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<p>The Committee discussed access to and uptake of Voter Authority Certificates at
its recent public evidence session in March. A transcript of the session is available
on the Committee's website.</p><p>The Commission has said that while increases in
awareness of voter ID requirement have been strong, Voter Authority Certificate applications
were lower than might have been expected.</p><p>It has noted that this may reflect
the number of people wanting to vote in these elections, take-up of postal and proxy
voting, or that some voters have not applied in time for the deadline.</p><p>The Commission
will consider the levels of take-up and the reasons for this as part of its evaluation
of the implementation of voter ID. This will include detailed public survey work.</p>
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