The Standards in Public Office Commission has called for a "full legislative review" of electoral legislation to ensure it is fit for the 21st century. The ethics watchdog warned that the Electoral Act 1997 is "now over 20 years old and requires modernisation".
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A sitting councillor has been forced to withdraw from next month's local government elections after refusing to publicly disclose her home address. Candidates for local government do not have the option of withholding their home address, even though candidates for Northern Ireland Assembly and UK Pa