Electoral Register - Register to
Vote
Each year between August and November registration forms are
sent to every property in the District as part of the annual
canvass. The purpose of this is to collect the information needed
to comply with the law and the publishing of the electoral
register, which comes into force on the 1st December each year.
If your name is not included on the register and an election is
called you will not be able to vote on Polling Day.
If you're not sure whether you are on the electoral register or
would like to be sent a registration form, contact Judith Raison,
TDC's Electoral Services Manager on 01255 686586. Further
information is available at
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
.
Rolling Registration
If you are entitled to appear on the
Register of Electors - if you have British, Commonwealth, Irish or
European Union Citizenship - you can register at any time of the
year, without waiting until the annual canvass. This means that if
you've recently changed address, or if your name wasn't included on
the electoral roll when it was last published on 1 December, you
can now apply to the Electoral Registration Office to have your
details added to the register. Please use this link to download a
voter registration form.
Follow this link for Commonwealth Countries
Follow this
link for European Union Countries
The electoral register lists the name and address of everyone
who has registered to vote. By law, the Council has to make the
electoral register available for anyone to look at. The register is
held at the local electoral registration office which is at
Westleigh House, Carnarvon Road, Clacton-on-sea, Essex.
There are two versions of the register: the full version
and the edited version. When you fill in your electoral
registration form, you will be able to choose whether you want your
details included in the edited register.
The Two Versions of the Register
The full register has the
names and addresses of everyone registered to vote and is updated
every month. Anyone can look at it, but copies can only be supplied
for certain purposes, such as elections and law enforcement. Credit
reference agencies are also allowed to use the full register, but
only to check your name and address if you are applying for credit,
and to help stop 'money laundering'. Anyone who has a copy of the
register will be committing a criminal offence if they unlawfully
pass on information from it. You do not have a choice about your
name and address being on this register.
The edited register will be available for
general sale and can be used for any purpose. You can choose not to
be on it. It will be kept separate from the full register and
updated every month. The edited register can be bought by any
person, company or organisation and could be used for different
purposes such as checking your identity and commercial activities
such as marketing.
The Choice you have to make
If you do tick the box on the voter
registration form, your name and address will only appear on the
full register, which will only be used for certain lawful purposes,
such as elections, law enforcement and checking applications for
credit.
If you do not tick the box on the voter registration form, your
name will also appear on the edited version of the register, which
anyone can buy. This means anyone can use your details for any
purpose.
The person who fills in and signs the registration form must ask
each person named on the form if they want their details to be
included on the edited register and so available for anyone to
buy.
So, you must tick the box if you do not want your details to
appear on the edited register which anyone can buy. Do not tick the
box if you want your name and address to be included on the edited
register and available to anyone who asks for a copy of it.
Contact Details
Electoral
Services
Westleigh House
Carnarvon Road
Clacton on Sea
Essex
CO15 6QF
Telephone: 01255 686586 or 01255 686587
Email:
elections@tendringdc.gov.uk |