BURY Council has been allocated nearly £50,000 to make the Electoral Register more accurate and secure.
The Government has given the funding to help local authorities with the extra costs involved with switching to Individual Electoral Registration, which up to this point were funded through existing electoral budgets.
Bury Council’s allocation amounts to £48,401, while the total cost given to local authorities across Greater Manchester is £1,075,122. The move is part of the Government’s drive to improve public confidence in elections and, along with the introduction of online registration, make the process of registering to vote easier and more convenient.
Most people will not have to do anything when the new system comes in thanks to the process of “data matching”, where the current electoral register will be matched against other public databases.
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