Electoral register loses estimated 800,000 people

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2016/jan/31/electoral-register-loses-estimated-800000-people-since-changes-to-system This article is about the dramatic drop in number of people on the voting register after the government made changes to the voting register, the article manages to draw you into the article by stating the issue at hand immediately, this issue is relevant as election rates has always been a problem, as it is always low, so the fact that it decreased even further is a problem. One of the main problems that people recognized was that there was a significant drop in student voters, which has always been a topical issue brought up about elections that younger people vote a lot less, this makes the issue relevant to people ages 20-25 who can vote. Another problem that the article presents because of the decrease in votes is that the remaining people who would vote are groups of like minded people, creating a significant bias that weigh in better for one party. This whole issue is specifically relevant to a newspaper outlet like the guardian, which is UK based, making it relevant to the UK readers who will buy this, but it is also significant to its left side views in terms of politics, as it brings up that the labour party believe that most of the estimated voters are people who would support them. The article does say however the reasons behind the change of the voting registration system was to avoid fraud and error, which was an issue brought up by people In my opinion I think that the change's motives were necessary and important, as votes must be secure and certain due to their importance, and the drop of people could not be foreseen, however I think that they should do something to bring that number back up somehow by making election registration more accessible and easier.