Author: Voting Counts

Local Elections 2018: #DogsAtPollingStations

One of our favorite polling day traditions is the #DogsAtPollingStations hastag on twitter. It combines our two favorite things, dogs and democracy whats not to love? We thought we’d share some of the best...

Voting Counts Wins UK Parliament Digital Democracy Award!

Yesterday the Voting Counts team was invited to Parliament to receive the Digital Democracy award, which recognised “the work of an individual or organisation that has connected people with the UK Parliament through digital...

Voter Fraud

Your vote is yours alone. In any election in the UK, your vote belongs to you. Whether you vote at a polling station, by post, or via a proxy, it’s your decision. It’s illegal for anyone...

Millicent Fawcett

On Tuesday April 24th 2018 a statue of Suffrage Campaigner, Millicent Fawcett, was unveiled to the public in Parliament Square. Fawcett’s statue is the first female addition to the collection of statues in Parliament...

Scottish Council Elections 2017: Young Voters

The Electoral Commission recently published an excellent blog post exploring young adults’ attitude towards electoral participation following the Scottish Council Elections, where sixteen and seventeen year olds were able to vote for the first time.

Mental Health Patients and Voting

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust has relaunched its campaign to encourage mental health patients and service users to register to vote and get their voice heard. However, they remain one of...