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The first time you have needed photo ID to vote in an election in Scotland

Voter ID makes its unwelcome Scottish debut in...

If you live in Rutherglen and Hamilton West and are...

Current Affairs Commentary
Lesley Riddoch

Lesley Riddoch’s State of Scottish Democracy lecture

Thank you to everyone who made it along to hear...

ERS Scotland
We need UK-wide automatic voter registration

Electoral Commission estimate 8 million missing from electoral...

This week, the Electoral Commission published a report highlighting how...

Current Affairs Commentary
SNP Conf 2023 preview

Making Scotland’s Communities Independent (SNP Conference)

What is the best route to powerful communities? A vibrant...

ERS Scotland
Good scrutiny pays for itself and poor scrutiny leads to poor decisions going unchallenged

Welsh Government introduce Senedd Cymru (Members and Elections)...

Next year the Senedd will mark a quarter of a...

ERS Cymru
The Government needs to scrap this unnecessary and damaging policy

Voter ID rules criticised by MPs, election watchdog...

This week three separate independent reports have exposed the extent...

Current Affairs Commentary
CAER at Tory Conf 2023 PR ERS

Responding to Labour’s Plans for Electoral Reform (Conservative...

Conservative Action for Electoral Reform (CAER) are hosting an event...

Current Affairs Commentary
Voting should be about Westminster clearly hearing the voice of the electorate

The Mid Bedfordshire by-election shows how First Past...

It finally happened. After weeks of speculation and, more latterly,...

Current Affairs Commentary
2, 3, 4 or 5 years? How regular should elections be?

Short, long, or in-between: How long do parliaments...

Regular elections are a core part of any democracy, but...

Around the World
It bears repeating that patronage is a bad idea

Resignation honours are the worst, but all patronage...

The fact that Liz Truss’s short-term premiership can result in...

Current Affairs Commentary
In conversation with founding President and CEO of Fair Vote USA, Rob Richie.

Campaigning for Proportional Representation: Lessons from around the...

Around the World
64 per cent of adults would have liked to have had the vote at 16

Voters trusted themselves to vote at 16 –...

Do you think you should have been able to vote...

Current Affairs Commentary