Progressive and Inclusive Technology Policy
By Tess Woolfenden. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal, the issue of social media regulation – or lack thereof – has been raised in mainstream public debate in … Continue reading Cambridge Analytica and the future of social media
By Kasimir Rantzau. Democracy entails the diversity of society – it provides the privilege for all that are eligible to vote. It is the foundation for a free society. However, … Continue reading The local elections and language discrimination
In response to a letter coordinated by WebRoots Democracy, the Scottish Government Minister for Parliamentary Business, Joe Fitzpatrick MSP, reaffirmed their commitment to undertaking pilots of electronic voting. Our letter, … Continue reading Scottish Government: E-voting pilots will go ahead
More than 30 leading academics and charity bosses have written to the Scottish Government urging them to undertake pilots of online voting for elections. The letter comes as the Scottish … Continue reading Academics and charity bosses write to Scottish Government to back pilots of online voting
Online voting will ‘inject a new lease of life’ into democracy argues SNP MSP, Ruth Maguire, during a debate in the Scottish Parliament. The Scottish Government is consulting on the … Continue reading MSP: Online voting will ‘inject a new lease of life’ into Scotland’s democracy
By Areeq Chowdhury. What if we could get rid of politicians and simply vote on everything ourselves? Why limit ourselves to referenda on independence movements, and not have referenda on … Continue reading The fate of digital democracy is linked to the fate of online voting
MPs spent an estimated 14,000 minutes standing in division lobbies during the 2010 – 2015 Parliament, according to analysis by WebRoots Democracy. This equates to almost an entire month, based … Continue reading £3.5m spent towards 14,000 minutes of MPs standing in division lobbies
Following the vote on the European Union Withdrawal Bill, a number of MPs have called for the UK to introduce electronic voting in Parliament with the Green Party Co-Leader, Caroline … Continue reading MPs clamour for electronic voting in the House of Commons
The UK Government has appointed Chloe Smith MP as the new Cabinet Office Minister responsible for electoral reform following the Prime Minister’s January reshuffle. Her role is also known as … Continue reading E-voting advocate appointed as the new Minister for electoral reform
By Areeq Chowdhury. 2017 has been a memorable year for our work advancing the digital democracy agenda in the UK. Starting work on WebRoots Democracy full-time has been incredibly challenging … Continue reading What happened in 2017?
Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Sir Vince Cable MP, has joined calls for the UK Government to pilot online voting in elections following the publication of the WebRoots Democracy Cost of … Continue reading Lib Dem Leader, Sir Vince Cable, joins calls for pilots of online voting in the UK
A new report, Cost of Voting, published today, calls for the UK Government to pilot online voting in elections finding that it would save £18m per election and boost voter turnout … Continue reading Online voting would raise turnout by 4.7m and cut the cost-per-vote by 26%
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