The Reformer

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,...

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New Zealand MMP song

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

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

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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...

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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...

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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...

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ERS in the Press – September 2020

As the government continues to implement new restrictions to fight...

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There was just one proven case of personation fraud in 2019

Ministers just vowed to plough ahead with a...

The ERS and groups representing elderly voters and BME communities...

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Conservative, Labour, SNP, Green and Lib Dem figures back our calls

Cross-party figures unite to call for transparency in...

Political figures across the spectrum have backed our calls for...

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The areas they choose had an average majority of just 3,000

Paying the price of First Past the Post...

There is no better way of finding out which voters...

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Democracy in the Dark Preview

ERS reveals the scale of secretive online campaigning...

Democracy in the Dark – our new report commissioned from...

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Covid-19 has moved the assembly to the forefront of Scottish government thinking

The Citizen’s Assembly of Scotland can help shape...

Scotland’s first Citizens’ Assembly met last week for the first...

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Labour for a New Democracy

Campaigners unite to urge Labour party to back...

A major new project has been launched to encourage the Labour party to back proportional...

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