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  • Your role and responsibilities as Electoral Registration Officer
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  • Eligibility to register to vote
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  • Processing applications and other amendments to the register throughout the year
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    • Resources for Electoral Registration Officers - Absent voting
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Resources for Electoral Registration Officers - Absent voting

Cancellation letter (due to failure to provide a fresh signature (DOC)
FAQs for postal vote rejection notices (DOCX)
List of people entitled to be supplied with the electoral register (PDF)
Postal vote reapplication template letter (England) (DOCX)
Proxy vote refresh template letter (England) (DOCX)
Template postal vote rejection notices (DOCX)
Last updated: 10 December 2024

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  • Appeals against the removal of an absent vote following a postal vote identifier rejection notice
  • Voter Authority Certificates and Anonymous Elector's Documents

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