Comparing registration systems using the International Difficulty of Registration Index (IDORI). How difficult is electoral registration in the UK?
Electoral registration in the UK is often critiqued for making it hard for voters to participate in elections. However, without a tool for a systematic, international comparison, we cannot know if the UK's system is unusually difficult. To tackle this issue, we make a methodological contribution to...
| Publicado en: | Parliamentary Affairs Vol. 79; no. 2; pp. 306 - 332 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Apr2026
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