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...

That’s what the Electoral Commission is suggesting in its ‘farewell’ press release to mark the handing over of responsibilities for local government boundaries to a new body: Max Caller, Chair of the Boundary Committee and Electoral Commissioner, said: “The new Local Government Boundary Commission for England’s job will be to keep the map of local government

This website was created by the Electoral Commission to provide information on arrangements for the 4 June 2009 European parliament elections. It includes fact sheets and guidance for candidates and electoral administrators on the conduct of the elections in Great Britain. Topics covered include candidate registration, campaign finance rules and electoral procedures.

A Kenyan parliamentary committee appointed Nairobi attorney Cecil Guyana MILLER head of a new interim electoral commission. The new electoral commission replaces the country's previous electoral management body, which was largely blamed for bungling the administration and fiddling with the results of the disputed 2007 general elections. An official investigation of the 2007 elections found th...

The Electoral Commission has published its report on the May 2008 local elections in England.

The Electoral Commission has published its report on the May 2008 local elections in England.

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...

The Electoral Commission of Ghana is the official body responsible for overseeing parliamentary and presidential elections in Ghana. Its website provides information on its role, organisational structure and recent activities. It includes background information on the electoral system of Ghana, lists of registered political parties and the text of electoral laws and legislation. Also accessible ar...

THE Electoral Commission (EC) has so far won 91 election petitions filed by former candidates in the 2006 national and local elections.

The Electoral Commission is plugging a gap in the record of political donations following a decision to change its policy on retaining copies of constituency candidate expense returns.