Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 10 November 2014.
Terms of Reference
1 A chance to engage
2 Introduction
The electorate
Turnout
Our inquiry
3 Reasons for low voter engagement
Political disengagement and dissatisfaction
Negative views of politicians and politics
Failure of traditional political mechanisms
Political parties
Role of the media
The value of voting
Where power lies
The views of "non-voters"
Conclusion
4 Recent developments
Individual Electoral Registration
Requirement to register
Confirmation process
Online registration
Monitoring of implementation
Risks of Individual Electoral Registration
End of transitional arrangements
Additional funding to maximise registration
Electoral Commission work on electoral fraud
Electoral Commission proposals
5 Unequal registration and participation
Young people and students
Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups
People with disabilities
Overseas voters
Citizens of Commonwealth countries and other EU member states
6 Improving levels of electoral registration
Electoral Registration Officers
Performance
Freedom of Information requests
The Electoral Commission
Supporting others
Maximising registration
Plans for the future
Registration campaigns
Changes to electoral registration
Prompting people to register to vote
Registration at schools and universities
Registering closer to the election and election-day registration
The "open register"
7 Proposals to improve voter turnout
Automatic registration
Modernising electoral administration
Weekend or extended voting
Voting anywhere
Online voting
Postal voting
Public awareness and the provision of information
'Get out the vote' campaigns
Citizenship education
Electoral reform
Compulsory voting
Alternative electoral systems
Reducing the voting age to 16
8 Conclusion
Conclusions and recommendations
Annex 1: Terms of reference
Annex 2: Summary of Outreach event at the University of Sheffield, 5 June 2014
Formal Minutes
Witnesses
Published written evidence
List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament
