Only days before the 2022 May elections, new laws have been rushed through parliament, with amendments and approval (Royal Assent) occuring within the space of less than 24 hours. This means that in future, elections will be very different. The government has pushed through changes which it says will ensure greater protection against election fraud,…Read more How the Elections Act is changing UK elections

The Elections Bill is working it's way through the UK Parliament and some of the reforms would remove independence from the Electoral Commission, by allowing the government to set 'Strategy and Policy Statement' which the Commission would have to follow. I spoke to John Pienaar on Times Radio, explaining the background and the problem. For…Read more The UK Elections Bill will remove the Electoral Commission’s independence

The Electoral Integrity Project has issued a call for papers for the online only Global Electoral Integrity Conference in July 2022. The call for papers is for 1 March 2022 For more information, please see: https://www.electoralintegrityproject.com/july-2022-international-eip-workshop