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<p>The British public deserves to have confidence in our democracy and the Government
is committed to making sure that our electoral system is fit for the future.</p><p>Woking,
Gosport, Bromley, Swindon and Watford have committed to pilot voter ID in May 2018
and Tower Hamlets, Slough and Peterborough are piloting measures to improve the security
of the postal vote process.</p><p>The pilot authorities, Cabinet Office and the Electoral
Commission have worked collaboratively to agree what information will be collected
from the pilots and how it will be collected.</p><p>The Electoral Commission is responsible
for carrying out an independent, statutory evaluation of the pilot schemes and will
publish its findings following the May elections, in the summer of 2018.</p>
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