Browsing Department of Law by Author "Wilks-Heeg, S"
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"‘Reports of My Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated’: The Continuing Role and Relevance of Election Petitions in Challenging Election Results in the UK"
MORRIS, CS; Wilks-Heeg, SAn election petition is the only mechanism through which a UK election result can be challenged. In its current form, the election petition dates back to the Victorian period, when electoral outcomes were routinely challenged ... -
Something old, something new: personation, photographic voter identification and the Elections Act 2022
Morris, C; Wilks-Heeg, SThe requirement to show photographic identification in order to vote at English local authority elections and UK general elections took effect in 2023. The reform was designed to prevent the offence of personation, where ...