Electoral Administration and Reform
mySociety's response to white paper
mySociety
Response to consultation paper published by Welsh Government.
Contents
- Introduction
- Open register and anonymous registration
- Q8 - How can we best help people understand they have been automatically registered and feel confident that their data is protected, especially for people who may be vulnerable or wish to register anonymously?
- Q9 - To what extent do you agree with the removal of the open register in relation to devolved elections?
- Voter Information
- Q45 - Should the Welsh Government consider making provision for an online voter information platform? What information should be provided on the platform and who should host it?
- Q46 - Who would need to provide information to an online voter information platform and how could they be supported to do so?
- Local Candidates Survey
- Q61 - To what extent do you agree or disagree that the requirement to set out the Local Government Candidates' Survey questions in regulations should be removed?
- Q61a - If Strongly Agree or Agree, should the survey be updated through a formal review process involving key partners?
- Q62 - Do you agree there should be flexibility for local authorities to ask questions about local widening participation measures?
- Q63 - Do you agree questions should be included in the survey about candidates' experiences of abuse and harassment (see the section on "other measures we are taking to ensure candidates safety")?
- Q64 - Do you think Welsh Ministers should approve the full set of questions or only the core all-Wales questions?
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mySociety, . (2023). Electoral Administration and Reform. [online] mySociety Research. Available at: https://research.mysociety.org/publications/wales-electorial-administration-and-reform [Accessed 6 Sep 2026].