Constitutional Affairs written question – answered at on 18 July 2005.
Oliver Heald
Shadow Secretary of State (Justice), Shadow Secretary of State
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will publish marked registers from the 2005 General Election electronically.
Harriet Harman
Minister of State (Department of Constitutional Affairs), Member, Labour Party National Executive Committee
Access to the marked electoral registers is the responsibility of the Clerk of the Crown. The marked register which is made available for inspection or copying is the paper copy of the register kept at the polling station, and marked by polling station staff. No electronic copies are compiled, and we have no current plans to provide for it. Paper copies may be purchased, as has been the case in previous elections.
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