{"id":12799,"date":"2024-01-02T16:37:40","date_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:37:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/perilous-and-chaotic-why-officials-are-nervy-before-a-likely-uk-election-in-2024\/"},"modified":"2024-01-02T16:37:40","modified_gmt":"2024-01-02T15:37:40","slug":"perilous-and-chaotic-why-officials-are-nervy-before-a-likely-uk-election-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/perilous-and-chaotic-why-officials-are-nervy-before-a-likely-uk-election-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Perilous and chaotic\u2019: why officials are nervy before a likely UK election in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paper ballots may act as barrier to cyber attacks, but introduction of voter ID could lead to a host of complications<\/p>\n<p>While the date of the next UK general election itself remains in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, one thing is certain: when the campaign begins it has the potential to be one of the most perilous and chaotic in the country\u2019s history, for a variety of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>One point is worth noting immediately: although the UK is often lumped in with the long list of countries holding elections in 2024, Sunak could theoretically hold it <a href=\"https:\/\/commonslibrary.parliament.uk\/the-general-election-and-voting-in-the-uk\/\">as late as January 2025<\/a>, maximising the Conservatives\u2019 full five-year term.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2024\/jan\/02\/perilous-and-chaotic-election-officials-nervous-as-sunak-prepares-to-name-date\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/4272836fa6e164cbcb3d283d2a819a83bd4c15ea\/0_4_3288_1974\/master\/3288.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=abfd912c3ed4f7d180896bf3f483eaed\" title=\"\u2018Perilous and chaotic\u2019: why officials are nervy before a likely UK election in 2024\" \/>Paper ballots may act as barrier to cyber attacks, but introduction of voter ID could lead to a host of complications<br \/>\nWhile the date of the next UK general election itself remains in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, one thing is certain: when the campaign begins it has the potential to be one of the most perilous and chaotic in the country\u2019s history, for a variety of reasons.<br \/>\nOne point is worth noting immediately: although the UK is often lumped in with the long list of countries holding elections in 2024, Sunak could theoretically hold it as late as January 2025, maximising the Conservatives\u2019 full five-year term. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paper ballots may act as barrier to cyber attacks, but introduction of voter ID could lead to a host of complications While the date of the next UK general election itself remains in the hands of the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, one thing is certain: when the campaign begins it has the potential to be &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/02\/perilous-and-chaotic-why-officials-are-nervy-before-a-likely-uk-election-in-2024\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018Perilous and chaotic\u2019: why officials are nervy before a likely UK election in 2024<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12799"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}