far, … Continue reading Online voting: One rule for political parties, another rule for trade unions?
The UK Government has not ruled out introducing online voting for elections, according to the Constitutional Reform Minister, John Penrose MP. In an interview with the Local Government Chronicle, Mr … Continue reading UK Government ‘has not ruled out’ introducing online voting
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