The beginning of this month marked National Voter Registration, a campaign run by Bite the Ballot to drive up voter registration. It is certainly necessary; over 1m people have dropped off the electoral roll since last summer, primarily as a result of the switch from Group to Individual registration. Moreover, its innovative campaign seems to be making a mark, with record numbers applying online for electoral registration this week.
Still, such initiatives are not sufficient. While they can increase voter registration numbers, they can’t address an even bigger threat to our democracy – the growth in political inequality, where stark differences in political participation by age and class threaten the legitimacy of the democratic process.
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