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The Register of Electors

The Register of Electors is published annually and is produced to allow eligible people to vote in elections. By law, you should must contact the Electoral Registration Officer when you move into or out of a property, so that the Register can be accurately maintained.

Once every year (usually between September and November), the Electoral Registration Officer undertakes an audit of all the households within the district to check that the details held are correct, or to obtain up-to-date information if there have been any changes. This is known as the annual canvass and further details are listed in the links below.

At other times of the year, you can register using what is known as "rolling registration". Further information is contained in the relevant link below and iIndividual/householder registration forms are available in the attachments section below.

Please remember ..

• If you are a British, Irish, Commonwealth or European Union Citizen, you need to be on the Electoral Register to be able to vote.
• You must register every year. You are not automatically registered, even if you pay Council Tax!
• If you want to restrict who has access to your name and address on the Electoral Register, you must tell the Electoral Registration Officer that you want to "opt out".
• If you move house, you can register at your new address at any time of the year - you don't have to wait until the next canvass to take place.
[Item]If you're living away from home (e.g. as a student), you can register at more than one address, but you can only vote once in any single election.

Further information regarding electoral registration, postal/proxy voting and access to the Register of Electors is available from the Related Pages below.

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