Public News
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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...
27 August 2008
Details of training courses posted »
"A Practical Guide to Parish Matters in England" - one-day courses during September and October...
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...
20 August 2008
No re-trial for shamed ex-mayor »
A former Peterborough mayor will be spared the ordeal of a retrial...
19 August 2008
Anger at Cornwall election delay »
A decision by the Boundary Committee to delay the new Cornwall unitary authority's first full election has sparked anger and disappointment...
5 August 2008
Election fraud measures not enough, says ousted councillor »
An ex-politician, ousted from her seat because of election fraud, says new plans to tighten up postal voting procedures are not good enough...
1 August 2008
Ex-councillor guilty of vote-rigging »
A jury has found another former Peterborough councillor guilty of electoral fraud...
1 August 2008
Former mayor told to expect jail term »
The ex-mayor of Peterborough is found guilty of forgery...
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...
30 July 2008
Labour rejects union strike calls »
The National Policy Forum also voted for an elected House of Lords and to reduce the voting age to 16...