‘Confidence in the UK’s electoral regulator has been thrown into question after it emerged a hostile cyber-attack accessing the data of 40 million voters went undetected for a year and the public was not told for another 10 months.’
The Guardian, 8th August 2023
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘The government has been accused of “shocking complacency” over the European election voting rights controversy as new data revealed that as few as one in 10 EU citizens were able to cast their vote in some areas of Britain.’
The Guardian, 4th June 2019
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘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
‘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
‘Former PM David Cameron once said that the thought of giving prisoners the vote made him feel “physically sick.” It was just one comment, but it’s reflective of just how emotive the debate over prisoner voting has been.’
Rights Info, 12th December 2017
Source: rightsinfo.org
‘The UK government is reportedly to scrap its blanket ban on prisoners being allowed to vote, 12 years after the European court of human rights ruled that it was unlawful.’
The Guardian, 29th October 2017
Source: www.theguardian.com
‘Domestic abuse victims are to “regain their voices” with a new law which will make it easier for them to register to vote anonymously, campaigners have said.’
Daily Telegraph, 3rd September 2017
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
‘Urgent action is needed to reduce both the scale and the administrative impact of duplicate registration applications ahead of future polls, the Electoral Commission has said.’
Local Government Lawyer, 18th July 2017
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The government is facing another defeat in the Lords over student voter registration a day before crucial Brexit legislation returns to the upper chamber.’
The Guardian, 6th March 2017
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Theresa May is on a collision course with Parliament over controversial plans to redraw the election map of the UK after Conservative MPs attacked them, with one branding them “perverse”. The review of constituencies due to be published next week will see the number of MPs in the Commons slashed from 650 to 600.’
The Independent, 8th September 2016
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘An ex-councillor has been jailed for two months after pleading guilty to supplying false information to an electoral registration officer.’
Local Government Lawyer, 24th August 2016
Source: www.localgovernmentlawyer.co.uk
‘The high court has rejected an attempt to force the government to grant millions of UK citizens living abroad a vote in this June’s EU referendum.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2016
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘Shadow justice secretary pushing private member’s bill that he hopes could reform a law he sees as no longer enforceable.’
The Guardian, 1st June 2015
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The rights of more than 1,000 UK prisoners were breached when they were prevented from voting in elections, European judges have ruled.’
BBC News, 10th February 2015
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘Millions of Britons could be unable to vote in future elections as a consequence of the Government’s crackdown on electoral fraud.’
The Independent, 27th October 2014
Source: www.independent.co.uk
‘The European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled that prisoners who have not been allowed to vote should not be paid compensation.’
The Guardian, 12th August 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
‘The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) is due to rule on whether prisoners who have been denied the vote should get compensation.’
BBC News, 12th August 2014
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
‘A dog owner whose rottweiler was sent a voting card could face jail after being reported to the police for allegedly providing false information to the electoral roll.’
The Guardian, 28th April 2014
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The Electoral Registration Data Schemes Order 2012, SI 2012/1944 (‘the Order’), made and coming into force on 17 July 2012, pursuant to Sections 35 and 36 of the Political Parties and Elections Act 2009 (‘the 2009 Act’), gives effect to proposals for local Electoral Registration Officers (“EROs”) to run data matching pilot schemes.”
Panopticon, 1st August 2012
Source: www.panopticonblog.com
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