John Ault
John Ault is the Director of Democracy Volunteers. John has worked in elections throughout the UK, Europe, and the United States since the 1980s. He has observed on behalf of the OSCE/ODIHR and the UK Parliament’s Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in parliamentary elections as wide-ranging as Kazakhstan and the Isle of Man. He is a former chair of the UK’s Electoral Reform Society and has previously been elected to local government and the UK’s South-West Regional Assembly.
July 08, 2021
Domestic Observations, England
FINAL REPORT London Mayoral and Assembly Elections 2021
These elections were very well run by staff who were faced by an extraordinary situation. The Covid security put in place for the elections was impressive and generally followed...
July 07, 2021
Domestic Observations, Scotland
FINAL REPORT Scottish Parliament Elections 2021
These elections were very well run by staff who were faced by an extraordinary situation. The Covid security put in place for the elections was impressive and generally followed...
July 06, 2021
Domestic Observations, Wales
FINAL REPORT Welsh Senedd & Police and Crime Commissioner Elections 2021
These elections were very well run by staff who were faced by an extraordinary situation. The Covid security put in place for the elections was impressive and generally followed...
April 01, 2021
Domestic Observations, Scotland
FINAL REPORT Scottish By-Elections 2020-2021
This project comes at a critical and challenging time not only for elections and elections staff but for wider society, as restrictions on citizens' freedoms are in place to...
March 02, 2021
International Observations, United States
FINAL REPORT – USA General Election 03/11/2020
The main challenge to observation was the incapacity to deploy any of our observers to the United States in person. This meant we had to readjust our usual methods...
April 22, 2020
International Observations, Ireland
FINAL REPORT – Ireland General Election 08/02/20
13 observers were registered by Democracy Volunteers with the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government (DHPLG) and local Returning Officers (ROs). They were divided into teams of 2...
January 30, 2020
Domestic Observations, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK Westminster General Election, Wales
FINAL REPORT – UK General Election 12/12/19
198 observers registered by Democracy Volunteers with the Electoral Commission, as well as three observers who directly accredited themselves with the Commission, made up in teams of 2, made...
December 18, 2019
Gibraltar, International Observations
FINAL REPORT – Gibraltar General Election 17/10/19
The mission deployed in two waves: a core team was located in Gibraltar for one week around the election and two short term observers deployed primarily for polling day...