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  • 30 Mar 2012
    Muslims and Christians in Cameroon support electoral reform

    A group of Muslim and Christian leaders have been to see the president of the elections governing body, calling for an end to manipulative practices.

  • 30 Jun 2011
    Malaysian pro-reform activists detained

    Malaysian authorities are arbitrarily arresting and detaining scores of peaceful electoral reform protesters, say Amnesty International.

  • 9 May 2011
    Time for a bolder vision of our democratic future

    There can be no one who voted or campaigned for the Alternative Vote who believed it to be anything other than a first step towards full reform of the electoral system. Initially, Nick Clegg's petulant description of it as a “miserable little compromise” seemed an example of the perfect being permitted to become the enemy of the possible. However, it now seems that the pursuit of incremental change may have turned out to be a mistake.

  • 5 May 2011
    Taking the No campaign to its logical conclusion

    The main arguments used by the 'No to AV' campaign are, if taken to their logical conclusion, arguments against democracy. Every one of their leading arguments could be used an argument against holding elections at all.

  • 20 Apr 2011
    Bad arguments against voting Yes: Misleading maps

    If you’ve received a leaflet from the ‘No to AV’ campaign, you may have noticed a map showing that only three countries use the Alternative Vote system. But there are lots of things the map does not show.

  • 20 Dec 2010
    Supporting the case for Fairer Votes

    For some years, Ekklesia has been arguing the case for political and voting reform in Britain as part of a values-based change in public life. Over the coming few months we will be making an even more substantial contribution, with co-director Jonathan Bartley being seconded* for part of the week as a spokesperson for the Yes! To Fairer Votes campaign.

  • 6 Oct 2010
    Bid to get PR into May political reform referendum

    New Green MP Caroline Lucas is jointly heading up attempts to give voters the option of Proportional Representation in May's electoral reform referendum.

  • 5 Oct 2010
    Electoral Reform is a moral issue
  • 30 Sep 2010
    Vote reformers welcome Miliband's commitment to push for AV

    Britain's political reformers have welcomed Ed Miliband's commitment to campaign for a change in Westminster's archaic electoral system.

  • 13 Sep 2010
    Greens back 'yes' campaign for referendum on electoral reform

    The Green Party in England and Wales has announced that it will join the 'yes' campaign in next year's referendum on electoral reform.