nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220503-182350-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220503s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220503-182350-0 doi eng 342 23 Eisler, Jacob Author aut Democracy on Thin Ice - The Triumph of the Elections Act 2022 Challenges Self-Governance in the UK Eisler, Jacob Verfassungsblog 2022-05-03 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The notorious Elections Act 2022 culminated in an appropriately dramatic fashion this past week. Following two successful motions in the House of Lords that sought to tame the most controversial provisions of the Act – the voter ID measure and subjecting the Electoral Commission to greater executive oversight – the House of Commons was forced to directly confront the disputed and unpopular nature of these measures. Despite ongoing concerns and the Lords’ efforts to intervene, the Act will go into effect largely as originally drafted. CC BY-SA 4.0 Elections Act House of Lords Self-Governance UK Democracy UK House of Commons Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/democracy-on-thin-ice/ raw object