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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

V. happy to recieve certificates from last years ECPR conference, Best Paper in the Interest Groups Standing Group. A great paper led by @eliseantoine.bsky.social and co-authored by @annerasmussen.bsky.social, @liserodland.bsky.social and myself. Part of the ERC ADVODID project we are all a part of🎉

A picture of 4 certificates from the ECPR Standing Group on Interest Groups for the Annual Best Paper Prize 2025

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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

'We wanted to offer people a voice' 🗣️ Our student, Nabil Nickels (BSc Politics), headed to the Essex coast this month to document the by-election battle between Nigel Farage and Count Binface 🗳️🗑️ Read more and watch Nabil's film below ⬇️ h/t @tombarton.bsky.social www.kcl.ac.uk/news/we-want...

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'We wanted to offer people a voice' - student covers by-election battle for film debut | King's College London

As the subject of a debut foray into film-making, the Clacton by-election was no straightforward assignment.

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Toby S. James @tobysjames.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

OUT NOW! What is Electoral Integrity? Conceptualising Election Quality in an Age of Complexity, with Cambridge University Press And it is FREE to download until 14 July 2026 www.cambridge.org/core/element... Holly Ann Garnett and I redefine electoral integrity around human empowerment..

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What is Electoral Integrity?

Cambridge Core - American Studies - What is Electoral Integrity?

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School of Politics and Economics @kcl-spe.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

🔔 Postdoc vacancies 🔔 A project co-led by our academic, Udit Bhatia, is advertising for two postdocs (four-year positions). ➡️ A third post will be advertised in 2027. The positions will assist with work on popular government in the Global South popgovproject.wordpress.com/postdoc-posi...

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Postdoc Positions

POPGOV will recruit several postdoctoral researchers to be based at the four host institutions (Girona, KCL, LSE, UCLouvain). UCLouvain is recruiting 3 postdoctoral researchers in democratic rheory…

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Time for an explainer on how to get funding for a PhD in the UK (1/n)

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Florian is absolutely correct, I guess I would say that. Evidence suggests that we don't see depressive effects in Europe is because, unlike the UK and US, they have compulsory ID which is provided at low or zero cost. It can then have wider electoral benefits esp. with registration

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Political Studies @polstudies.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Do UK voters see a trade-off between electoral integrity and turnout? Jeffrey A. Karp argues that beliefs about fraud and ideology, not turnout concerns, best predict support for photo ID. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/r2FnjwH @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky

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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

📣 CALLING ALL QUANT SOCIAL SCIENTISTS! 📣 Do you know of causally identified research that estimates the effect of higher education on political attitudes? @elizabethsim0n.bsky.social and I are currently working on a meta-analysis on this question and we need your help!

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

📣Pub Alert! Here I causally identify (one of the only outside of the USA) a negative effect of a voter ID pilot scheme from 2018. This scheme was less restrictive than that used at the 2024 GE, implying a greater proportion of people were excluded from voting in June and a fairer system is needed.

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Dr. Hannah Bunting @hannahbunting.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

🚨 EPOP 2025 Call for papers now open! 🚨 Please fill out this form before the end of April to submit your paper proposal forms.office.com/e/4wBNMq4qwi Accepting presentations on all aspects of elections, public opinion and parties using all methods.

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Ralph Scott @ralphscott.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

📣 NEW PAPER KLAXON 📣 "Who lacks voter identification? The electoral implications of the Elections Act 2022" With Ed Fieldhouse, @caprosser.bsky.social, @jack-bailey.co.uk, @jonmellon.bsky.social (@britishelectionstudy.com) Just published at Parliamentary Affairs: academic.oup.com/pa/advance-a...

Title page of our new paper, the abstract for which reads:

The Elections Act 2022 requires voters to present photo identification at general elections in Great Britain and local elections in England. In this article, we use data from the British Election Study Internet Panel to identify who does and does not own the necessary photo documents and how this affected turnout in the 2023 and 2024 local elections, as well as the 2024 General Election. We find that around 5% of the voting-age population lack valid voter identification and that this is related to age, education, socio-economic status, and social grade. The data also give us a reliable indication of the party-political impact of the photo ID requirement. We find that conservative voters are more likely to hold valid photo identification than supporters of other parties. We also find that a small but significant proportion of registered voters (between 1.2% and 2.4%) reported either being turned away or dissuaded from voting at these elections because of the requirement.

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 24/09/2024

If you are a third year UG student or a Masters student, and are interesting in studying for a PhD in the UK, then (roughly speaking) you've got to decide whether you're going to apply for the main funding scheme for it over the next four months. Explanation follows... (1/n)

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 11/09/2024

Excited to announce that from Monday I will be starting a Post-Doc at King's College on the ERC funded Advocacy in Digital Democracy project, led by @annerasmussen.bsky.social. A change of location (within London) and topic for me but something highly relevant to politics today

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 09/07/2024

For the first time many voters in the UK had to show ID, did it affect turnout? We discuss below.

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Chris Hanretty @chanret.bsky.social · 07/06/2024

Data dump: using Survation's data on electoral registration and possession of qualifying photo ID, I've put together ward-level estimates (E&W only) of the proportion of registered electors who lack qualifying ID. You can find it here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... (1/n)

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Ward-level estimates of registration and lack of ID (7th June edition)

Proportion lacking ID by ward Ward,Ward code,Borough,Westminster seat,Seat code,Ward voting age population in census,Registered voters (estimated),Registered voters without ID (estimated),Avg Pct reg...

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 01/05/2024

As a preview to the local elections tomorrow obviously the outcome is important but many areas will be dealing with voter ID for the first time. Particularly in big cities such as London, Greater Manchester and Liverpool. (1/n)

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Tom Barton @tombarton.bsky.social · 18/01/2024

Can't think of a better first post than a thread on my PhD which passed with minor corrections yesterday! With the title: 'The impact of Voter ID Laws on Participation and Perceptions of Electoral Integrity: An International Study' (1\n)

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