Recommendation 7

High take-up of the Voter Card is essential to ensure those individuals who do not have photographic ID are not effectively disenfranchised. The Government and Electoral Commission must produce detailed plans setting-out how they plan to encourage individuals who do not have photo ID to apply for a Voter Card. Data should be collected to analyse how successful those plans are at increasing take-up, and should be disaggregated to show any difference in take-up across certain groups. (Paragraph 39) Voter registration