Time is nearly out to register to vote. Don’t be silenced this electionThe election is fast approaching: and it’s time to bring the ‘missing millions’ currently not on the electoral roll into the fold. If you aren’t on the register, your voice won’t be heard. With only...Posted 25 Nov 2019
Why Voter ID is a solution seeking a problemThe government will be trialling making ID mandatory at polling stations this May. Voters in Bromley, Woking and Gosport will have to show officials their papers before being permitted to exercise their right to vote....Posted 19 Mar 2018
Closing the registration generation gapYoung voters are in the spotlight this election. Significant gaps in current polling have been explained by differences in how pollsters are measuring youth turnout. Younger electors are also behind the surge in electoral registration....Posted 06 Jun 2017
Deadline Day: Our Voter Registration System Needs An OverhaulOn the evening of the 7th June last year – just a couple of weeks before the EU referendum – the website to register to vote crashed. Cue havoc, thousands of disappointed and angry people, and...Posted 13 Apr 2017
It turns out voters have faith in democracy. But we can do betterFrom Donald Trump’s claims of widespread voter fraud in the US, to the government’s plans for voter ID trials in the UK next year, the (often shaky) notion of widespread abuse in our democratic system has been...Posted 31 Jan 2017