We used the electoral register to check for current addresses.
The response rate is likely to be lower than from a sample from the electoral register, and the cost higher.
These summary indices omit the electoral register item.
It makes no appreciable difference to include the electoral register item, either as originally scored or reversed.
In research where it is not necessary to tie together voters with landline telephones, it should be possible to use a more accurate version of the electoral register.
One of my recommendations was that next time, they should be taken off their separate electoral register and incorporated into the main electoral register.
Our victory at the election would have been even more astounding if we had had an effective electoral register.
The earlier we give them this right the more chance they have of getting on the electoral register.
