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Electronic Voting: WhatsApp

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10 November 2020

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23 November 2020 · Answer

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23 November 2020

Summary

To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are to use WhatsApp to alert members of the House about votes taking place using the remote voting system.

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  1. 10 November 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Senior Deputy Speaker what plans there are to use WhatsApp to alert members of the House about votes taking place using the remote voting system.

    Source: Lords

  2. 23 November 2020

    Answer

    The Remote Voting system currently alerts Members of the House of Lords to a Division via text message (if they have opted in and provided a mobile number) and email to their Parliamentary account using Notify, which is a secure government service. Member...

    Source: Written answer

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