I'm all for improving the veracity of the electoral system and reducing fraud. However its unclear to what extent the fraud perpetrated and the period between calling an election and closing the rolls are _link_ed.

It is obvious that the young, the poor and the itinerant are disproportionately affected by shortening this grace period. And its obvious that on the whole these groups are less inclined to vote liberal.

Its one thing to want to fix a problem in an existing system, but quite another throw out the baby with the bathwater... *cough* IR reform *cough*. Whether its 100 points of ID or a retinal scan doesn't matter, but give people time to register and get their vote.