Providing information on accessing the electoral register
Candidates are entitled on written request to the ERO to a free copy of the full register for the electoral area in which they are standing.1
The ERO for each local authority area is responsible for receiving requests and supplying a copy of the register and lists of absent voters to candidates.2
Combined authority and combined county authority mayoral elections
A candidate at a combined authority or combined county authority mayoral election can make a written request for a copy of the registers and lists.3
They can request a copy of the full registers and lists of absent voters for the whole of the combined authority or combined county authority area they are standing in.4
While the legal responsibility for receiving requests and supplying registers to candidates rests with the ERO for each local authority area,5
the CARO/CCARO may decide to coordinate requests from candidates for the supply of registers. The CARO/CCARO will liaise with the respective EROs within the combined authority or combined county authority area to agree the approach.
Cont.
We have produced template electoral register and absent voter list request forms that candidates can use.