Running electoral registration - Scotland

Personal identifiers for Voter Authority Certificate and Anonymous Elector's document applications

An applicant’s personal identifiers are their full name, National Insurance number (NINo), and date of birth (DOB). These are used to perform the data match with DWP to verify an applicant’s identity.

For more information you can see our Electoral Registration Officer guidance on National Insurance numbers and Dates of birth.
 

Last updated: 17 March 2023