Fears that pressures on elections officials will leave them overwhelmed at the next General Election have been dismissed by local government minister Simon Hoare.
He told the House of Lords constitution committee that ‘horror stories did not come to pass’ following the introduction of voter ID requirements in May’s local elections and the system was ‘match fit’ for ‘scaling up’ at a nationwide poll.
Officials have previously warned that a raft of reforms on top of existing pressures were ‘unsustainable’ and raise the risk of elections failing.
Mr Hoare said: ‘We are conscious that we are creating new systems, new things to do we are not ignorant of the new burdens, responsibilities and challenges that places on those who will implement them. We are not taking them for granted.’
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