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.
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...
March 16, 2017
International Observations, Netherlands
SPECIAL REPORT – Netherlands Parliamentary Elections 15/03/17
The Dutch parliamentary elections this week were of particular interest to the international media to assess whether the apparent rise of populism in the West might be continued with the success...
March 07, 2017
Domestic Observations, Northern Ireland
FINAL REPORT – Northern Ireland Assembly Elections 02/03/17
A team of 5 observers, registered with the UK’s Electoral Commission, made 74 separate observations in polling stations across the North Down, Strangford and Belfast East constituencies. This constituted 34.7% of the...
May 18, 2016
Domestic Observations, Wales
FINAL REPORT – South Wales Central 05/05/16
This report covers the observation by a team of 28 observers, registered with the UK’s Electoral Commission. The observation made 239 separate observations in 223 different polling stations across...