Parties ‘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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Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland could ‘reaffirm its vote to remain in the EU’
8 Oct 2018
BBC News: First Minister and SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon said her party’s MPs would back a second EU referendum to allow the people of Scotland to “reaffirm its vote to remain in the EU”.
Read moreScotland shows that votes at 16 works
24 Aug 2018
Electoral Reform Society: Arguments for and against votes at 16 are often highly subjective. For some time there has been a suspicion that 16– and 17–year–olds are too young to be trusted to vote sensibly – or indeed that they are not interested in securing the vote.
Read moreSturgeon likely to delay decision on second independence vote
8 Aug 2018
The Guardian: Nicola Sturgeon has signalled she is unlikely to be able to make a decision on an independence referendum this autumn because of the uncertainties and confusion around Brexit.
Read moreCase for prisoner voting becoming irresistible
21 May 2018
Responding to the First Minister’s comments on prisoner voting, Edinburgh Western MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton, who sits on the Equalities & Human Rights Committee, said: “There were indications from the First Minister today that the Scottish Government is considering giving some prisoners the vote, we need to know what exactly she has in mind. The prisoner voting […]
Read moreAngus councillor warns voting machines a “disaster waiting to happen”
16 May 2018
Councillor Braden Davy, the Conservative member for Forfar and District, dismissed the suggestion of replacing the “tried and trusted” way of voting with an electronic ballot as “costly voting gimmicks” when he addressed members of the local authority’s policy and resource committee in Forfar. Read more…
Read moreMSPs support ending ban on prisoners voting
15 May 2018
Prisoners serving custodial sentences should be given the right to vote, a committee of MSPs has said. A majority of Holyrood’s equalities and human rights committee said the current ban should be lifted. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-politics-44083443
Read moreSturgeon pressed to allow prisoners to vote in Scottish elections
14 May 2018
Nicola Sturgeon has been urged to allow all Scottish prison inmates to vote in the country’s elections by a majority of MSPs on Holyrood’s equalities committee. The committee said allowing prisoners to vote went to the heart of questions about a citizen’s responsibilities and the purpose of prison to rehabilitate offenders. Read more…
Read moreNational Democracy Week: Scotland
18 Apr 2018
Cabinet Office written question – answered on 17th April 2018. Read the question and answer here.
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