Memorandum by Dame Marion Roe DBE MP (VOT
08)
I wish to submit evidence based on the speech
that I made in an adjournment debate in Westminster Hall on the
5 May 2004, relating to the integrity of the electoral register
and who is entitled to vote in elections in the United Kingdom.
This can be found at:
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200304/cmhansrd/vo040505/halltext/40505
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In addition, I give below my views on preventing
corruption of the electoral register:
(a) I firmly support the view that individual
registration is far better than the existing system of household
registration.
(b) The registration for individuals should
have 6 identifiers—name, address, date of birth, national
insurance number, signature and nationality (ticking of a box
will not do as it can always be claimed afterwards that the purpose
of the box was misunderstood. If the voter writes their nationality
on the form, they cannot misrepresent their background).
(c) The only method that would ensure that
fraud cannot take place would be to adopt a national electoral
register as has been instituted in Northern Ireland.
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