Hundreds of activists gather to tell MPs to Sort the SystemSupport for proportional representation is growing. In the past few months, we’ve seen more and more people saying it’s time for change – the result of widespread concern that Westminster politics isn’t working for ordinary...Posted 26 May 2023
People were turned away from polling stations last week and they’ve told us whyOne of the big stories of May’s English local elections is not the results of the vote, but about the process of voting itself. For the first time, voters in England who headed to the...Posted 17 May 2023
Nearly 119,000 signatures handed to No 10 calling for voter ID u-turnCampaign groups handed in nearly 119,000 petition signatures to 10 Downing Street this week, calling for the government to think again, and scrap its dangerous plans for voter ID. The petition delivery took place as...Posted 21 Apr 2023
Government plans heading for trouble as just 10,000 people apply for government-issued voter IDEvidence is building that the Government’s flagship voter ID policy is heading for failure and election day chaos in May as millions still lack the necessary ID to vote on election day. Last month polling...Posted 01 Feb 2023
£5.6 million to promote voter ID website that wasn’t live yetWe told the government that voter ID was a costly distraction. First, it was £55m for new A4 polling cards and envelopes. Then cash-strapped councils were forced to spend £1.3m on thousands of mirrors and...Posted 10 Jan 2023
We’re calling for an inquiry into failing voter ID implementationLong before the Elections Act was passed last year, we warned about the issues that implementing photographic voter ID requirements would cause. From ensuring access to the free form of ID was easy for the...Posted 04 Nov 2022
It’s time to scrap the tradition of resignation honoursBoris Johnson cannot be allowed to use his final days in power to pack the Lords with his supporters and allies. Boris Johnson’s days in Downing Street are numbered but that hasn’t stopped him planning...Posted 29 Jul 2022
For local democracy to flourish our representatives need the power to deliverNew ERS research finds over two-thirds of councillors feel they lack the powers to represent the needs of their local community. Local government is at the front line of our democracy. It’s the closest level...Posted 10 Mar 2022
The Electoral Commission’s letter on the 2022 Elections Bill is unprecedentedThe Electoral Commission has written an unprecedented letter to the government, calling for them to reconsider provisions in the Elections Bill that would undermine the Commission’s role of oversight of our elections. The Commission’s letter,...Posted 22 Feb 2022
ERS in the Press: January 2022Scandal and crisis at the heart of government have dominated the news as we begin 2022. Yet in a packed news cycle of covid regulation breaking parties in Downing Street, and a pantomime-esque will-they-won’t-they over...Posted 04 Feb 2022