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'Individual Electoral Registration' (IER) was introduced by the UK government through the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 with the first IER applications being made in England and Wales from 10 June 2014 and in Scotland from 19 September 2014 (the delay in Scotland was due to the Scottish Independence Referendum). [3]
Individual Electoral Registration (IER) is the voter registration system which took effect from 10 June 2014 in England and Wales and from 19 September 2014 in Scotland. [1] Under the previous system, the "head of the household" was required to register all residents of the household who are eligible.
To maintain a record in the electoral roll as an expatriate, one needs to refresh the registration within 10 years; a vote counts as a valid refresh. All eligible voters receive a letter in the mail to their registered address of 30 days prior to election day, in Sweden or abroad, which shows the date (always on a Sunday, normally in September ...
This service was established with the Elections Act 2022, which requires voter ID in English local, PCC, and UK-wide elections for the first time. [3] The lack of a national ID card in the UK and non-universal adoption of other forms of ID necessitated this service. The requirement is only for in-person voting at polling stations.
Founded in 1997 by Alastair Crawford, 192.com Limited evolved from a CD-ROM product called UK Info Disk, [4] the best selling non-game CD-ROM product of its time. 192.com publishes the Edited Electoral Roll in electronic media; previously the roll had been available for consultation only in public libraries and town halls.
Application forms can be returned to the local electoral registration officer by post, by fax or by e-mail as a scanned attachment. [29] As of June 2014, as part of the Government's Digital By Default policy, voters in England and Wales can register to the electoral roll online. [30]
In the United Kingdom, an electoral registration officer (ERO) is a person who has the statutory duty to compile and maintain the electoral roll [1] (which includes conducting the annual canvass [2]).
In India, publishing and updating of the electoral roll is the responsibility of the Election Commission of India, each state's chief electoral officers, and each state's election commission. These government bodies update and publish the electoral roll every year, making it available for download from official government websites.