Electoral Administration and Reform White Paper (Simplified version)
The principles
Q1. Do you agree with the six principles?
Online voting
Q2. Do you think online voting is a good idea?
An All-Wales Database
Q3. Do you think an All-Wales Database is a good idea?
Term lengths
Q4. Do you think it should be:
Who can vote?
Q5. Do you think making it clear who can vote is a good idea?
Automatic registration
Q6. How would you want to be told you have been registered to vote automatically and that your personal data is safe?
Improving student registration rates
Q7. Do you think this is a good idea?
Information
We want:
- to improve information for everyone, including disabled people and people with
- learning disabilities
- to have one online place where people can find what they need
- to develop guidelines so information is easy to read and understand
Q8. Do you think these are good ideas?
Removing barriers for disabled people
Q9. How can disabled voters be supported to vote secretly and independently?
Supporting young people
Q10. What else could we do to support young people to vote?
Making it safer for candidates
11. Do you think these actions will reduce abuse and make candidates safer?
Advance voting
Q12. Do you think this is a good idea?
Applying for postal or proxy votes (absent voting)
Q13. Do you think this is a good idea?
Improving postal voting
Q14. Do you think an electronic tracking system is a good idea?
Digital registers
Q15. Do you think Digital Registers are a good idea?
Q16. Do you think our proposals will have positive or negative effects on the Welsh language? Can you explain what you think the effects will be?
Q17. Is there anything else we need to think about when making changes to elections in Wales?