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As the election gets closer, #extremism and #conflict is happening at polling booths with unruly candidate, party members and constituants.
“A barrage of #complaints about #threatening and #aggressive #behaviour at polling booths has fuelled tension in Australia’s most hotly #contested #electorates and prompted the #ElectoralCommission to warn #candidates in marginal seats that such behaviour would discourage #voters”
#AusPol <https://archive.md/5KgGv> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/threats-skulduggery-and-neo-nazis-prompt-aec-warning-about-voting-booths-20250501-p5lvl0.html> (paywall)
@ChrisMayLA6 @openDemocracy
There will no doubt be arguments within government about how fully the recommendations of the independent #electoralcommission will be accepted and implemented. #rushanaraali and her boss #angelarayner may well have to fight quite hard to strengthen the defences of the democratic system against dark money - particularly since others within #labour may have harnessed it in the recent past - if 'Get In' is to be believed.
@ChrisMayLA6 @openDemocracy
Much will depend on how the #ukgoverment responds to various recommendations made by the #electoralcommission . These include tighter restrictions on funding of campaigns and parties - not to mention less biased rules on #voterID ! The restrictions resemble those considered by #labour a year ago - but vetoed by #lordalli and #morganmcsweeney - according to 'Get In' by #patrickmaguire and #gabrielpogrund . I have hopes of the minister responsible - #rushanaraali ,
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Inadequate cybersecurity led to major breach of UK voter's data
The Electoral Commission had failed to install the latest security updates at the time of the 2021 major cyber-attack
Our data isn't safe with anybody, is it? Will we ever be financially compensated for these lapses, or will they just carry on and it's up to us to redo all our passwords every few weeks, because that'll work well, won't it?
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jul/30/online-security-lapses-led-to-data-of-40m-uk-voters-being-hacked-says-ico
#UKPOL #Ukpolitics #ElectoralCommission
Online security lapses led to data of 40m UK voters being hacked, says ICO
Watchdog reprimands Electoral Commission for not being up to date with security updates before hack in August 2021
Online security lapses led to data of 40m UK voters being hacked, says ICO
Watchdog reprimands Electoral Commission for not being up to date with security updates before hack in August 2021
'The Nastiz (the new UK Conservative Party) would never ape US Republican voter suppression tactics.'
Are you sure? Through Brexit, the Tories managed to disenfranchise the entire population of the Untied Kingdom. 66 million people (present and future voters) were denied their democratic right to have their say on how their lives are affected at an European level.
#GE2024 #ToriesOut
#PhotoID #VoterID
#ElectoralCommission
#R4Today #LBC #BBCbreakfast
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/feb/21/uk-elections-watchdog-warns-bill-threatens-its-independence-electoral-commission
UK elections watchdog warns bill threatens its independence
Electoral Commission calls on government to drop plans that give ministers greater say in its work
⬆️ Former #SouthAfrica leader #Zuma is seeking to stop the announcement of results and a re-run of the elections, saying it had submitted evidence to the #ElectoralCommission proving its allegations of widespread voting irregularities.
Zuma’s Party has emerged as the 3rd biggest political party, The governing #ANC lost its parliamentary majority for the first time since it came into power after the end of #Apartheid in 1994.
https://apnews.com/article/south-africa-elections-zuma-objections-ead32e32fb549ef56574b0229ada6a05
Former South Africa leader Zuma threatens legal action over allegations of election irregularities
Former South African President Jacob Zuma is threatening legal action to stop the announcement of the country’s election results scheduled for Sunday. He wants authorities to first address allegations of vote-rigging that his political party has made. Zuma spoke Saturday after his party announced that it was seeking a re-run of the elections, saying it had submitted evidence to the Independent Electoral Commission proving its allegations of widespread irregularities. Zuma’s uMkhonto weSizwe Party has emerged as the third biggest political party, with 99% of the votes counted in South Africa’s highly contested election. The electoral body says it is ready to declare the official election results Sunday as initially scheduled, saying it would address all the objections raised.
Tory MP pleads for help ahead of local elections after discovering he has no valid form of Voter ID
Campaign groups have warned that controversial voter ID rules may prevent people from voting
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