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Registering to vote
If you are not registered to vote and want to vote you will need to complete the electoral registration form and send it back to;
The Electoral Registration Officer
North Hertfordshire District Council
Council Offices
Gernon Road
Letchworth Garden City
Herts
SG6 3JF
Telephone; 01462 474204 / 474503 / 474305
Email: service@north-herts.gov.uk
The Electoral Register
You need to be on the electoral register to be able to vote. If you are a British, Commonwealth, Irish or European Union Citizen, you are required by law to give your name and address so that you can be included on the electoral register.
The electoral register lists the name and address of everyone who has registered to vote. The register can be viewed by appointment, at Council offices, Gernon Road, Letchworth.
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 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 will also appear on the full register, which will only be used for certain lawful purposes, such as election, 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.
Please help us...
Please let us know if you move house.
Please complete and return the form you receive each Autumn, promptly.
Please remember to include any 16/17year olds on your registration form (they will then be able to vote as soon as they become 18).
If you would like a postal vote or proxy vote, contact us by e-mail or phone 01462 474204 / 474503 / 474305 as soon as possible for information and advice.
Or write to;
The Electoral Registration Officer
Gernon Road
Letchworth
Herts
SG6 3JF