VE Day: Council duties under the Armed Forces Covenant
As we mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Geoff Wild, Legal & Governance Consultant, looks at the duties of councils under the Armed Forces Covenant.
Labour could bring in automatic voter registration
27/06/2024 It has been reported that Labour plans to introduce automatic voter registration (AVR) if elected next week. |
More than a million apply for vote
11/06/2024 Council elections teams are facing a workload surge as they race to register voters in time for the General Election. |
General Election brings raft of reforms
23/05/2024 Elections officers face a raft of reforms to implement as voters nationwide prepare to go to the polls in July. |
Voter ID legal challenge launched
19/02/2024 A legal challenge has been mounted against the Government over voter ID requirements for elections. |
Plea to delay online postal vote applications
09/10/2023 Launching online applications for postal and proxy votes later this month should be ‘urgently reconsidered,’ elections officers have said. |
Wales to automatically register voters
03/10/2023 The Welsh Government is set to establish automatic voter registration for local government and Senedd elections. |
Millions missing from electoral register
18/09/2023 An overhaul of data sharing with council elections teams is required, a report by the Electoral Commission has concluded. |
Risk of 'major electoral failure,' officers warn
26/06/2023 Pressure on council teams running elections will only be recognised in the event of a ‘major electoral failure,’ a new report has warned. |
Workload warning over voting pilots
11/10/2022 Proposals to introduce automatic voter registration in Wales could cause confusion and add to already heavy workloads, election officers have warned. |
Council calls for removal of child sex abuse councillor
13/09/2022 Derry City and Strabane councils contacted the NI Electoral Office yesterday to discuss the disqualification of a councillor convicted of child sex abuse. |
Millions of voters missing from electoral registers, report warns
08/07/2020 Millions of eligible voters may be missing from electoral registers, a Lords report has warned today. |
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Councils given extra time to update electoral rolls
10/06/2020 Local authority staff will be given more time to complete this year's annual electoral canvass due to the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic. |
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Electoral reform could make system more inclusive, researchers say
29/04/2020 Assisted Voter Registration (AVR) could deliver a more inclusive democracy, researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have found. |
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Hundreds of Cardiff students 'unable to vote'
13/12/2019 Around 200 students in Cardiff were left unable to vote yesterday after failing to register correctly. |
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Software glitch means some people wrongly told they can vote
11/12/2019 Councils have been urgently checking their electoral registers after being told to install a last-minute software release. |
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'Huge' increase in voter registration
27/11/2019 The number of people registering to vote as increased by 31% compared to the 2017 general election, new figures reveal. |
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Millions of people incorrectly registered to vote, study finds
26/09/2019 A new study has revealed that up to 9.4 million people are not registered properly to vote, leading to calls to reform the system. |
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Eight million people missing from electoral register, report warns
14/08/2019 Millions of people are not registered to vote correctly due to ‘persistent and serious’ problems with the way elections are run, a new report has warned today. |
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Council apologises for electoral registration forms ‘printing error’
27/07/2018 A council has apologised to residents after a printing error led to personal details being sent to the wrong addresses. |
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Voters value limiting influence of party donors more than ID checks
06/06/2018 Voters are more concerned with balanced media coverage and big party donors than ID at polling station, a survey has suggested. |
