A report called for action to help people affected by mental illness become more involved in politics. People with mental health problems wanted to play their part in the democratic process, but many lacked confidence to do so because of the stigma surrounding mental illness.
Source: Rethink Politics, Rethink
Links: Rethink press release
Date: 2009-Dec
An article examined the origins and the impacts of reforms to electoral procedures, with a particular focus on the adoption of postal voting on demand and pilots of electronic voting and counting since 2000. The principal legacy of the modernization agenda was likely to have been a negative impact on public confidence in the electoral process.
Source: Stuart Wilks-Heeg, 'Treating voters as an afterthought? The legacies of a decade of electoral modernisation in the United Kingdom', Political Quarterly, Volume 80 Issue 1 Links: Abstract
Date: 2009-Mar