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Proceeding contribution from Clive Betts (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 8 November 2005. It occurred during Debate on bill and Committee of the Whole House (HC) on Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06.


Electoral Administration Bill

I thank the hon. Gentleman for giving way again. We had some interesting pilots in Sheffield on electronic voting, in which some wards had electronic voting and others did not. We learned that having electronic voting made virtually no difference to voter turnout, so the idea that it was going to provide some kind of panacea to get thousands more people to vote proved not to be the case. So pilots can prove that things will not work, as well as proving that they will. That is the idea of a pilot, and we should set out with an open mind as to what the result will be.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
439 c249 
Session
2005-06
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Disclosure of information Armed forces Death Candidates Administration Absent voting Fraud Elections Electronic voting Electoral Commission Electoral register General elections National insurance Pilot schemes Northern Ireland Personation Proof of identity Registration Voting behaviour Voting methods Timetables
Legislation
Electoral Administration Bill 2005-06
Link
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