<p>Compulsory Voting</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:02 pm on 13 June 2017.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:02, 13 June 2017

(Translated)

Well, there is no reason, in principle, why digital voting shouldn’t take place. There are some practical security issues, I understand, which would make it very difficult at the moment, but there’s no reason why, ultimately, it shouldn’t happen. At one time, everybody in this Chamber saw the voting day as the day on which you had to get everybody out to vote, but that’s not the case any longer, as so many people vote through the post. So, in principle, there’s no reason why the system should remain the same, because one of the things I did notice last week was the fact that young people are being inspired to vote because of social media. That’s where they get their news, and groups of them decided to vote. So, it’s all important that we consider, when the time is right, digital voting.