From Paper To Pixels: How E-Voting Technology Is Changing Elections

Over the past 150 years, there have been extensive changes to the voting system in the UK. The Ballot Act of 1872 introduced the right for men to vote in secret. Then, in 1918 women were granted the right to vote for the first time. Over the following years, the journey towards inclusive voting continued resulting in equal voting rights for all citizens over the age of 21 in 1928.

The alternative vote referendum in 2011 and trials of e-voting in local elections also show continuing efforts to modernize the UK electoral system.

However, the current system of voting continues to present challenges, as demonstrated in 2021 when a box of postal votes was accidentally not included in the count during local elections in Barnsley.