Reports

Expert Observer Team Deployed to Iceland Elections

Democracy Volunteers' election experts have been in Iceland assessing the municipal elections across the country.

The team of five, including Ben Sharpe and Kim Kippen, both experienced election administrators from...

Observers Deployed from Orkney to Ynys Môn & from Isleworth to the Isle of Wight

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

Democracy Volunteers backs Paris ‘Call for Action’ on Election Observation

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...

Reflections on reporting from Gorton & Denton

Democracy Volunteers deployed 4 observers, in two teams of two, following the international best practice of the so-called ‘four eyes’…

Breaches of the Secret Ballot and how to prevent them

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...

Major Concerns over Family Voting in Gorton and Denton Poll

'Today we have seen concerningly high levels of family voting in Gorton and Denton. Based on our assessment of today’s observations, we have seen the highest levels of family...

DV Argues: “Dutch Should End On-Demand Proxy Voting”

Democracy Volunteers deployed observers across the Netherlands for the parliamentary elections in October. Deploying 32 observers and experts, 25 of whom were based in the European Netherlands and the...

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...