Electronic Voting

(asked on 24th February 2017) - View Source

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing provision for remote online voting in areas affected by adverse weather conditions.


Answered by
Chris Skidmore Portrait
Chris Skidmore
This question was answered on 2nd March 2017

Turnout at elections can be affected by a range of factors and it is difficult to apply impacts to any particular factor. We do not make assessments specifically focused on the effect of the weather on electoral turnout.

We have no current plans to introduce online voting.

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