New measures to allow proxy voting in local elections for those self-isolating with coronavirus
24 Feb 2021
Gov.UK – New measures to allow proxy voting in local elections for those self-isolating with coronavirus
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Elections: Coronavirus
27 Jan 2021
They Work For You – To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the additional costs that will be incurred by local authorities as a result of having to take safety precautions in order to hold local elections during the covid-19 outbreak.
Read moreCoronavirus: How will the world vaccinate seven billion?
9 Sep 2020
BBC News – Teams across the world are working to develop a vaccine that will be effective against Covid-19. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has called it “the most urgent shared endeavour of our lifetimes”.
Read moreGovernment announces contingency measures for this year’s electoral canvass to address coronavirus challenge
11 Jun 2020
Gov.UK – Minister for the Constitution confirms new measures for this year’s annual electoral canvass, to address challenges posed by coronavirus.
Read moreConfusion, long lines at some poll sites as eight U.S. states vote during coronavirus pandemic
8 Jun 2020
Reuters – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Confusion, complaints of missing mail-in ballots and long lines at some polling centers marred primary elections on Tuesday in eight states and the District of Columbia,
Read moreCoronavirus: Will next year’s Holyrood elections go ahead?
6 May 2020
The Press and Journal – For the thousands who work behind-the-scenes so that millions more can exercise their right to vote, even 12 months is extremely short notice to start rearranging long established plans and protocol.
Read moreUSA – ‘We can’t afford to wait’: coronavirus could shut out droves of new US voters
27 Apr 2020
The Guardian – In a typical election year, canvassers across the country would be beginning to fan out on street corners, college campuses, concerts and rallies to pepper Americans with a simple question: “Are you registered to vote?”
Read moreUSA – Coronavirus will necessitate recruitment effort unseen since World War II to staff voting booths, election official warns
24 Apr 2020
Yahoo Sports – States will face severe shortages of election workers for November’s presidential election and will need to find new ones because of the coronavirus, the top elections official in Washington state said Wednesday.
Read moreUSA – How hard will it be to vote during the coronavirus? It depends on where you live.
22 Apr 2020
The Philadelphia Inquirer – If you’re a Pennsylvanian who wants to vote by mail this year, you can — but make sure your ballot arrives by 8 p.m. on Election Day.
Read moreAnother ‘new normal’ in California after coronavirus? All vote-by-mail elections
17 Apr 2020
Los Angeles Times – SACRAMENTO — California is headed toward its first all-mail statewide election in November to protect voters and precinct workers from the pugnacious coronavirus. Get used to it.
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