ELECTIONS

Voting reforms 'risk to democracy'

Local government election officials have backed a scathing letter from MPs to levelling up secretary Michael Gove on the Elections Bill.

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By Martin Ford | 22 April 2022

Planned reforms of the voting system pose an ‘unacceptable risk' to democracy, it has been claimed.

MPs on the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee have written a scathing letter to levelling up secretary Michael Gove on the Elections Bill, drawing support from local government election officials.

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