As the dust settles after European and local elections, those of us involved in electoral administration will turn back to the task of implementing Individual Elector Registration. The Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 brings in sweeping changes to the way we manage and maintain electoral registers along with some challenging obligations about how the transition is managed. If algorithm searches and data standardisation are keeping you awake at night, please spare a thought for the Newark parliamentary constituency. We're heading into the first parliamentary by-election under the new provisions of the 2013 Act You may think the Act is just about individual elector registration - in fect, Part 2 of the Act introduces changes to the way elections are administered.
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