<p><br /> Ministers should consider requiring voters to produce proof of identity when they go to the polls, the official elections watchdog has said.<br /> </p><p><br /> The Electoral Commission said that the Government needed to develop a "comprehensive electoral modernisation strategy" in order to ensure the long-term health of the system.<br /> </p><p><br /> In its report on this year's general election, the commission said that in the majority of constituencies the elections were well run, without major problems.<br /> </p><p><br /> However it warned that the coalition Government's ambitious programme of democratic reforms was likely to add to the pressure on the machinery of electoral administration.<br /> </p><p><br /> It said that ministers needed to look at ways of strengthening the system in order to maintain public confidence.<br /> </p><p><br /> Among the measures it recommended was a review of the case for requiring proof of identity for voters casting their vote at polling stations.<br /> </p>
