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Welcome new bill will make it easier to vote in Wales

When it comes to democracy and elections in Wales, Bills are coming like buses! Just two weeks after the introduction of the Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections) Bill the Welsh Government laid it’s Elections and...

Posted 05 Oct 2023

These new proposals will remove barriers that many people face

Electoral Commission estimate 8 million missing from electoral roll

This week, the Electoral Commission published a report highlighting how millions of people are missing from Britain’s electoral registers. The report details how up to 8 million people are not correctly registered and are at...

Posted 21 Sep 2023

We need UK-wide automatic voter registration

Welcome to Your Vote Week – Raising young people’s political awareness

This 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

We have the opportunity to encourage first-time voter participation

We told the Welsh Government our suggestions for how to remove barriers to voting

Since elections were devolved to Wales in the Wales Act 2017 there have been a lot of changes for Welsh democracy. We’ve seen the extension of the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds and...

Posted 31 Jan 2023

ERS Cymru has long called for automatic voter registration

Early indications suggest Welsh voting pilots went well

In May’s local elections, four areas in Wales trialled a different way of voting – allowing people to cast their vote before election day. As well as polling stations being open on the Thursday 5...

Posted 05 Aug 2022

We need to be looking at removing other barriers to voting in Wales

Now it’s over to the Lords to prevent the government’s assault on democracy

Yesterday was a dark day for democracy. Despite widespread opposition from campaigners, election experts, academics and civil society the government’s Elections Bill successfully passed through the commons. The Bill includes clauses introducing voter ID, more...

Posted 18 Jan 2022

Recent Articles

Welcome new bill will make it easier to vote in Wales

Electoral Commission estimate 8 million missing from electoral roll

Welcome to Your Vote Week – Raising young people’s political awareness

We told the Welsh Government our suggestions for how to remove barriers to voting

Early indications suggest Welsh voting pilots went well

Now it’s over to the Lords to prevent the government’s assault on democracy

Who can I vote for? How do I vote? What everyone needs to know for the May elections

Building a better democracy – 2020 and the Electoral Reform Society

The government has a chance to right a major electoral injustice on Tuesday

This simple change could help bring in the ‘missing millions’