Public News Archive
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...