Voter registration process must evolve

‘All parties need to be looking at how to modernise our democracy when so many millions feel unheard and excluded,’ says Dr Jess Garland.Photograph: Aaron Chown/PALabour’s announcement that it will support automatic voter registration (Report, 12 April) is a welcome step in the right direction. Far from being radical, though, automatic registration is the common right across advanced democracies. All parties need to be looking at how to modernise our democracy when so many mill