A Bill to make provision to move the polling day of all elections to a Saturday.
House of Lords
10 June 2015
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This Bill would require that the polling day for every UK election be moved to a Saturday. It would apply to general elections, local elections and by-elections, changing the current rules about when people vote. The aim is to standardise polling day across all elections.
The bill is at the second reading stage in the House of Lords. It originated in the Lords, with its first reading in June 2015; next steps would be committee stage, Report, and Third Reading in the Lords before possibly moving to the Commons.
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