The electoral reform Portugal needsNearly fifty years after the transition to democracy, Portugal’s electoral system for its national parliament (the Assembleia da República) has changed very little.Posted 23 Mar 2026
Is it possible to opt out of political leaflets through the letterbox?Written by Thomas Worth In the months leading up to elections, voters are often inundated with all sorts of literature from political parties and candidates. From leaflets to surveys, or even sudoku puzzles, political parties...Posted 19 Mar 2026
Early voting trials offer a promising addition to our democracyWritten by Thomas Worth While the focus has been on the 30 councils who saw their elections delayed and then undelayed at short notice, it might be easy to miss some of the positive changes...Posted 12 Mar 2026
What can the Effective Number of Parties tell us about First Past the Post?Written by Thomas Worth The results of the 2024 General Election were the most disproportional in British political history. The current Labour government was elected on just 33.7% of the vote, but took 63.2% of...Posted 19 Feb 2026
Every vote counts in the Tasmanian electionThis article is a guest post by Ralph Hall, previously Coordinator of the National Coalition for Proportional Representation, who has also held a range of other electoral system roles in both the UK and New...Posted 17 Jul 2025
What Kamala Harris’ nomination means for the American party systemRob Richie is the co-founder and senior advisor to FairVote, a sister organisation to the Electoral Reform Society. FairVote is a nonpartisan organisation in America, campaigning for better elections for all, working to make ‘Ranked...Posted 22 Aug 2024
Welcome to Your Vote Week – Raising young people’s political awarenessThis week is Welcome to Your Vote Week, a campaign by the Electoral Commission to spark campaigners across the UK to speak to students in schools and raise young people’s political awareness. Amidst a global...Posted 02 Feb 2023
The Single Transferable Vote means every vote counts in New South Wales’ local electionsIn the closing days of 2021, I braved the scorch of the blistering Australian summer sun, walking through the streets of a leafy Sydney suburb and dropping flyers into letterboxes for the Sutherland Shire Council...Posted 07 Feb 2022
Welsh youth will be the collateral of Westminster’s voter ID lawsThe Queen’s Speech on the 17th May outlined the UK Government’s plans to implement Voter ID in UK elections.Posted 10 Aug 2021
Stephen Kinnock MP: Democracy is in retreat – and the government’s 2022 Elections Bill fails to face up to the challengeThe Elections Bill – introduced to the Commons on Monday - does not reflect the seriousness of the challenges our democracy faces from dark and dirty money, which has the potential to fundamentally corrupt our...Posted 13 Jul 2021