ELECTIONS

Reforms 'harming' voter numbers

The numbers of students and young people registered to vote could decrease significantly because of electoral registration reforms, a shadow minister has warned voting watchdogs.

The numbers of students and young people registered to vote could decrease significantly because of electoral registration reforms, a shadow minister has warned voting watchdogs.

A terse exchange of correspondence between shadow minister for constitutional and political reform, Stephen Twigg, and chair of the Electoral Commission, Jenny Watson, has laid bare anxieties over the transition to Individual Electoral Registration (IER) in the run-up to next May's General Election.

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