Anonymous electors can only make an application for an Anonymous Elector’s Document using a paper application form. You will be able to produce paper application forms for applicants who request them from the Electoral Registration Officer portal (EROP).
When you receive a request for a paper application form before sending this out you should check that an applicant is registered to vote as an anonymous elector or has made an application to be registered as an anonymous elector in a register of parliamentary electors. If they have not, you should explain that an applicant needs to be registered to vote anonymously to apply for an Anonymous Elector’s Document and send them an anonymous elector registration form with the Anonymous Elector’s Document application.
Forms can be sent to you by post, delivered by hand or sent electronically, such as a scanned copy sent by email.
The application form is not prescribed, so if you receive a written application for an Anonymous Elector’s Document that contains all the required information in any other format it should still be processed.
Anonymous electors must submit a suitable photograph with their application. If possible, you should make the elector aware of this before they submit their application and provide advice on how they can provide this to you, which may include arranging for a photo of the elector to be taken at one of your offices.
Applications for Anonymous Elector’s Documents and information associated with them are sensitive and must be stored securely.1