nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220225-001352-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220224s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220225-001352-0 doi eng 342 23 Eisler, Jacob Author aut Electoral Oversight under Government Control - The Elections Bill 2021 and the Independence of the Electoral Commission Eisler, Jacob Verfassungsblog 2022-02-24 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier The Elections Bill 2021 has generated significant controversy among members of parliament, scholars, and observers. The provision that has generated the most alarm has been a voter ID provision, whose effect has been described as prospectively oppressive and whose justification is widely seen as thin, given the low levels of identified voter fraud in the UK. However, another provision of the Bill has also generated alarm: granting the Secretary of State the power to influence the currently independent Electoral Commission. CC BY-SA 4.0 Electoral Law Rule of Law Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/electoral-oversight-under-government-control/ raw object