Family voting

Examples of two people at the same time in a voting booth

Family voting is when family members enter a voting booth together and collude or direct voting intentions.^[1]

The organisation Democracy Volunteers has noted the occurrence of family voting, for example in elections in the UK, the Netherlands and in Sweden.^[2]^[1]

In 2023, the United Kingdom passed the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023 to make family voting a criminal offence.^[3]^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "PRELIMINARY STATEMENT – Sweden General Election 09/09/18 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine", democracyvolunteers.org, 9 september 2018. Åtkomst den 15 september 2018.
^ "SPECIAL REPORT – Netherlands Parliamentary Elections 15/03/17 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine", democracyvolunteers.org, 16 mars 2017. Åtkomst den 15 september 2018.
^ Winchester, Nicole (11 July 2022). Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL]: HL Bill 15 of 2022–23 (Report). House of Lords Library. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2024.
^ "Ballot Secrecy Act", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2023 c. 12

[dv-20180909-1] "PRELIMINARY STATEMENT – Sweden General Election 09/09/18 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine", democracyvolunteers.org, 9 september 2018. Åtkomst den 15 september 2018.

[dv-20170316-2] "SPECIAL REPORT – Netherlands Parliamentary Elections 15/03/17 Archived 2018-09-15 at the Wayback Machine", democracyvolunteers.org, 16 mars 2017. Åtkomst den 15 september 2018.

[3] Winchester, Nicole (11 July 2022). Ballot Secrecy Bill [HL]: HL Bill 15 of 2022–23 (Report). House of Lords Library. Archived from the original on 28 September 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2024.

[4] "Ballot Secrecy Act", legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives, 2023 c. 12

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