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It’s getting more expensive to hold elections – and we don’t know enough about how the money is spent

  • Written by Alistair Clark, Professor of Political Science, Newcastle University

Amid all the sound and fury, photocalls and mishaps of the general election campaign, it is easy to forget that administering the vote is a vast logistical exercise.

More than 40,000 polling stations need to be found and set up, staff need to be recruited and paid to work on polling day, ballot papers need to be printed and distributed, electoral...

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