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<p>Voting more than once at a General Election is a crime which carries an unlimited
financial penalty. Any evidence of an individual who is suspected to have voted twice
at the General Election should be reported to the Police for investigation. In addition,
the presiding officer at a polling station may ask any elector if they have already
voted, and may withhold a ballot paper from an elector if they do not answer the question
satisfactorily. The electoral register is marked to record the issuing of ballot papers
to individuals at polling stations; there are electronic records of the issuing of
postal votes representing an equivalent to the marked register for some electors.
These records can already assist with an investigation should any voting irregularities
be suspected.</p><p>There are a number of significant technical and practical barriers,
as well as security and privacy concerns, relating to implementing a national electoral
registration database. The Government has no plans to create such a database.</p>
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