Electoral Petition in UK Law
Legislation
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Coronavirus Act 2020
......Postponement of elections, referendums, recall petitions and canvass Postponement of elections, referendums, recall petitions and ... “local election” has the same meaning as in the Electoral Law Act (Northern Ireland) 1962 (see section 130(1) of that Act); . ......
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European Union Referendum Act 2015
...... to vote as electors at a local government election in any electoral area in Great Britain, . (ii) would be entitled to vote as electors at a ... (a) with the substitution in paragraph (a) of “a petition......
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Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
...... to vote as electors at a local government election in any electoral area in Great Britain,. . . (ii) would be entitled to vote as electors ... . . (a) with the substitution in paragraph (a) of "a petition" for "a claim";. . . (b) with the substitution in paragraph (b) of "the ......
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European Parliamentary Elections Act 2002
......follows:— . Introductory Introductory . S-1 . Electoral regions and number of MEPs 1 Electoral regions and number of MEPs . (1) ...election if there is pending, or has been tried, an election petition. in which his disqualification on those grounds is, or was, in. issue. . ......
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Books & Journal Articles
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Economic development and mass political participation in contemporary China: determinants of provincial petition (Xinfang) activism 1994–2002
Rapid economic development has increased mass political participation in market reform China. Many electoral authoritarian regimes with a good record of economic development have experienced the gr.........Many electoral authoritarian regimes with a good record of economic development have experienced the growing participation of elite/middle-class citizens. Under ......
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Book Review: Comparative: Elites and Identities in Post-Soviet Space
...... of Cambridge) Party Strategies in Western Europe: Party Com- petition and Electoral Outcomes by Gemma Loomes. Abingdon: Routledge, 2011. ......
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Information and political institutions
......(2013) engage this question by investigating ho w par tisan competition in the electoral arena might induce politicians to implement civil service ......
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Constituency Control of Legislators: Lessons from Nigeria
......Instead, they engaged in unhealthy competition and stifling rivalry. Personal aggrandisement took the place of the spirit ... responsibilities; certain people have to be chosen through the electoral process to represent a certain number (constituency) of people in the ......
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Law Firm Commentaries
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Legal Challenges Against The 'Blanket Ban' On Prisoners' Vote Continue
...... One such prisoner, who sought to challenge the decision of the Electoral Registration Officer to refuse to register him as a voter, by way of ...Lord Tyre dismissed the Petition for Judicial Review on the basis that a statutory remedy existed that ......
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EU Referendum Update - Leaflets And Lead Campaigners
...... period marks the conclusion of a busy week during which the Electoral Commission designated In Campaign Ltd (Britain Stronger in Europe) and - ... In response to a petition calling for a debate on the decision to send the leaflet (which will be ......
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