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Aadhar Number will sought be for voter registration 4 qualifying dates in a yr to be a registered voter EC roll linked with Aadhar to check multiple entries Gender neutral statute by replacing the word wife with spouse. New #ElectionBill amendments ensure Swachh Polls.
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Perhaps the Lords can help improve the #ElectionBill??
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Deeply depressing - our attempt to remove the provisions for mandatory Voter ID have been defeated - so Government succeeds in making it harder for already disenfranchised communities to vote - a “solution” for a problem (voter fraud) that doesn’t exist #ElectionsBill
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What in all of FRESH HELL is this? Peers: 🔴 167 🔶 83 Those who actually voted against: 🔴 67 (not 167) 🔶 70 What are the Labour whips doing with their lives? The #ElectionBill to go through.
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67 Labour opposed, 70 Lib Dems opposed it. Check the figures on why we lost the vote on independence of the Electoral Commission votes.parliament.uk/Votes/Lords/Di
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The CONSERVATIVES Use #ProportionalRepresentation In their #LeadershipContest Yet they deny the U.K. electorate the option of #PR for Westminster Elections. They have even proposed further #FPTP for Mayoral & PCC Elections in the #ElectionBill #ToryHypocrisy
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The same party which tells us that First Past the Post is the best system does not use it to pick their own leaders! If FPTP isn't good enough for the Conservatives, it's not good enough for us. Sign here if you agree 🖊️ makevotesmatter.org.uk/2022-conservat
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That's a man who'se been a Conservative MP then peer since 1970, for those who don't know #ElectionBill #democracy
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Lord Cormack speaking powerfully against the government's plans for the #ElectoralCommission..."making it the creature of government." "Chilling". "We have a duty to cut out these clauses. They do the govt no credit and do not belong in a bill passed by a democratic parliament
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With recent polls predicting an almost total Conservative wipe out it might be a relief for them to cancel the Conference. Our advice would be to announce their full support for #ProportionalRepresentation & sneak it into the #ElectionBill as a matter of urgency. 😃 #GetPRDone
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It is no good ministers going off to their conference next week, quaffing champagne while the country is in crisis. Liz Truss needs to get back to her office, hold an emergency summit with mortgage lenders, and reassure people who are terrified of losing their home.
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I have an amendment to #ElectionBill tomorrow that would cap ALL donations - to stop individuals and companies buying elections. #democracy - it would be a good idea
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We need to prevent Boris Johnson’s Conservatives using the #ElectionsBill to allow billionaire tax exiles to pump £millions into their party funds. My letter in @guardian today @BestForBritain @openDemocracy @peterjukes @PeterStefanovi2 @PeterKGeoghegan @BylineTimes
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