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So with just one week away from - this little guy was seen sniffing out any irregularities last year! 🐶 This dedicated was seen on the case for a fair . - how many dogs will we see next week?!

Our team of election observers have returned from the USA and we will be reporting on their work soon - take a look at the report on Voice of America concerning our work in the meantime!

International Observers Monitor Midterm Elections in US Some states welcome the scrutiny, others do not

Yesterday the reported on in England - it is good to see that they are responding to our concerns concerning in UK and have used our evidence as part of the report on this year's polls. https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/england-local-council-elections/report-may-2022-local-elections-england

Report on the May 2022 local elections in England Read our report on the May 2022 local elections in England

On Friday Lord Hayward introduced his Ballot Secrecy Bill as a Private Member's Bill. Watch here his presentation concerning 'family voting' and its impact on at . His work reflects on our recent reports concerning the 2022 UK elections. https://vimeo.com/730922690

Ballot Secrecy Bill 2022 - Lord Hayward This is "Ballot Secrecy Bill 2022 - Lord Hayward" by John Ault on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Today sees the 2nd Reading of Lord Hayward's Private Member's Bill in the House of Lords. The Ballot Secrecy Bill seeks to make it clear that 'family voting', something that Democracy Volunteers sees all the time, across the UK, is an electoral offence and something that polling day presiding officers should have clear guidance on and the power to prevent.

Lord Hayward joined our podcast team earlier in the week to tell us more about his Bill and also to tell us about how our work influenced his decision to raise the issue in Parliament and seek to change the law.

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Episode 7 Tom & Juliana hear from Lord Hayward about his current Private Member’s Bill regarding the secrecy of the ballot. Music - www.bensound.com

In 2019, we deployed to Ireland's general election. Our key recommendation was an independent Electoral Commission should be created for better - this passed it's final stage in Houses of the Oireachtas yesterday and will soon be law https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/bills/bill/2022/37/

On this busy political day we are releasing our final report on the UK's local and Assembly elections which were held on Thursday 5th May. The full report can be found on our website. Thanks to all our volunteer election observers who gave their time.

Democracy Volunteers FINAL REPORT – UK Local and Assembly Elections 2022 Democracy Volunteers deployed more than 200 observers, and support team, of the over 300 Democracy Volunteers observers accredited with the UK’s Electoral Commission. These deployed across all the …

Today we released our report on the Dutch municipal elections held in March. You can read the report on our website but can also listen to director John Ault (Head of Mission) and Harry Busz (Deputy Head of Mission) discussing our findings on our podcast.

Episode 5 Tom & Juliana discuss the results of Democracy Volunteers’ observation of the Dutch Municipal Elections with John and Harry.

Today we issue our final report on the Dutch municipal elections, held on 16th March. Thanks to all those election observers volunteers who observed with us - from the UK, Portugal & USA. Our findings recommend changes to proxy voting and counting.

Democracy Volunteers FINAL REPORT – Netherlands Municipal Elections 2022 The March 2022 deployment was the fourth deployment of Democracy Volunteers observers to The Netherlands. Our experience of observing in the country has led us to assess two aspects of the electora…

This morning we are releasing our final report on the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. We found high levels of family voting and have made some recommendations about how this can be improved.

Democracy Volunteers FINAL REPORT – Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 2022 Democracy Volunteers deployed 32 observers across Northern Ireland on 5th May 2022. These observers formed teams of two and attended 436 of the 1345 polling places (32.4%). Observers spent between …

Have you heard ‘Episode 3’ by The Election Observer Podcast on SoundCloud? Take a listen to our Director John Ault and Head of Operations Harry Busz talking about some of the challenges postal voters face in UK

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Have you heard ‘The Election Observer Podcast - Episode 1’ by Democracy Volunteers on SoundCloud? Our director John Ault and Head of Operations Harry Busz are the first guests talking about election observation in the UK and Europe.

The Election Observer Podcast - Episode 1 Episode 1 of The Election Observer Podcast from Democracy Volunteers Juliana and Tom speak with Director John Ault and Head of Operations Harry Busz about the role of Democracy Volunteers and its rol