From Electoral Reform Society <[email protected]>
Subject ERS News: Bringing campaign laws into the 21st century & Citizens' Assemblies in Scotland
Date July 13, 2019 9:40 AM
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WE’VE TOLD PARLIAMENT THE CASE FOR UPDATING OUR CAMPAIGN RULES – NOW IT’S TIME
TO ACT
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Current electoral legislation is not fit for purpose. The core elements of our
electoral law date back to Victorian times, with legislation failing to keep up
with societal and cultural changes, and developments in digital technology...

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FOUR PITFALLS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE CITIZENS’ ASSEMBLY OF SCOTLAND
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Last Monday, the firing gun started on the Scottish Government’s plans for a
‘Citizens’ Assembly of Scotland’. Hundreds gathered to discuss what this might
look like, what it might involve, and how it could improve how democracy works
in Scotland...

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AN ELECTION COULD HAPPEN AT ANY TIME – ELECTORAL LAW NEEDS TO BE URGENTLY
UPDATED
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Last week, the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
committee published its response to the government’s Online Harms White Paper,
where it called for urgent legislation to safeguard future elections...

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SUPPORT GROWS FOR NEW WAY OF DOING DEMOCRACY, AS HUNDREDS DISCUSS CITIZENS’
ASSEMBLY OF SCOTLAND PLANS
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It’s clear that there is a growing appetite for a new kind of democracy, after
hundreds gathered on Monday evening to debate plans for a Citizens’ Assembly of
Scotland...

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