"Millions of people, including the elderly and those living in rural areas, could be at a disadvantage during the November police commissioner elections, if information about candidates is only posted online, the Electoral Commission has warned... it [has] concerns about the government's proposals for a central website to host candidate information, intended to replace candidate mailings and booklets sent to households."
"as many as seven million adults in England (outside London) and Wales are estimated not to have used the Internet at all in the last 12 months."
From publicservice.co.uk
While it could be argued that Internet access (and training) is available at most local libraries, access to technology remains an issue for Interactive Democracy which is likely to resolve itself in the coming years with the proliferation of Internet devices.
While it could be argued that Internet access (and training) is available at most local libraries, access to technology remains an issue for Interactive Democracy which is likely to resolve itself in the coming years with the proliferation of Internet devices.
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I cannot believe there are 7 million people in the U.K without internet access!!! Hang on, then I read it again, what it says is;
"as many as seven million adults in England (outside London) and Wales are estimated not to have used the Internet at all in the last 12 months."
So, the big words for me here are "estimated" and "used" this is different to not having access??
Maybe if the infrastructure is in place, which I assume it is, people need to start using it (the internet) again!
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