Using data matching to confirm electors in Great Britain
This report evaluates 'confirmation바카라 사이트™ (the process of using data matching to confirm electors on the electoral register) in Great Britain.
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The results in this report build on the findings from the interim 바카라 사이트˜confirmation바카라 사이트™ evaluation on England and Wales published in October 2014.
Confirmation matches the names and addresses of records on all Electoral Registration Officers바카라 사이트™ (EROs) current electoral registers against data held by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).
Confirmation was an important part of the move to Individual Electoral Registration (IER), changing how people register to vote. The process allowed EROs to transfer existing electors who were successfully matched onto the first IER register: this simplified the transition for most people.