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ERS Cymru has long called for automatic voter registration
Voter Registration

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...

The government has decided to go with the strictest rules every time
Voter ID

All the ways the government decided not to make their voter ID rules fairer

This May, millions of people will be asked to bring photo ID to the polling station for the first time....

To do: Launch voter ID website
Voter ID

£5.6 million to promote voter ID website that wasn’t live yet

We told the government that voter ID was a costly distraction. First, it was £55m for new A4 polling cards...

Most read articles of 2022
Electoral Reform in Westminster

The top 5 most-read ERS articles from 2022

Every year we have a look through the stats to see which of our articles were the most popular with...

Without addressing the Commons, the aims of Brown’s Commission can only fall short
House of Lords

Brown Commission reforms offer first blueprint for much-needed democratic renewal

Gordon Brown has now released A New Britain: Renewing our Democracy and Rebuilding our Economy – the findings of his...

Ed Davey electoral reform event
Electoral Reform in Westminster

Ed Davey – Let’s make the next general election the last fought under First Past the Post

This week we supported a panel with Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey, as part of a rescheduled conference event. The...

Oyster cards
Voter ID

Voter ID list gives few options for younger voters

Long-awaited details of the government’s voter ID scheme have now finally been released including details of which IDs will be...

The State of Scottish Democracy Lecture
ERS Scotland

Don’t miss one of Scotland’s leading political experts in new annual lecture

ERS Scotland is hosting the inaugural State of Scottish Democracy lecture next week. The event takes place on Thursday 17th...

Infrastructure and Projects Authority Successful delivery of the project appears to be unachievable
Voter ID

We’re calling for an inquiry into failing voter ID implementation

Long before the Elections Act was passed last year, we warned about the issues that implementing photographic voter ID requirements...

Will Liz Truss release a resignation honours list after just 44 days in office
House of Lords

Life-time appointments to Lords should not be handed out as rewards for failure

A seat in the House of Lords is a lifetime appointment to make our laws, not a gift to be...

Ministers are finding solutions to the problems their own ID policy has created
Voter ID

Cash-strapped councils to spend £1.3 million on 40,000 mirrors as part of voter ID scheme

A parliamentary question has revealed yet more details of the government’s expensive scheme to demand ID at polling stations. Luke...

First Past the Post has given us three prime ministers in three months
Electoral Reform in Westminster

We need to reform our voting system to end the chaos of First Past the Post

As Liz Truss prepares to leave Downing Street, it’s clear where stability lies in the UK. Far from providing ‘Strong...