Sentences with phrase «individual voter registration»

Yet we are moving to a system of individual voter registration.

The amendments proposed the introduction of individual voter registration and for voters to prove their identity in polling stations, by showing commonly used forms of ID, such as a bank card.

Mark Harper announces plans for individual voter registration in Great Britain as a way of tackling electoral fraud

Mark Harper gave evidence to the political and constitutional reform committee, as the consultation on the government's proposals to introduce individual voter registration came to a close.

Clegg says all voters are being reminded about the switch to individual voter registration by the time of the next general election.

The Government will introduce a system of individual voter registration across Great Britain, akin to that which was introduced to Northern Ireland in 2002.

Constitutional reform minister Mark Harper told MPs today that the government would bring forward a separate draft bill establishing individual voter registration and the right to recall MPs.

Labour had supported the introduction of individual voter registration at the end of its 13 years in power, but has been alarmed by the pace with which the coalition plans to push through with the changes.

A shift from household to individual voter registration obstructs some kinds of ballot - box fraud.

Although we have concerns that full individual voter registration is not set to come on stream until autumn 2015, we do appreciate that a voluntary scheme is to be in place by autumn 2010.

Alarm bells are only just starting to be raised over the coalition's plans for individual voter registration.

It is high time the government put introducing individual voter registration and heightening ballot security at the top of its list of priorities.»

The Labour party believes the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats» proposed introduction of individual voter registration for the 2015 general election is motivated by partisanship.

But the move to individual voter registration has made a simple process more complex and potentially less democratic.

The coalition wants to switch to individual voter registration.

«Individual voter registration is crucial if public confidence in our elections is going to be restored and maintained and we look forward to working with the parties on this reform in the Lords.

«Individual voter registration is ultimately just a first step and our campaign for improved ballot security will go on.

The parties agree to reduce electoral fraud by speeding up the implementation of individual voter registration.

That would mean no vote until 2017, though the Government has gone against the Commission's advice on, for example, the cut - off for individual voter registration and could do so again.

The Labour leader said almost one million voters were «missing» from the register and blamed the «hasty» introduction of the new system of individual voter registration.

The Cabinet Office is also stewarding a bill to switch from household to individual voter registration, a measure promised by the outgoing Labour government.

There are long - standing debates about the merits and demerits of proportional electoral systems, individual voter registration, constituency equalisation and so on.

Shadow constitutional reform minister Wayne David said the switch to individual voter registration and boundary changes would hurt Labour at the next general election - and had diminished the opposition's enthusiasm for Lords reform as a result.