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<p>The Electoral Commission does not measure changes in levels of voter registration
at a local authority level. The only reliable method for assessing registration levels
(the completeness of the registers) is through research using house-to-house surveying,
to gather data on residents and match this against information held on the electoral
registers.</p><p>The Commission carries out such studies at regular intervals but
they do not allow for an assessment of registration for individual local authorities,
which would be prohibitively expensive owing to the size of sample required.</p><p>As
part of the Commission’s guidance and support programme for electoral administrators,
it works closely with the electoral community to identify and share good electoral
practice. This includes highlighting specific examples of good practice in electoral
registration and embedding them throughout its suite of guidance and resources for
electoral registration officers.</p><p> </p>
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