Labour’s announcement that it will support automatic voter registration (Report, 12 April) is a welcome step in the right direction. Far from being radical, though, automatic registration is the common right across advanced democracies. All parties need to be looking at how to modernise our democracy when so many millions feel unheard and excluded. We need a registration revolution – steps to ensure that registration isn’t a lottery but is instead encouraged at every stage of interaction with official bodies, from sorting pensions to getting a driving licence or benefits. It’s time the “missing millions” were heard.
Dr Jess Garland
Director of policy and research, Electoral Reform Society
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