United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 52232
General Elections: Public Holidays
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1 June 2020
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9 June 2020 · Answer
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9 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making future general election days a national holiday; and what estimate he has made of the potential effect of such a step on levels of voter participatio
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1 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of making future general election days a national holiday; and what estimate he has made of the potential effect of such a step on levels of voter participatio
Source: Commons
9 June 2020
Answer
The Government has no plans to change the voting age, having been elected on a manifesto commitment to retain the current franchise at 18.The Government has no plans to introduce automatic registration. The Government considers registering to vote (and vo...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-01/52232
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1198965
- uk · wq-1198965 · source updated 9 June 2020