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 20, 2018
International Observations, Ireland
FINAL REPORT – Ireland’s Referendum on the 36th Amendment of the Constitution (Abortion) 25/05/18
A team of 12 international election observers attended over 175 polling stations across Ireland in the May 25th referendum. The team was made up of observers from the UK,...
May 16, 2018
Domestic Observations, England
FINAL REPORT – Tower Hamlets Mayoral and Council Elections 03/05/18
The mission deployed a series of observers to attend several aspects of the electoral process in Tower Hamlets. Before polling day a team of 2 attended the Council’s briefing...
May 07, 2018
Domestic Observations, England
FINAL REPORT – English Local Elections (including Voter ID Pilots) 03/05/18
All observers were trained and briefed on the process of observation in the days before polling day. The briefing for the Northern Councils was held in Manchester on Saturday...
May 03, 2018
Domestic Observations, England
SPECIAL REPORT – Voter ID Pilots in English Local Elections 03/05/18
Observers attended polling stations in teams of two. This started with the opening of polls at 7am and ended at 10pm. Observations lasted no less than 30 minutes and...
April 04, 2018
International Observations, Netherlands
FINAL REPORT – Netherlands Municipal Elections & Advisory Referendum 21/03/18
The mission deployed 4 observers in two teams of two. These were registered with The Netherlands’s Ministry of The Interior and Kingdom Relations. These four observers were accredited to...
February 12, 2018
Finland, International Observations
FINAL REPORT – Finnish Presidential Election 28/01/18
The mission deployed 6 observers in three teams of two. These were registered with Finland’s Ministry of Justice, and accredited to observe across Finland. They made 41 separate observations...
October 31, 2017
International Observations, Norway
FINAL REPORT – Norwegian Parliamentary Elections 11/09/17
Three teams made up of 6 observers made up in teams of two (with a local translator), who were registered with Norway’s Directorate of Elections, and accredited by the...
June 20, 2017
Domestic Observations, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK Westminster General Election, Wales
FINAL REPORT – UK General Election 08/06/17
Twenty teams made up of 73 observers made up in teams of 2, 3 or 4, who were registered with the UK’s Electoral Commission, made 642 separate observations in...