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
Train drivers’ union becomes latest to join the movement for proportional representationASLEF joins the growing number of unions calling for a more equal voting system for Westminster.Posted 28 May 2021
My 20 years of campaigning for votes at 16This is a guest post from Kelly Harris, a qualified youth worker who has worked with children and young people for 20 years across Wales. I still find it hard to believe that it has been...Posted 26 Apr 2021
Wales’ planning for the May elections is a welcome contrast to WestminsterKey decisions on May's elections in Wales will be driven by consensus and cooperation, rather than ministerial diktat.Posted 15 Feb 2021
Democracy delayed? Voters and officials need clarity now on England’s May electionsToby James, University of East Anglia and Alistair Clark, Newcastle University Which activities are essential during a pandemic? Across England, school buildings have been closed, as have many shops, businesses and sports facilities. So what...Posted 08 Jan 2021