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13 October 2008

'No repeat of vote-rig scandal' say leaders »

Community leaders say there will be no repeat of the election-rigging scandal which has seen two former Peterborough mayors imprisoned...

9 October 2008

SNP renews election ballot call »

The SNP has renewed its appeal to Westminster to give the Scottish Parliament full responsibility for elections in Scotland...

9 October 2008

Election dates set to be merged »

The government plans to hold the 2009 English local and European elections on the same day...

7 October 2008

By-elections 'happen too quickly' »

The speed with which parliamentary by-elections take place could be preventing voters from taking part, the Electoral Commission has warned...

26 September 2008

AEA response to Ministry of Justice consultation »

"Election day - weekend voting"...

23 September 2008

AEA praised by the Sikh Times »

Election for the management committee of the Guru Teg Bahadhar Gurdwara, Leicester, administered by the Association...

17 September 2008

London Branch post-election report »

Administrative review of the 2008 Greater London Authority elections...

15 September 2008

Presentations from the national one-day Seminar »

All the presentations from the Hinckley Seminar can be viewed...

8 September 2008

The pre-1832 Election Game »

An active learning exercise developed to fit into a sequence of Key Stage 3 lessons on electoral reform...

27 August 2008

Electoral Commission reports on electoral administration »

"Electoral administration in the United Kingdom" and "Electoral administration in Scotland"...

27 August 2008

UK election laws 'under strain' »

The UK's electoral system is stuck in the 19th Century and is under "severe strain", a report says...

27 August 2008

Call to appoint elections supremo »

Returning Officers should be brought together to form a board of management for all elections in Scotland, a report has said...

26 August 2008

Officials back ban on data sale »

There is massive support among election officials in England for a ban on the sale of voters' personal data to direct mail companies, a survey has found...

26 August 2008

Selling addresses from electoral roll to junk mail companies harming democracy »

Read this article in the Times online (which includes a quote from the AEA's Chief Executive)...

26 August 2008

Selling the electoral register for direct marketing »

Local Government Association press release...

22 August 2008

Candidate fined over false nomination »

A Workers Party candidate and her husband have been fined for submitting fraudulent nomination forms for last year's NI assembly elections...

1 August 2008

Councils should be allowed to 'go it alone' on postal voting »

A Birmingham councillor is urging the government to let individual authorities opt out of postal voting arrangements...

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