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
2022 Elections Bill: Has the government jumped the gun?Proposals to reform our election laws are like buses. You wait around ages for one and then two turn up at once. Earlier this week the government published its long-awaited Elections Bill – legislation they...Posted 09 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
On the anniversary of the equal franchise, new government plans will undermine the right to voteThe 2nd July is the anniversary of the 1928 Equal Franchise Act. The act granted equal voting rights to women and men. As a result, for the first time, anyone over the age of 21...Posted 02 Jul 2021
Is Westminster gearing up for a devolution battle over ‘voter suppression’ plans?The Welsh Government has spoken out in strong terms against plans in Westminster to impose mandatory voter ID for UK elections. In a Senedd question to Wales’ Counsel General – the government’s top legal figure...Posted 02 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
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
The government’s own research shows millions of people may lack appropriate voter IDThis week’s Queen’s Speech confirmed that the government would be pushing ahead with the Electoral Integrity Bill. As we’ve outlined before, the bill would require voters to present photo identification at the polling station in...Posted 14 May 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