Stephen Williams pushes for greater provisions to enable armed forces personnel to vote
February 18, 2010 4:14 PM
Stephen Williams pushes for greater provisions to enable armed forces personnel to vote
Stephen Williams, MP for Bristol West, and 27 other Liberal Democrat MPs, have recently supported Early Day Motion 862 regarding Armed Forces Voting, asserting that greater provisions to enable service personnel to vote should be introduced.
This EDM was introduced by Liberal Democrat Defence Spokesperson Nick Harvey MP, and states:
"That this House expresses concern that a third of service personnel are not currently registered to vote; notes the difficulties which many servicemen and women experience in voting; further notes that the extremely tight timetable for a general election with candidates only being nominated 11 days before polling day, does not leave enough time thereafter for postal ballot papers to be printed, distributed to service personnel deployed abroad, particularly those who are at present in Afghanistan, and returned in time to be included in constituency counts; and calls on the Government to amend the timetable for general elections to match the local election timetable, with candidates being nominated 16 days before polling day, thus easing the logistical barrier to service personnel exercising their right to vote."
This comes shortly after Stephen Williams pledged his support for the Royal British Legion's campaign to support the British armed forces.
To see a list of the other EDMs that Stephen has supported then please follow this link:
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