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Electoral Administration Bill

Does the Minister agree that requiring the additional information raises awareness among electors and places a responsibility on them to ensure that their names are on the electoral register? Like all colleagues, no doubt, in the run-up to an election, I have been approached by constituents complaining that they have not received their polling cards. They have assumed, quite wrongly, that because they are paying council tax, they are automatically on the electoral register, and they need to understand that they are not.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
441 c317 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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