Via the website, this is the first part of Nigel Farage's speech to the UKIP Conference 2008. I am glad to see Nigel emphasising two things: the first is that these Euro-elections should be, as he puts it, "the referendum that we never had." As readers will know, I entirely agree with him: sure, you can go and vote Tory at the General Election if you like, but at these Euro-elections, send those s...

This site provides free access to the full text of a report by the Electoral Commission. The 48 page document critically assesses the conduct of the 2008 local elections in England. Topics covered include voter registration procedures, the effectiveness of absent and postal voting and vote counting. Recommendations for future action are made.

Gold Coast, Australia. January 2008 Valencia, Spain. January 2008 Gdansk, Poland. February 2008 Les Baux-de-Provence, France. March 2008 Munich, Germany. April 2008 Buenos Aires, Argentina. April 2008 Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay. May 2008 Santiago de Chile. May 2008 Cataratas do Iguaçu, Brazil, May 2008 Stockholm, Sweden. May 2008 Prora, Germany. June 2008 Warsaw, Poland. June 200...

An interesting example of the use of web 2.0 technology during the 2008 American presidential elections. Video the Vote was a national network of citizen journalists, independent filmmakers, and media professionals. It encouraged citizens to document their experiences of voting during the 2008 elections by uploading videos to the website. Over 1,000 examples can be viewed online alongside other vo...

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This site provides free access to the full text of House of Commons research paper 2008 no.48. This contains the final election results (by party and constituency) plus data on trends and turnout numbers in recent local elections in London. It also contains some useful detailed mappings and graphs of the breakdown of the 2008 local election results.

As the Richard Kay column in the Mail reports this morning, in 2008 UKIP rather cleverly UKIP registered the name of rival political party Libertas with the Electoral Commission. This appeared to prevent Libertas from using its own name when putting up candidates in the European elections. But perhaps they were being a bit too clever by half. Libertas are now filing a complaint with the Metropolit...

This site provides free acces to the full text of House of Commons research paper 2008 no.47. This contains the final election results plus data on trends and turnout numbers. It includes the mayor election results. Results for the London Assembly elections by party and constituency. Background information is also provided on the electoral system.

This site provides free access to the full text of a report by the Electoral Commission. The 80 page document critically assesses the conduct of the 2008 local elections in London. Topics covered include voter registration procedures, the administration of the GLA (Greater London Assembly) campaigns, the effectiveness of absent, electronic voting, postal voting and vote counting. Recommendations f...

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