United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Report on Voter Turnout (2005)

A report from the UK Electoral Commission on voter turnout. Voter turnout at the 2005 general election in the UK was 61.4%. While this represented an improvement on 2001 (with 59.4%), there was otherwise little consolation in the figures...

United Kingdom: Election Planner

The Election Planner attached deals with the tasks of managing an election in chronological order broken down into four stages: Reviewing past performance; Preliminary preparations; Lead into the statutory timetable; Election Day and Post Election tasks

United Kingdom: Example Timetable for Combined Elections

Example timetable for a combined UK Parliamentary and county council election.

United Kingdom: Polling Stations Accessibility Checklist

A checklist for the UK Electoral Commission to assist Acting Returning Officers in determining suitable locations for polling stations.

United Kingdom- Postal Vote

Information on Postal Voting and the application form used in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Application to vote by Proxy

Specimen of the form "Application to vote by proxy at a particular election" of the Electoral Comnmission of the United Kingdom

United Kingdom: Response to the "Review of Ballot Paper Design" (2003)

Response to the "Review of Ballot Paper Design" consultation paper by Dr. N Ben Fairweather of the Centre for Computing and Social Responsibility, De Montfort University

United Kingdom: Review of ballot paper design

 

United Kingdom: Application form to register as a Service Voter

A specimen of the application form used to to register (or to renew registration) as a Service Voter (for military personnel) in the United Kingdom.

United Kingdom: Electoral pilot scheme evaluation

 

United Kingdom: UK Electoral Commission national training strategy (2002)

This training strategy developed by the UK electoral commission supports all of the work that the commission carries out.

United Kingdom: Purity of Elections in the UK - Causes for Concern, The Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd. (2008)

This report was commissioned by the Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust to review the extent to which there is evidence of electoral principles and processes being undermined in the UK. The research on which this report is based principally comprised a review of existing documentary sources in the public domain, drawn from a broad range of governmental, legal, academic and journalistic sources.

United Kingdom: Don't waste your best asset

Article by ACE Practitioners' Network member Bernard Owen and Guy Lardeyret, arguing for the benefits of United Kingdom's electoral system (First Past the Post).

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United Kingdom: Assessment mission report, general election of May 5, OSCE/ODIHR (2005)

 

United Kingdom: Assessment mission report, general election of May 6, OSCE/ODIHR (2010)

 

United Kingdom: Assessment mission report, elections for the devoted administration on May 1 (part 1: Scotland and Wales), OSCE-ODIHR (2003)

 

United Kingdom: Assessment mission report, elections for the devoted administration on November 26 (part 2: Northern Ireland), OSCE/ODIHR (2003)

 

United Kingdom: Needs assessment mission report, general election of May 6, OSCE/ODIHR (2010)