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The Electoral Registration Office is required by law to carry out a household canvass each year to find out who is eligible to vote at every address in Dumfries and Galloway. This year’s forms will be finding their way through letterboxes this week. You can respond online, by Freephone or Text or forms can be completed and returned in the envelopes provided.
Responding by post is the most expensive way for us to process responses, so if you can respond by phone, text or online please do so. Every online response saves 21p compared to postage cost and every text or phone response saves 15p compared to postage costs.
We are also required by law to send reminder letters and pay visits to households that don’t respond to the forms. Last year this cost the Electoral Registration Service over £20,000, so please you’re your return promptly to help us cut the cost of issuing reminder letters and visiting properties.
Jim Doig, Electoral Registration Officer at Dumfries and Galloway Council said;
“It’s important that residents respond as soon as possible, so we can make sure we have the right details on the electoral register for every address in Dumfries and Galloway. To make sure you have your say at elections, simply check the form when it arrives and respond as soon as you can. If you’re not currently registered, your name will not appear on the form. If you want to register, the easiest way is online at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.”
