Any person who is, or will be, registered and is entitled to vote in the type of poll they are appointed for can be appointed as a proxy.1
Where the proxy is resident in your local authority area, you will be able to check your own register. However, where the proxy is registered in another local authority area you should confirm these details with the ERO for that area.
You can require another ERO to provide information as soon as reasonably practicable2
and should let the ERO know if you require an urgent response due to an imminent poll. You should draw their attention to the urgency of any required response, for example, by using a clear subject heading in your email, such as ERO registration status check for proxy application. You need to have in place a mechanism for monitoring and following up on any non-responses. Equally, you should ensure you provide this information as quickly as possible to any other ERO.
If the nominated person is not and will not be registered, you should contact the applicant to explain the qualification criteria. You should ask them to nominate someone else who is or will be registered as their proxy, or suggest they ask their proxy to register (and explain how to do so) then notify you if the registration application is successful. If the proxy application is made close to a registration deadline you should attempt to contact the applicant quickly, such as by phone or email if you have their contact details.
for a person to knowingly appoint a proxy who is already acting as a proxy for two or more domestic electors
for a person who is registered as an overseas elector or a service voter to knowingly appoint a proxy who is already acting as a proxy for four or more electors (of which no more than two electors can be domestic electors)
Domestic electors are those electors who are neither service voters nor overseas electors.