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Annual Canvass
Each year, at the end of August, Electoral Registration
send Voter Registration Forms to each of the 54,000 households
within the Eastleigh Borough asking them to register all eligible
voters and anyone who will become 18. The Electoral Register
is updated each year during this annual canvass period, September
to November, and a new Register is published on the 1
December.
You must, by law, return the form each year, whether you choose
to use your vote or not is your choice. If you do not respond to
the annual canvass request or provide false information on the
form, you may be liable to a fine of £1,000.
More and more the Electoral Register is being used to confirm an
individual's address, especially if they are applying for credit
such as a mortgage, personal loan or even a mobile telephone. If
you are not registered you will probably be refused credit as well
as losing your right to have your say via the ballot box. Don't
lose your Vote!
You need to be included on the registration form if you are:
- 18 and over
- British, Irish, European or qualifying Commonwealth
citizen
- 16 / 17 years old (so that you are eligible to vote as soon as
you turn 18)
- living at an address within Eastleigh Borough on 15
October
Don't assume that because you were registered last year that
your name will be automatically included in this
year's Electoral Register. There are regulations regarding the
removal of names from the Register in the event of a non-response
to the annual canvass from a household.
Also, being on the Council Tax Register does not automatically
mean that you are on the Register of Electors. The two registers
contain different information.
Telephone & Internet
As an alternative to posting the form back in the pre-paid
envelope enclosed with your form, electors also have the
opportunity to register during the annual canvass by telephone or
internet. However, this facility is only available for households
that have no changes to make to the details of the registered
electors.
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