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Polling Day

The government has a chance to right a major electoral injustice on Tuesday

As it stands, the new constituency boundaries will not take into account roughly nine million people who aren’t on the...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

How Holyrood can close the lobbying loopholes – and stand up for transparency

November 9, 2020

Scotland’s lax transparency rules are leaving voters in the dark about the scale and nature of political lobbying, a coalition...

Electoral Reform in Westminster

In both the US and Britain, millions are silenced by a broken electoral system

First published in the i newspaper While President Trump looked hopefully at a path to re-election on Tuesday night, one...

Political education should be a required topic in Wales’ classrooms
Informed Electorate

Teaching politics in our schools should be a necessity not an option

Next year’s Senedd election will see 16 and 17 year olds in Wales be able to vote for the first...

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Voter ID

Papers, please: Why the UK must think again before importing US-style voter ID to Britain

Voting is a key cornerstone of any democratic system. Just as important are the principles underpinning it: that every vote...

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Electoral Reform in Westminster

When it comes to fair votes, the US Senate is ripe for reform

If seats are ever to match votes in America, the US will need to look at the distorted Senate. While...

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Electoral Reform in Westminster

Four ways of electing a president – ranked from worst to best

America’s presidential election is the most famous presidential election in the world. The antiquated American system of choosing a president...

Bush and Trump both won elections with fewer votes than their opponent
Electoral Reform in Westminster

How the US’ warped Electoral College means millions of votes make no difference

In the last five US elections, two presidents have been summoned to office whilst obtaining fewer votes than their opponent....

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Electoral Reform in Westminster

Could Trump win the Presidency and lose the popular vote again?

There have been two ‘wrong winners’ in UK general elections over the last 70 years. In 1951, Labour got more...

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Electoral Reform in Westminster

US election: Why 33 states have had no presidential campaign events at all

FairVote’s Benjamin Oestericher explains how America’s first past the post style electoral college makes vast swathes of the country an...

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Citizens' Assemblies

Manifesto for Democracy: Deepening Democracy

Democracy is about empowering citizens to be involved in their political system and as such embedding the voices of everyday...

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Campaign Regulation

ERS in the Press – October 2020

This month has seen a renewed interest in proportional representation internationally. Willie Sullivan backed up the case for a fairer...