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ACE Electoral News

UK: Does age matter in a general election?, BBC (2010)

Parliamentary candidates as young as 18 are campaigning for your votes in the general election, but can youth compete with experience? This question was on discussed in this article.

UK: Facebook joins drive to get UK voters to polls, The Washington Post (2010)

Fighting historic lows in turnout levels, British election officials will for the first time use Facebook to encourage more people to register in the May 6 parliamentary elections. Every visitor to the site will be asked if s/he has already signed up to vote, and if not, s/he will be re-directed to the registration website. The campaign hopes to lead to the increase in the number of registered young voters, as they are among the biggest Facebook users, but traditionally hard to convince to go to vote.

UK: At-a-glance: Labour election manifesto, BBC (2010)

Labour have launched the manifesto their supporters hope will secure the party a fourth term in office.

UK: Where They Stand: Guide to party election policies, BBC (2010)

A guideline to the UK's major parties' manifesto, profile and website.

UK: LibDem surge raises election uncertainty, Reuters (2010)

New polls on Monday showed the Liberal Democrats surging in popularity ahead of a May 6 election as the two larger parties tried to fend off the unexpected challenge.

UK: General Election 2010: is first-past-the-post on its last legs?, The Telegraph (2010)

The Liberal Democratic Party surge raises fundamental questions about electoral reform.

Voting interest up after UK debate, Aljazeera (2010)

The number of Britons showing an interest in registering to vote in the country's May 6 general election has surged after last week's television debate between the three main candidates. The electoral commission said that as well as the debate, a partnership with the Facebook social networking website over the weekend had contributed to the spike in interest in voting.

UK: Basildon boxer to fight election as 'None Of The Above', BBC (2010)

Voters in parts of Essex will see a line on their ballot papers enabling them to vote for "None Of The Above".

UK: Economist magazine backs Conservatives, Reuters (2010)

The influential Economist magazine endorsed Britain's main opposition Conservatives on Thursday, giving them a boost ahead of next week's parliamentary election.

UK: Election 2010: Battle for votes enters last 72 hours, BBC (2010)

Labour, the Conservatives and Lib Dems are into the final three days of election campaigning as polls suggest the result is still in the balance.

UK: Election 2010: What influence do newspapers have over voters?, The Guardian (2010)

Britain's national newspapers are hardly known for their political reticence. Historically, most of them have been unashamedly partisan, spinning every story in order either to promote the party they favour or to denigrate the opposition.

UK General election 2010: your questions answered, The Guardian (2010)

Questions on the UK general Election 2010; answered by a number of writers and journalists.

Voters head to polls for UK general election, BBC (2010)

Millions of people across the UK have started today 6 May, casting their votes in the general election.

As Britain goes to polls, shake-up in Parliament is forecast, Washington Post (2010)

Polls in Britain opened Thursday after a volatile and closely contested four-week campaign, with signs pointing to an outcome that could produce the most fragile government in a generation.

Uk: General Election 2010: Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg cast their vote, The Telegraph (2010)

Leaders of the three main parties have cast their ballot as millions of voters go to the polls in the most tightly-contested General Election in a generation.

UK set for hung Parliament with Tories largest party, BBC (2010)

Labour cannot now win a majority, but it is not clear which party will be in a position to form a government. Tory leader David Cameron said it was "clear that the Labour government has lost its mandate to govern".

UK: Election 2010: Voters' frustrations at polling problems, BBC (2010)

Hundreds of voters have been turned away at a number of polling stations across the country, as people struggled to vote before polls closed at 2200 BST in the UK general election.

UK: What is a hung Parliament?, The Telegraph (2010)

A hung Parliament is created if no party wins an outright majority. In this election that would require one party to win 326 seats out of 650 with the Tories predicted to win only 309 at the current count. If the Tories do not form a minority government, two parties must form a coalition to govern in order to create an overall majority of MPs.

UK: Election 2010: Voters turned away as polls close, BBC (2010)

An inquiry will be held after hundreds of voters were turned away from polling stations and police called to deal with queues as the voting deadline passed.

UK: Hung parliament: Bear with us, urges Nick Clegg, BBC (2010)

Nick Clegg has asked people to "bear with us" a bit longer as the Lib Dems and the Tories resume a third day of negotiations on forming a government.