International Desk: Electoral Reform in the United Kingdom w/ Electoral Reform Society’s Ralph Hall: 24 July, 2025

The United Kingdom is passing significant electoral reforms as part of an effort to “boost public trust in democracy.”

One of these reforms is to lower the voting age to 16 for all elections, aligning voting rights with Scotland and Wales which already have lowered their voting ages.

The reforms also include expanding acceptable voter IDs, a new automated system to register to vote, and a tightening of rules surrounding political donations. 

For International Desk, Wire Host Caeden spoke to Ralph Hall, advisor for the Electoral Reform Society, about these changes.