Voters
Total 5 Posts
All politicians must lie from time to time, so why is there so much outrage about George Santos?
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Constituents’ willingness to overlook deception may depend, in part, on whether politicians lie well and with a good purpose.
Voter suppression: How democracies around the world are using new rules to make it harder to vote
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Laws making it more difficult to vote are being introduced around the democratic world, an expert says. They risk undermining democracy.
Six reasons Britain’s impending voter ID law is a bad idea
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Controversial new voter ID rules are due to affect local elections in May 2023 despite warnings from officials that there isn’t enough time.
Local elections are about the most important issues affecting our daily lives – Why do they always become a referendum on the prime minister?
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Votes are for people who decide incredibly important aspects of our lives, yet they are portrayed as the voters’ way of giving the government of the day a bloody nose.
Democracy undermined: How elections in the UK are changing.
6 min read
The new Elections Act weakens the UK’s claim to be a beacon of democracy as 1.1 million people may not cast a vote at future parliamentary elections as a result of this reform.