Call for elections reform over ‘missing’ voters
3 Oct 2019
BBC News – Campaigners have warned that a snap UK election could leave hundreds of thousands of people in Scotland unable to vote.
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Right to vote could be extended to prisoners under new laws
21 Jun 2019
BBC News: Prisoners serving a sentence of less than 12 months could get the right to vote under new legislation.
Read moreIndyref2 ‘framework’ bill published at Holyrood
29 May 2019
BBC News: Legislation which could pave the way for a new Scottish independence referendum has been tabled at Holyrood.
Read moreBattling for supremacy in Wester Ross
16 Apr 2019
Electoral Commission Blog: Martin, Senior Elections and Campaigners Adviser, tells us about his experience observing a by election in Wester Ross. No, not that one.
Read moreUK ‘will reject Sturgeon’s Indyref2 calls’
1 Mar 2019
BBC News – The UK government is preparing to reject any call from Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon for the power to hold another independence referendum, sources have told the BBC.
Read moreScotland needs new institutions to transform our local communities
28 Feb 2019
Electoral Reform Society – Can you remember a time you were talking with someone and the response you got back meant that it was blatantly obvious that they hadn’t understood what you were saying?
Read moreSturgeon to set out indyref2 plans even if Brexit extended
21 Jan 2019
BBC News – Nicola Sturgeon has pledged to set out her plans for a second independence referendum “in the coming weeks” even if the Brexit deadline is extended.
Read moreBrexit: Nicola Sturgeon says another EU referendum ‘only credible option’
16 Jan 2019
BBC News – Scotland’s first minister has said another referendum on Brexit is now the “only credible option” after MPs rejected Theresa May’s Brexit deal.
Read moreLocal government in Scotland is top-down and distant – but we can change that
3 Jan 2019
Electoral Reform Society: If there was once a connection between elected councillors in Scotland and the communities they supposedly represent, this has long since fallen away.
Read moreParties ‘should form popular front to force Brexit vote’
29 Oct 2018
BBC News: Scottish political parties should form a “popular front” to force a fresh Brexit vote, a Labour peer has said.
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