An Act to make new provision with respect to the registration of voters for the purposes of parliamentary and local government elections; to make other provision in relation to voting at such elections; and for connected purposes.
It requires additional assistance for disabled voters, particularly visually impaired voters.
It made provision for new regulations governing the access, sale and supply of electoral registers.
Subsequent amendments
Six years after the act, the Department for Constitutional Affairs introduced the Bill that became the Electoral Administration Act 2006 which made alterations to UK electoral processes.[citation needed]