Breaking: Petition to scrap undemocratic voter ID plans hits crucial 100,000 signaturesOver 100,000 people have demanded ministers scrap plans to impose mandatory voter ID, amid growing fears that millions of people could be locked out of democracy.Posted 12 Jul 2021
PM and ministers challenged over plans to disenfranchise voters on an ‘industrial scale’The Elections Bill ‘is a solution in desperate search of a problem that simply does not exist’, one MP told the Prime Minister.Posted 09 Jul 2021
After a council voted to oppose mandatory voter ID, more could follow suitA council in Scotland will write to the Prime Minister to formally oppose plans to bring in voter ID at future general elections.Posted 25 Jun 2021
Government confirms plans for ‘2022 Elections Bill’ – including making it harder to voteAmong an eclectic mix of changes, the bill will contain provisions to impose mandatory voter ID for Westminster elections and all elections in England.Posted 18 Jun 2021
These government plans represent a takeover of our independent election watchdogMinisters have announced plans that gut the UK’s independent Electoral Commission, representing a power grab over election scrutiny. Posted 18 Jun 2021
Britain’s most messed-up ‘elections’ are about to restartSix aristocrats will join the House of Lords over the next month, following the announcement of candidates for Britain's most warped election.Posted 11 Jun 2021
Joint Committee on Human Rights investigates voter ID plansThe ERS’ Dr Jess Garland gave evidence to Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday 26 May, on the government’s mandatory voter ID plans announced in the Queen’s Speech. Watch it in full here....Posted 01 Jun 2021
Voter ID: 18 leading civil society groups unite to call for dangerous plans to be droppedLeading UK civil society groups have united to challenge plans to block those without ID from voting, in a landmark joint statement co-ordinated by the ERS.Posted 14 May 2021
Queen’s Speech: Senior Conservative brands mandatory voter ID ‘illiberal solution for non-existent problem’The government is planning to introduce legislation that will make it harder for millions of ordinary people to vote.Posted 10 May 2021
Elections 2021: Rotten boroughs are rife in England, as voters are hit by warped resultsWe’re already seeing a plethora of rotten results – with parties taking nearly all the seats on a fraction of the vote.Posted 07 May 2021