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Will I need photo ID to get a...

Slowly, the country is waking up to the fact that...

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We have the opportunity to encourage first-time voter participation

Welcome to Your Vote Week – Raising young...

This week is Welcome to Your Vote Week, a campaign...

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Why did Belgium adopt proportional representation?

In 1899, Belgium became the first country in the world...

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We tell ministers- Dont risk queues and chaos at the polls in May

Government plans heading for trouble as just 10,000...

Evidence is building that the Government’s flagship voter ID policy...

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ERS Cymru has long called for automatic voter registration

We told the Welsh Government our suggestions for...

Since elections were devolved to Wales in the Wales Act...

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Can We Repair Our Politics Together? (Scottish Labour...

The recently released Brown Commission report looks at ‘Renewing our...

ERS Scotland
The government has decided to go with the strictest rules every time

All the ways the government decided not to...

This May, millions of people will be asked to bring...

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There are lots of options for upgrading Westminsters system

What are the alternatives to First Past the...

Westminster’s First Past the Post system means we don’t get...

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To do: Launch voter ID website

£5.6 million to promote voter ID website that...

We told the government that voter ID was a costly...

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How did Switzerland get proportional representation?

In the early 1890s, a handful of Swiss cantons (states)...

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Most read articles of 2022

The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2022

Every year we have a look through the stats to...

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The 9 best politics Twitter accounts to follow...

Becoming more informed in politics can be daunting. There’s so...

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