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Voting in supermarkets, bank cards as ID and £500,000 fines for breaking the rules – how British elections could be about to change

Measures which will modernise elections to enable young people to vote more easily are included in the bill.

13.02.2026 10

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Toby James

Automatic voter registration: a huge step forward for democracy – and a chance to bring missing millions into elections

As part of a raft of new measures, people will no longer need to register themselves to vote.

18.07.2025 3

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Low turnout and an unfair voting system: UK elections ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe

British voters are moving away from the two-party system, but their electoral system hasn’t kept up.

03.07.2025 5

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