Postal Voting System

EDM number 29 in 2005-06, proposed by Oliver Heald on 17/05/2005.

That this House expresses its deep concern at the weaknesses in the postal voting system highlighted by the comment of the judge in the recent Birmingham case that the postal voting system was wide open to fraud; notes that the inaccuracy of electoral registers and the lack of proper checks on them is at the root of the problem; further notes that the tried and tested Northern Ireland system of individual voter registration using National Insurance numbers has led to accurate registers and reduced opportunities for fraud; and calls on the Government to accept the recommendation of the Electoral Commission and other parties and immediately to introduce legislation to effect such a change.

This motion has been signed by a total of 92 MPs.