The question for the proposed referendum on the UK Parliamentary voting system should be made shorter and easier to understand, according to an assessment published by the Electoral Commission. As I blogged back in July when when the original question was proposed, The Electoral Commission is statutorily required to consider the intelligibility of the question,

Press Release from Electoral Commission 25 Jan 2011 The Electoral Commission has decided that, although the applicant to become the lead campaigner for the ‘Yes’ campaign in the referendum adequately represented those campaigning for that outcome, the only applicant to be the lead campaigner for the ‘No’ campaign does not meet this statutory test. In these circumstances, the law does not a...

Last week I was invited to be part of a focus group commissioned by the Electoral Commission to garner opinions about the wording of the prospective Assembly Powers Referendum. There were about 20 people in the group from different backgrounds. Some of us were keen supporters of the Assembly others wanted the institution abolished, but all, apart from myself, were under the illusion that the

Last week, the Electoral Commission published its report into the administration of the May's AV referendum. Despite the high political temperatures during the campaign, the administration got little criticism at the time and so the report rightly reflects that. However, amongst the details are some important pointers to issues that are likely to come up at future elections.

Details of how the Electoral Commission proposes to administer next May's referendum on the voting system (provided it passes Parliament) have emerged in a series of circulars issued by the Commission last week.

The Electoral Commission Bureaucrats have been beavering away with their great recommendations for electoral change, however, as you would expect from a Bureaucratic monolith the emphasis for change is being driven by the "paperwork" rather than the need to overhaul the joke that has become our electoral system. The key findings of the Electoral Commission relate largely to the need...

A national referendum on AV next May (on the same date as Scottish and Welsh and some but not all local elections) is "deliverable" according to Jenny Watson, Chair of the Electoral Commission on the Today programme this morning. Wilfully...

Mr. Steven Opoku-Mensah, Western Regional Director of the Electoral Commission (EC) said the Commission will not hesitate to dismiss any polling assistant found to have taken sides with any political party.

Earlier this week I went to meet with the Electoral Commission to discuss their plans for encouraging better practice at election counts. Having spotted my views, they invited me thinking I might be interested in their plans – and kudos to the Electoral Commission for willing to talk in this way. The plans are still in

The planning of the assembly and local election counts and a referendum in May is strongly criticised by the Electoral Commission.