‘The Labour-supporting Momentum group has been fined £16,700 for “multiple breaches of electoral law”, the Electoral Commission has said.’
BBC News, 6th March 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Facebook cannot be trusted to regulate itself and must be subject to sweeping new legislation, a parliamentary report will announce on Monday.’
The Guardian, 17th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘In May, I will be asked to show ID to vote in local elections in Essex. This discriminatory plan risks undermining democracy.’
The Guardian, 13th February 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘This case relates to a point of statutory construction in the Representation of the People Act 1983, s 90C(1)(a). The question was whether goods, services, or facilities provided free-of-charge or at a discount to a candidate for election need to be declared by the candidate as an election expense even if they had not been authorised by the candidate, their election agent, or someone else authorised by the candidate or agent.’
UKSC Blog, 29th January 2019
Source: ukscblog.com
‘On 6 December 2018, the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe closed the supervision of the prisoners’ voting rights cases against the United Kingdom (UK) and adopted final resolution CM/ResDH(2018)467. Thirteen years after Hirst v United Kingdom (No.2) (2006) 42 EHRR 41 (Hirst) was made final, the protracted prisoner voting stalemate is over. Case closed. Or is it?’
UK Constitutional Law Association, 30th January 2019
Source: ukconstitutionallaw.org
‘It is 50 years since Harold Wilson’s government lowered the voting age from 21 to 18.’
BBC News, 7th January 2019
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘An Essex resident has set up a crowdfunding page to raise money for a legal challenge to the next round of voter identification pilots.’
Local Government Lawyer, 4th December 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The High Court has granted permission for a legal challenge brought by Rachael Andrews, who is blind, over the Government’s choice of device to enable blind people to vote without assistance.’
Local Government Lawyer, 14th November 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘With democracy at risk there’s no excuse for legislative inaction, argue Alison Foster QC, Tom Tabori and Gethin Thomas who make the case for reform and put forward proposals for change.’
Counsel, November 2018
Source: www.counselmagazine.co.uk
‘A London law firm has been ordered to present a new costs bill to a campaigner who led a legal battle to remove former Tower Hamlets mayor Lutfur Rahman in the latest action brought by an online fees-challenge service.’
Law Society's Gazette, 6th September 2018
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
‘British expatriates have launched a fresh legal challenge against the 2016 referendum, arguing that the result has been invalidated by the Electoral Commission’s ruling on leave campaign spending.’
The Guardian, 14th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The elite London law firm Mishcon de Reya and Arron Banks’ pro-Brexit Leave.EU campaign have parted ways in the midst of Leave.EU’s legal challenge to a ruling it broke electoral law, the Guardian has learned.’
The Guardian, 7th August 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has launched a consultation on the introduction of a new offence in electoral law of intimidating Parliamentary candidates and party campaigners.’
Local Government Lawyer, 30th July 2018
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The elections watchdog has accused Vote Leave of illegal coordination with a student organisation, according to the campaign’s former chief executive, who took the extraordinary step of pre-empting the official investigation.’
The Guardian, 4th July 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘”Urgent” action is needed to make online political advertising more honest and transparent, the UK’s election watchdog has said.’
BBC News, 26th June 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Leave.EU has been fined £70,000 and its chief officer has been referred to the Metropolitan police after the Electoral Commission found it had breached multiple counts of electoral law during the referendum to leave the European Union.’
The Guardian, 11th May 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Minister says new requirements counter ‘perception’ of electoral fraud as data shows problem is minimal.’
The Guardian, 29th April 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Plans to force voters to show photo identification at polling stations may discriminate against people from ethnic minority communities, the equality watchdog has reportedly warned. The new rules – being trialled to prevent voter fraud – would also hit the young and old, those with disabilities and transgender people, the Equality and Human Rights Commission claims in a leaked letter to Cabinet Office minister David Lidington.’
The Independent, 22nd April 2018
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘A group of more than 40 charities, campaign groups and academics have written to the government to warn that plans to trial compulsory voter ID at the local elections in May risk disenfranchising large numbers of vulnerable people.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2018
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Hundreds of complaints about alleged double voting in the 2017 UK general election resulted in only one conviction, according to police data.’
BBC News, 2nd March 2018
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
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