Any person making a new application for a proxy vote must provide personal identifiers which are used to verify the applicant’s identity against DWP records.1
The results of these checks, which will appear in the EROP, must be taken into account in determining the application.2
If an applicant’s identity cannot be verified using DWP records, you should follow the exceptions process or failing that the attestation process.3
Unlike applications for electoral registration and Voter Authority Certificates, you cannot use local data to verify proxy vote applications.
1. Reg 56B Representation of the People (England and Wales) Regulations 2001 (RPR) (as amended), Para 16B Sch 2 Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012 (PCCEO) (as amended)↩ Back to content at footnote 1