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Election Time? No Time To Panic… Regardless of which party has your backing or who ends up with the keys to No.10, a general election is a big event that can and will be unsettling for businesses... Read more over on our blog here - https://lnkd.in/gmB7X_42

In the rush of lawmaking in advance of the upcoming General Election, the Media Act 2024 has now come into force. Read our thoughts on the legislative changes here: https://lnkd.in/eiRV-SRZ

Calling all #EMLawshare members! Join us for an upcoming #electionlaw update with Partner and Parliamentary Agent, Emyr Thomas on Monday 22nd April 2024 at 12pm. This session will cover recent legislation changes as well as timely case law update. Emyr will also discuss how to minimise risks and effectively defend against challenges. Free to all EM Lawshare members click the link below for more info and to book your place. 👇 #ElectionLawUpdate #LegalInsights

Check out Cavendish's 2024 General Election Hub! This will be constantly updated for all the policy announcements made by every party on the key issues. So if you want to understand - in one, coherent place - where the parties currently stand on the big issues, this is the only site you'll need. And it contains regular insight from Cavendish experts on the stories that matter in this election. https://lnkd.in/e27iFueK

CHARTER ELECTION MAY 4 | Propositions 5&6 relate to the length of time signatures for citizen-led petition could be collected. If approved, signatures could be collected for 45 days instead of 30. Early voting begins April 22. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gsHR6aMy

Concerned about election misinformation? This #NationalVoterEducationWeek,  make sure to rely on trusted sources. Follow @NASSorg & your local election office for accurate updates to bust those myths! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/em9AGQSY.

Concerned about election misinformation? This #NationalVoterEducationWeek,  make sure to rely on trusted sources. Follow @NASSorg & your local election office for accurate updates to bust those myths! Learn more: https://lnkd.in/em9AGQSY.

Should EU media outlets have a clear editorial line? POLITICO EU Editor Jamil Anderlini said something interesting on this during their election night live show (9:38 below): "At POLITICO we're privileged and fortunate in the fact we are avowedly non-partisan. So as a political news organisation we are not on the left, on the right.... Whereas some of our competitors in the media are to a certain extent blinded by ideological prisms, we don't have that." To preempt the age old debate on objectivity and bias, he does go on to say that it's impossible to remove bias at the individual reporter level, but that the institution that is POLITICO does not take a position. But would a clear editorial stance actually be beneficial to public discourse? When we read news publications back home we usually know the sort of politics we’re getting. Editors write editorials and hire columnists who generally align with the paper’s/owner’s stance. I hear complaints from both sides of the political spectrum in bxl that “[any and every EU media outlet] is biased.” Would we benefit from editorials and more vocal and public-facing editors? It's hard to imagine EU publications that are reliant on diverse commercial revenue ever wanting to risk alienating a sizeable chunk of those customers. But maybe perennial claims of impartiality lead to an erosion of trust in the long-term.

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#KnowTheECOWASProtocols Do you know your country's election management body? Is it independent, open, and receptive to ideas from political parties and election stakeholders? Article 3 of the ECOWAS Supplementary Protocol on Democracy and Good Governance mandates member states to ensure that their election management bodies are independent, inclusive, and transparent. #ECOWASofthePeoples #SolidarityForDemocracy