Government to introduce an electoral commission to clean up the way elections are run

In the wake of the phoney pollsters revelations, the minister promises legislation by the end of the year 

The promised electoral commission is expected to have a wide suite of responsibilities, ranging from maintaining the electoral register, to providing oversight of polls, and regulating political advertising.

The Government has insisted it will introduce an electoral commission to oversee a major cleaning up of how elections are run in this country.

After decades of inaction and broken promises, in the wake of the controversy this week around the use of fake pollsters to gather information on voting intentions, the Government has committed to passing the necessary legislation by the end of this year.