Category: Democracy Volunteers

Democracy Volunteers has deployed observers across Great Britain for the largest election observation since the 2024 UK General Election.

Our director Dr John Ault has backed the international call to action on election observation. On the 29th of April, within the framework of the New Democratic Pact for...

Democracy Volunteers has been observing elections in the UK for 10 years. We see breaches of the secret ballot across the UK and we think it is important to...

The UK’s overseas postal voting system is failing — extended enfranchisement without operational capacity has created a perfect storm of lost ballots, tight timetables and systemic disenfranchisement.

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...

This year, Democracy Volunteers celebrates a decade of independent election observation. Since our founding in 2015, we have grown to become Western Europe’s leading election observation organisation, working at...

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...

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:...