The Electoral Commission estimates that between 630,000 and 890,000 people in Scotland are missing from December’s local electoral roll Andrew Milligan/PAHundreds of thousands of people in Scotland could miss the opportunity to vote if there is a snap general election because they are not registered. The Electoral Commission estimates that between 630,000 and 890,000 people in Scotland are missing from December’s local electoral roll. The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) fears that hundreds of thousands of people are also missing from the parliamentary roll, which is similarly incomplete. The ERS is calling for automatic registration to ensure people do not lose out on the right to vote. Hundreds of thousands of potential voters in Scotland are effectively missing from the electoral roll, representing a major…

Source: The Times October 02, 2019 23:05 UTC