Running electoral registration - Scotland

Processing applications and other amendments to the register throughout the year

Processing applications and other amendments to the register throughout the year


This section contains guidance on the actions you should take as ERO to process applications to register. It includes guidance on verifying applicants' identity, through the IER digital service and local data matching, and how the exceptions and attestation process should be administered.

Following the processing of an application, as ERO you must determine the application as soon as possible, and the guidance describes the actions you must take in allowing or rejecting an application.

This section also covers amendments to the register during the year, including how you should action changes to an elector's nationality, name or address. The guidance also explains how to undertake reviews of registration, how to deal with objections to applications or entries in the register and how to delete entries from the register. 

 

Last updated: 24 August 2020