Wednesday

09-09-2026 Vol 19

Reuben Hellier

Reuben Hellier is a data scientist with a strong interest in applying data-driven approaches to election analysis and observation. Having completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Manchester in Computer Science and Mathematics, he has since worked on projects involving data analysis and machine learning applications.

FINAL REPORT – Norwegian Parliamentary Elections September 2025

In September 2025, Democracy Volunteers deployed an international observation mission to assess the conduct of Norway’s Parliamentary Elections. A team of 24 trained observers independently monitored voting and counting...

A Decade of Democracy Volunteers – In Their Words

Democracy Volunteers celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2025, marking a decade of independent election observation. Since our founding in 2015, the organisation has monitored more than 200,000 voters across...

Finland’s 2025 Local Elections Praised as Well-Run but still room for improvement

Democracy Volunteers has today described Finland’s municipal and county elections as “extremely well-run,” citing high standards in the running of polling stations and good accessibility across polling stations.

Democracy Volunteers recommend changes after English Local Elections

Democracy Volunteers has released the report on the 2025 English local elections, held on May 1st. The team deployed observers across every area in England holding elections, with the exception...

DV welcomes Dissident Russian Observers to Scottish By-election

Democracy Volunteers has links to many international observer groups, which it tries to support and cooperate with to help improve election observation and also to support those where election...

Democracy Without Witnesses: Italy’s Ban on Domestic Election Observers

Italy does not allow domestic election observation, leading to concerns about transparency and public oversight in one of the European Union’s founding democracies.

Democracy Volunteers Director, Dr John Ault said:...

Democracy Volunteers Director Participates in Canadian Vote Summit 2025

Democracy Volunteers was represented at the Canadian Vote Summit 2025 by our Director, Dr John Ault, who attended the event in Montreal from 20–21 May. Organised by the Canadian-based...

DV condemns imprisonment of Russian election observer Melkonyants

(Photo Courtesy of SOTA)

The team at Democracy Volunteers has today condemned the Russian government for imprisoning Grigory Melkonyants, co-chair of the Russian election observation group GOLOS, to five years...