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Electoral Registration
Registration Process
The Electoral Registration Service produces and maintains the register of people in the District who are entitled to vote in all local and parliamentary elections.
You can only vote in elections if your name is on the Register of Electors. The register is updated every year using the details from the annual canvas form sent to all households in Autumn.
Anyone is entitled to see the register which is published on the 1 December each year. This can be viewed, by appointment, at the Council offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth.
We can now add names to the register from January to the end of August.
From September to 1st November this rolling registration will be suspended due to the annual canvas taking place.
In other words there is a "rolling registration" process which means the electoral register is updated every month between November and August.
To be included on the annual canvass form you must be:
- Resident in the District on 15th October.
- 18 years of age or over or reach 18 within the following 16 months. The register runs from 1 December to 30 November so if you will become 18 before next December you can ask to have your name included.
- Be a British, Commonwealth, Irish Republic or European Union citizen.
It is important to note:
- You must, by law, complete and return this form.
- 16 and 17 year olds should be included so that they can vote as soon as they become 18.
We send reminder forms to all households that do not respond, but if you do not receive, or have misplaced your form, please contact us for a replacement.
If you miss the deadline for inclusion on the published Register, but meet all the conditions set out above, you can apply to be added at any time throughout the year.
Remember: to vote in local or national elections your name must be on the register.