Annual Canvass 2024
Every year, Telford & Wrekin’s Electoral Services are legally required to check that the details we hold for your household are correct, for the purpose of publishing an accurate Register of Electors. In August, we may contact you by email or post. Please note that not all households will be contacted.
You may receive an email from Electoral Services - Telford & Wrekin Council electoral.services.telford.wrekin.council@notifications.service.gov.uk.
This email is not spam and requires a response by following the instructions in the email to avoid further contact. Only one person in your household needs to respond as the security codes can only be used once.
Your household may receive a letter.
The communication you receive will tell you if you do or do not need to respond.
If you are instructed to respond, but we do not receive a response, you may receive a telephone call or a door knock asking to check the information we hold is correct, even if you have recently registered to vote.
Eligibility Confirmation Review (ECR) 2024 - Rights of EU citizens
Following the changes to EU citizens registration entitlement, the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) is required to conduct an Eligibility Confirmation Review (ECR) to identify individuals who are eligible to remain registered to vote and identify those who are not eligible to remain registered. This review will commence in August 2024.
Where we are unable to establish eligibility for some individuals via the data-based review (stage 1) we will then proceed to a correspondence-based review (stage 2).
We will be contacting such individuals to request that they respond to a historical residency question, to determine if they are entitled to remain registered under the new criteria for EU voters.
We will make 3 attempts to contact individuals as part the correspondence-based review. You will be contacted by post followed by a personal contact if you do not respond.
More information on eligibility and voting and candidacy rights for EU citizens can be found by visiting the Elections Act: Changes to Elections page.
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