Canada can look to Wales for key lessons in voter registration

Surely in our modern information age, the seamless voter registration practices across government jurisdictions, now found in Wales, ought to be the new norm in Canada?

Chief Electoral Officer Stéphane Perrault, pictured at a press conference in September 2019 talking about Elections Canada’s services. Canada can learn a little from Welsh voter registration practices, which include a combined list of parliamentary electors and local government electors, write Valere Gaspard and Cristine de Clercy.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY VALERE GASPARD AND CRISTINE DE CLERCY

May 19, 2021

Maintaining an accurate voter registry is crucial for election administration bodies to ensure that citizens face fewer barriers to voting. Research on elections demonstrates that a well-operating voter registration system

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