Lord Hayward and the Secrecy of the Ballot

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Lord Hayward is interviewed by Alex Iszatt concerning The 2023 Ballot Secrecy Act which gives greater powers to staff running polling stations to prevent overseeing another person’s vote. Following data collected by Democracy Volunteers, Lord Hayward’s bill received all party support, updating the 1872 Ballot Act, to make it an offence to influence another person’s vote in the polling station.Members of The House of Lords rarely succeed in passing a Private Member’s Bill so this success indicates how important this new legislation was.2025 should see new signage in polling stations discouraging so-called “family voting”.

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