ERS response to Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill Committee recommendations

Published: Thursday, July 31st 2008

The Electoral Reform Society has welcomed the recommendation published today from the Joint Committee on the Draft Constitutional Renewal Bill. The Society’s Chief Executive Dr Ken Ritchie said "the Committee is clearly of the opinion that the Government has not earned the right to use the grand title of ‘constitutional renewal’ to describe a modest set of proposals and constitutional corrections.”

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Labour forum backs voting age of 16

Published: Monday, July 28th 2008

Patrick Wintour, The Guardian
Labour's next election manifesto will back extending the franchise to 16- and 17-year-olds, and support a wholly elected second chamber as a result of decisions taken yesterday at the party's critical three-day national policy forum in Warwick.
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ELECTORAL REFORM SOCIETY RESPONSE TO VOTES AT 16 AT NPF

Published: Monday, July 28th 2008

The Electoral Reform Society has responded to the decision at Labour’s National Policy Forum (NPF) to back the lowering of the voting age to 16
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Second chamber reform: total recall?

Published: Wednesday, July 16th 2008

RESPONSE TO WHITE PAPER ON LORDS REFORM

Published: Monday, July 14th 2008

The Electoral Reform Society's response to the White Paper on Lords Reform
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AV – Progress, but no ‘final destination’

Published: Monday, July 14th 2008

The Electoral Reform Society has described Peter Hain’s call for the abandonment of First-Past-the-Post voting at Westminster as ‘a welcome first step’, as the former cabinet minister prepares to make the case for the Alternative Vote (AV).
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