Voter registration packs will be dropping through letterboxes across Bath and the surrounding areas from around the 17th October 2013.
You can now confirm your details with a simple text message
The Council are encouraging residents to respond promptly and, if the details printed on their voter registration form are correct, do so via the internet, Freephone or text SMS.
Re-registering electronically is quick and simple and it also helps save the taxpayers money. Last year over 32,000 households successfully renewed their registration electronically.
The largest saving could be made by people simply responding by Friday 8th November. Every household is required by law to give the information asked for in the voter registration form; failure to do so means the Council will have to send out a reminder letter, followed up by a personal visit from a registration canvasser. Every year the Council spends an average of £25,000 on reminders and canvassers’ visits.
There will be European Parliamentary Elections in May 2014. Vernon Hitchman, the Council’s Electoral Registration and Returning Officer, said “We are encouraging people to register promptly and go electronic if they can. By doing this, they will have the opportunity to make their voice heard at these elections and to save public money.”
All you have to do is update the annual registration form with the details of everyone in your household who is eligible to vote and return it to the Electoral Registration Office by Friday 8th November 2013.
- If the details of your household haven’t changed you can renew your registration electronically using the internet, Freephone or text SMS service;
- If the details of your household have changed, for example someone has moved in or out, these can only be updated by filling in a form and returning it by post.
If you haven’t received your form by Friday 25th October you should contact the Electoral Registration Office either by phone or email. More details are available at www.bathnes.gov.uk/registertovote.
