Involving both the public and all parties in shaping reforms on how they vote will be crucial.

Statement by First Minister John Swinney in the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday 29 September 2026.

Conor J. Kelly and Colin Murray discuss what would happen next if one of the major parties pulled out of the Stormont...

By Martin Scheinin and Sophie Duroy The latest judgment on surveillance powers in Bulgaria, identified by the Court as a Key Case, is a puzzling read. The Court is undoubtedly right to find that Bulga...

Maine is one of the only places in the country where prisoners keep their right to vote. But logistical barriers to voting still contribute to their larger exclusion from the political process.

A blog (sign)post follows, to flag and introduce my comment in the Scots Law Times about a recent case concerning a former residential tenant seeking a penalty award from their former landlord. The…

Generative AI is now part of election campaigns. Nicky Gillibrand and Marcus Ganley explain their recent research findings on how the EU’s regulatory frameworks dealt with the risks created by generative AI in the 2024 European Parliament elections, how this contrasts with New Zealand’s regulatory approach, and what it means for the UK.

I ask the Government to set up a National Commission on Electoral Reform, as advocated by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fair Elections. It should be an independent, time limited, expert led re...

Public understanding of the constitution is crucial.

Lord Newby is to chair the inquiry, commissioned in response to the discrimination case brought by David Campanale who is claiming £790,000 in damages The Liberal Democrats have quietly commissioned a review into the treatment of figures who hold religious views within their ranks, weeks after the Guardian revealed the religious discrimination claim against the party by the former candidate David Campanale. Campanale, a former BBC journalist, was selected in 2021 as the party’s candidate for Sutton and Cheam, but was removed in August 2023. He has argued that discrimination against his Christianity cost him his political career in a civil case against the party. Continue reading...

The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...

An Elections Canada employee got the last three characters of a postal code wrong on the prepaid return envelopes sent to about 40 mail-in voters in the Quebec riding of Terrebonne.

Scottish Government proposal for reform of local governance

Electoral Commission review into political spending will look at whether current limits ‘remain fit for purpose’

Neil Kinnock and David Blunkett are urging Andy Burnham to introduce compulsory voting, with a proposed £10 fine for non-participation.

A divided court splits 6-3 on whether an Elections Canada typo was serious enough to undo a riding decided by one vote

Wales has done something unusual – it has enacted a duty to prohibit electoral lies before deciding what the prohibition will look like. Since 27 June 2026, section 13 of the Government of Wales Ac…

What is meant by “retrospective” legislation, and can it ever be acceptable?

Wales has done something unusual – it has enacted a duty to prohibit electoral lies before deciding what the prohibition will look like. Since 27 June 2026, section 13 of the Government of Wales Ac…

For the time being, let’s celebrate that the center of the court did hold, even as dangers remain ahead in both 2026 and 2028.

Anthony Lee passed confidential information to his wife Laura Lee about when the 2024 election would be held.

Young people, low-income and trans voters were among the groups hardest hit by the policy imposed by the last Conservative Government, academics found

Brown v. Hartlage

The Scottish Affairs Committee today launches two inquiries.

Abstract. This article examines recent proposals to introduce a right to a healthy environment in Scotland as part of a new Human Rights Bill. With the int

The Supreme Court has granted the appellants permission to appeal the Court of Appeal’s decision in Vargova and Molnar v Secretary of State for the Home

His Majesty the King has approved the appointment of The Honourable Madam Justice McBride as a Lady Justice of Appeal in Northern Ireland. She was sworn into office today at a ceremony in the Royal Co...