 This post @-@ writ canvassing to enumerate electors ensured that a high proportion of those electors were registered for each election , up to 98 % for some elections , minimizing participation inequality which typically affects individuals who are poor , young , or have little formal education that tend to not take the initiative to participate in electoral and related events . State enumeration , such as was done in Canada before the implementation of the National Register of Electors , " worked to augment voter turnout among all segments of society and thus mitigated a natural tendency toward participation inequality in electoral politics " . 
