Electoral register

• Electoral Register Reaches 99,000

MORE voters than ever are included in Derby's electoral register thanks to a successful canvassing campaign by the city council. Around 99,000 households - 93% of those eligible - have confirmed their registration by internet or phone or have sent their registration form back to the electoral services team. Stuart Leslie, electoral registration officer, said: "We have improved on the results of previous canvasses and more electors than ever are included in Derby's electoral register. Registering to vote means that electors can take part in all elections in the city.

• Derby Evening Telegraph
• December 09, 2011

• Wales 'Could End Up with Even Fewer Than 30 Mps' ; Proposed Changes to Electoral Register Slated As 'Offensive'

WALES could end up with even fewer MPs by 2020 than the controversial reduction from 40 to 30 announced earlier this week, an academic has predicted. Dr Toby James of Swansea University argues that legal changes to the way the electoral register is compiled are likely to reduce significantly the number of people registered to vote.

• Western Mail
• January 13, 2012

• Residents Urged to Ensure Place On Electoral Register

THIS week sees the launch of Teignbridge District Council's annual electoral canvass. This means that Teignbridge residents will be asked to return their voter registration forms or register online or by phone as soon as possible to make sure they are included on the new Electoral Register which is due to be published on December 1. Cllr Mike Walters, Teignbridge's executive spokesman for corporate services, said: "The annual canvass is a major operation required by law, and local people can help keep it simple by replying to the canvass promptly.

• Express & Echo (Exeter, UK)
• August 23, 2011

• Attaining to Be On Electoral Register

TO THE electoral officials they are known as "attainers"; to most of us they are 16 and 17-year-olds; to the SNP they may become a key part of the vote at the independence referendum planned for 2014. The latest figures published yesterday put the number of under- 18s on the register and ready to vote when they come of age at 44,100. During the past decade that figure fluctuated, peaking at 48,640 in 2002.

• The Herald
• February 23, 2012

• Parish Councillors Used Electoral Register Illegally ; Parish Councillors in Yatton Will Be Getting a Rap On the Knuckles Following a Police Investigation Into Allegations That Some Members Had Used the Electoral Register Illegally.

Parish councillors in Yatton will be getting a rap on the knuckles following a police investigation into allegations that some members had used the electoral register illegally. North Somerset Council was alerted in October after concerns were raised that members of Yatton Parish Council had used copies of the electoral register for Claverham without permission.

• Evening Post (Bristol, UK)
• December 12, 2008

• Make Sure You Register On New Electoral Lists

VOTERS are being reminded to make sure their details are on the electoral register so they do not miss the chance to have their say at the next election. Derby City Council is about to send out voter registration forms.

• Derby Evening Telegraph
• July 29, 2011

• Residents Urged to Complete Electoral Register Form

CORNWALL Council is encouraging local people to register now to make sure they can vote in 2012. The council is required to produce a new and accurate list of voters each year which then stays in force for the following 12 months.

• Plymouth Evening Herald, The
• September 03, 2011

• How to top the Poles ; The FF councillor who won by a landslide, the properties his firm is renting out... and the big rise in immigrants on the late electoral register [Eire Region]

OPPOSITION politicians have raised questions about alleged voting irregularities in the recent local elections in Monaghan. Seymour Crawford, a local Fine Gael TD, said he will raise questions in the Dail about a number of Eastern European voters who were registered at houses which were apparently empty at the time of the vote.

• Mail on Sunday
• June 29, 2009

• Plea Over Joining Electoral Register

WITH a possible postal strike looming, Swansea residents are being urged to return their electoral registration forms quickly. More that 106,000 forms have been delivered to homes across the city to ensure Swansea's electoral register is up to date and everyone eligible has the right to vote. About two-thirds of them have been returned but Swansea Council is urging those who have not sent them back to act now.

• South Wales Evening Post
• October 22, 2009

• A Million 'Could Be Denied the Vote' [Scot Region]

MORE than one million Scots could be denied a vote on independence unless Alex Salmond accepts Westminster's offer of a legally binding referendum, it has been revealed. Access to the full electoral register is reserved to Westminster, meaning SNP ministers would need to cut a deal with the UK Government to ensure that all four million Scots registered to vote could take part in a Holyrood-organised poll.

• Daily Mail
• January 16, 2012