Other council records cannot be used, for instance you may be registered for Council Tax, but this does not put you on the electoral register.
The annual canvass process and timetable
- 4th August – 15th August 2011 – the annual canvass form is hand delivered to each household.
- 15th September 2011 – lists of non responding households are produced so that canvassers can begin their door to door visits. Canvassers will collect forms or leave a calling card if no-one is in, and will re-visit again at another time. This will include households that have registered after the data has been sent to generate a reminder. This inevitably means that forms ‘cross in the post’.
- 15th October 2011 – this is the qualifying date for registering to vote at a given address.
The new electoral register is then published on 1st December 2011, staying in force for the following 12 months.
Changes to your details
Printed on the forms will be the details of those electors currently registered to vote at that address. Residents are required to update the details shown on the form if there are any changes, crossing through the names of any person no longer resident, amending any mistake and adding names that should be added to the electoral register. The form must then be signed and returned in the envelope provided.
No changes to your details
If there are no changes to be made, we need confirmation of this and you can confirm there are no changes to your details online and by telephone. Alternatively sign the form and return it in the pre-paid envelope provided.
Opt out has changed – Important information
If you have “opted out” of appearing in the edited register in previous years please be aware that following a change in legislation we are no longer able to carry forward this decision from year to year. You must now choose each year whether or not you want to opt out of appearing on the edited version of the register.
What does this mean?
There are two versions of the register:-
- Full Version – Your details will appear on the full version of the register. The full register is used for elections, preventing and detecting crime and checking applications for credit.
- Edited Version – You must choose each year whether or not your details will appear on the edited register. The edited register is available for general sale and can be used for commercial activities such as marketing. Please put a tick in the column against anyone who wants their name and address to be excluded from the edited register, you should ask each individual their preference before completing the form.
Telephone and Internet
When using the telephone and internet registration service you will still be given the choice to opt out.
