Australia election: Fines, donkey votes and democracy sausages
13 May 2019
BBC News: More than 90% of eligible Australians are expected to vote in the election on 18 May – because it’s one of the few countries to have compulsory voting.
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Elections: Online Interference
2 May 2019
They Work For You – My Lords, the Government are committed to ensuring the security and integrity of our democratic processes and defending them from all forms of interference.
Read moreMore election helpline staff due to ‘unprecedented demand’
1 May 2019
BBC News – More staff have been assigned to the Electoral Office helpline due to the “unprecedented demand” of running two separate elections at the same time.
Read more138 hours to go!
29 Apr 2019
Democracy Club – In today’s Friday blog: we urge one last push for candidate data for the local elections;
Read moreThrough the local elections maze
23 Apr 2019
The Local Democracy Think Tank – LGiU’s Alice Buszard has been gathering information about all the local elections taking place in England this year – and as she recounts here, it is not a simple task.
Read moreBut you only work one day a year…
23 Apr 2019
The Local Democracy Think Tank – Peter Stanyon is the Chief Executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators and a former electoral administrator. He highlights the additional frustrations of running two elections at once, one of which was not supposed to happen.
Read moreElections: Advertising
4 Apr 2019
They Work For You – The Electoral Commission (EC) has a statutory responsibility to promote awareness of elections, including registration.
Read moreForeign Influence on Elections
29 Mar 2019
They Work For You – My hon. Friend raises an important issue. The Electoral Commission’s regulatory remit is confined in law to UK-based parties and other campaigners.
Read moreSeveral webpages from Elections Canada and MPs lack basic data protections, expert says
27 Mar 2019
CBC News – Several Elections Canada webpages and personal websites from MPs don’t have the basic encryption necessary to stop your information from being hacked as it’s sent from point A to point B.
Read moreElections
27 Feb 2019
They Work For You – We support elections by providing financial and technical assistance to international organisations that carry out election observations missions; in particular the European Union, the Organization for Security Cooperation in Europe, and the Commonwealth.
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