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Original poster

To remind you that you can't vote

28 replies

Cherryskypie · 02/10/2016 14:57

Unless you respond to the letters sent out by the council about the electoral roll.

You used to be able to ignore them if there were no changes to who can vote. Now you have to respond every time they contact you. Even though you did it what seems like 5 minutes ago, you have to do it again. If you don't get in touch with them you'll drop off the register.

Whichever way you want to vote, make sure you've confirmed your details or you won't be able to vote.

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AndNowItsSeven · 02/10/2016 14:59

Thanks, I didn't know that.

BeingATwatItsABingThing · 02/10/2016 14:59

What? Right, thank you.

YouMakeMyDreams · 02/10/2016 15:01

I haven't done ours yet but I'm getting pissed off at how often they come out to us.

Ninasimoneinthemorning · 02/10/2016 15:03

Why have they done this though?

stretch · 02/10/2016 15:03

I forgot to send mine back, some guy came round last week to enter it manually.

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Cherryskypie · 02/10/2016 15:16

I don't know why they changed it. It is going to mean people drop off the register.

I remember reading that some people discovered they couldn't vote in the Brexit poll because they had managed to miss the change. You used to be able to just ignore the letters in the pile of pointless mail that lives in the hall. They'll start hiding £5 notes in junk mail next.

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Realhousewivesofshit · 02/10/2016 15:28

Thanks good reminder.

It does seem a bloody waste of tax payers money to keep bloody asking though.

gillybeanz · 02/10/2016 15:32

The most recent forms we had said you could be fined 1k for not sending them for the deadline, and they would visit your house to get the info, ours was posted the next day Grin

MitzyLeFrouf · 02/10/2016 15:34

I seem to be receiving a letter every three months or so. It's irritating!

Snowflakes1122 · 02/10/2016 15:37

Is this why a man knocked at my door an hour ago asking me to sign a form confirming our details to stay on the register to vote?
Confused me at the time.

PoppyPicklesPenguin · 02/10/2016 15:39

I get them what seems like all the time too

It's really annoying!

Muddlewitch · 02/10/2016 15:39

Thank you. I hadn't realised this either.

ZippyNeedsFeeding · 02/10/2016 15:55

I did ours straight away, by text. I think you can do it online as well though. I don't think there's much they could do to make it easier.

EverySongbirdSays · 02/10/2016 15:55

Our council sends you a code that you then enter on a website or by text. I've done it both this year and last - seems a waste of resources.

DustyMaiden · 02/10/2016 15:59

I've done it. Informed them that MIL is deceased.

Received a letter addressed to MIL asking her to confirm the information I gave is correct. Very tempted to reply.

specialsubject · 02/10/2016 16:04

They come once a year and are clearly written. You can respond online.

Clearly the system.needs a bit of tweaking in some cases!

SquinkiesRule · 02/10/2016 16:06

If theres no changes ours lets you do it by text. I did it my text and received a reply a few minutes later saying thank you.

Discobabe · 02/10/2016 16:09

They send people round here if you don't send them back.

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Cherryskypie · 02/10/2016 16:09

It's not complicated but it does require you to act to stay on the roll.

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Realhousewivesofshit · 02/10/2016 16:10

Oh Dusty sorry about your mil but really that's quite hilarious

pointythings · 02/10/2016 16:23

Our council sent someone out to households which hadn't responded - ours was one though I normally do it online. They were very friendly, not threatening at all.

Mind you, with Brexit I'll be taken off the register soon anyway.

T0ddlerSlave · 02/10/2016 17:02

And do it promptly and online or via text if you can so the council doesn't have to pay to send out more reminders or pay for the return envelope.

ParForTheCourses · 02/10/2016 17:03

I get a letter every few months. Pisses me off because in between that I get visits and moaned at for not going it.

AnchorDownDeepBreath · 02/10/2016 17:04

Mine says "you do not need to do anything if there have been no changes" in large letters. I'm presuming my council is just being slow on the uptake again!

GerdaLovesLili · 02/10/2016 17:08

It took seconds to respond on-line. It takes seconds to register from scratch on-line too. I'd rather the electoral roll was up-to-date and I can't think of a better way to do it than this. I suspect there's a high correlation between people who can't be bothered to respond and people who won't bother to vote anyway. The whole system needs shaking up.