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<p>We know from our research of the electoral registers that voters from BME communities
are less likely to be registered to vote when compared with white voters.</p><p>As
part of all of its public awareness campaigns ahead of elections, the Electoral Commission
provides voter registration resources to a wide range of groups or individuals, to
use in encouraging registration. These are freely available via the Commission’s website
or its ‘Roll Call’ newsletter, to which anyone can subscribe.</p><p>We also identify
specific organisations who could help promote registration to under-registered groups
and actively provide these partners with resources: these have recently included,
for example, the Council of African and Caribbean Churches and the Muslim Women’s
network. It also works closely with Electoral Registration Officers, who hold many
important relationships with church and community leaders to promote voter registration
at a local level.</p><p>The Commission most recently contacted Operation Black Vote
ahead of the Government’s voter ID pilots which took place in May 2019, to seek a
contribution to its statutory evaluation of the pilots. It did not receive a response.</p>
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