Powys to take part in pilot scheme for new voter registration in elections

Powys to take part in pilot scheme for new voter registration in elections

Powys is among the areas that will be running a pilot scheme on registering voters automatically as Wales becomes the first UK nation to do so.

Four local authorities in Wales are piloting automatic voter registration. As a result, Wales is the first country in the United Kingdom to carry out such an experiment in order to include more people in the democratic process.

Wales will become the first devolved nation in the UK to trial registering voters automatically using data to identify potential electors

Wales will become the first devolved nation in the UK to trial registering voters automatically using data to identify potential electors

Wales to trial automatic voter registration

Four local authorities will be taking part in a pilot scheme, which will use data to identify potential voters.

Automatic voter registration pilots to take place in Wales

Wales will become the first devolved nation in the UK to trial registering voters automatically using data to identify potential electors.

Carmarthenshire one of four Welsh councils to pilot automatic voter registration

Four local authorities across Wales will be taking part in automatic voter registration pilots, which the Welsh Government says will help make democratic participation more accessible and inclusive.   The pilots, established under the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024, will test different approaches to registering voters without requiring formal applications. Instead, they will focus exclusively on the local government register, whic…