Section 05 · 3 entries
The Roll
Who is on the list.
An election counts the people who are on the list. These entries cover opt-in registration against automatic enrolment, door-to-door enumeration and why several systems abandoned it, and the census that sits upstream of almost everything else.
Every entry in The Roll
Each one is a single rule and what it demonstrably does, with the country and the period named.
- 5.1RegistrationOpt-in against automatic enrolment, and what each does to who ends up on the list.
- 5.2EnumerationDoor-to-door compilation, its cost, and why some systems abandoned it.
- 5.3The census behind itCounting the population is the input to almost everything downstream, including how many seats a place gets.
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