Addressing inequality in the electoral system
In advance of the King’s Speech, the UK Democracy Fund coordinated a group of leading civil society organisations to come together to call on the new government to make voting easier. Building on the excellent work of many of our grantees registering people to vote, we ask for the barriers to be removed – bringing in Automatic Voter Registration and removing the Voter ID requirement.
You can see the open letter sent to the Prime Minister here.
And read more on a blog for ACEVO by Ellen Berry, Head of the UK Democracy Fund.