The 2021 Senedd Election

Part of 4. Questions to the Assembly Commission – in the Senedd at 3:41 pm on 11 March 2020.

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Photo of Elin Jones Elin Jones Plaid Cymru 3:41, 11 March 2020

Well, these, of course, are ideas and issues that were raised during the scrutiny process of the Senedd and Elections (Wales) Bill, as they are with the Local Government and Elections (Wales) Bill in its scrutiny process at the moment as well. I think it's a matter for Welsh Government to propose legislation on changing the way that we vote, rather than who votes for this Assembly, and I know that there is some discussion around that as part of the local government and elections Bill, and I know that these are issues that interest a lot of people, because making sure that we make voting accessible as well as interesting for people is something that should unite us all.

How we do that and when we do that are matters, I think, that we need to possibly discuss a little bit more here in this Senedd itself, and I'm up for having that discussion. We're not there yet, but I'm sure that these are ways that—the young people will lead us older, more traditionally thinking people along those routes. Myself, I wouldn't be against voting on my own phone. I could do it from here now, if I could. But I think we will move with the times. At this point, we're probably moving a little bit too slowly in order to keep up with how young people want to engage with us, but we need to be open to those new ideas that are coming from schools like Garth Olwg and other schools right throughout Wales.