The Electoral Commission wants electoral law to be updated. It’s too little and too late
The Electoral Commission is finally calling for an overhaul of electoral law to deal with the challenges of digital campaigning. The recommendations are welcome, but they are too little, and – from the point of view of alleged manipulation of the 2016 EU referendum – too late.
The Electoral Commission, as the “referee” of elections in the UK, is responsible for administering spending limits and preventing the kind of financial arms race that features in US elections. In making these recommendations for reform, the regulator is admitting what has been abundantly clear for some time: it lacks power.
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