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ERS Cymru 2021 manifesto preview

ERS Cymru’s 2021 Manifesto for Democracy

In just over six short months voters in Wales will...

My experience in the Australian Capital Territory has changed my mind

Westminster could learn a lot from the Australian...

Could Australia’s capital show the rest of Australia and Westminster...

Around the World

The white paper makes scant references to online harms to our democracy

Tackling online harms to our democracy must be...

Last week, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and...

Current Affairs Commentary

Elections should be about winning voters, not make them give up on voting entirely

Democracy and ‘deterrence’: How out-of-date campaign rules leave...

Presidential elections tend to highlight the best and worst of...

Current Affairs Commentary

With PR if people want a single-party majority they get one

Does PR mean coalitions? As New Zealand shows...

The New Zealand Labour party are celebrating a landslide win,...

Around the World

With different restrictions around the UK, refusing remote participation hits some voters harder than others

Voters risk being locked out – unless this...

When the ‘virtual Parliament’ was launched at the end of...

Current Affairs Commentary

How and when you can vote is itself a political issue

Early voting doesn’t have to mean long queues

Two news stories stood out this week. As early voting...

Around the World

Just 25 percent of attainers are registered

This simple change could help bring in the...

Rather than putting up bureaucratic barriers to engaging with politics,...

Current Affairs Commentary

New Zealand MMP song

New Zealand’s MMP electoral system: how does it...

New Zealand actor Jack Buchanan explains how MMP works in...

Around the World

Over nine million are estimated to be missing from the register

Parties can back this simple change today to...

A cross-party group of peers are backing an amendment to...

Current Affairs Commentary

the election is likely to be a difficult experience for voters

Are Guernsey about to hold the strangest election in...

On 7 October, voters in Guernsey will head to the...

Around the World

It’s time for parties to open up about who is running for office

Government must do more to ‘level up politics’...

Despite some gains in the last general election, women and...

Current Affairs Commentary