Sorry Eric one thing wrong in your last email. To vote in a general election in this country you need to be a citizen of the United Kingdom or of the Republic of Ireland (Eire), or qualifying commonwealth country., so nationals of other countries can appear on the register. It is also a legal requirement that you appear on the register as it is used by other organisations to verify your address, these organisations are banks, credit rating agencies etc. If a local council wanted to get really heavy with it residents, they can take someone to court for failing to fill in the electoral registration, it is a finable offence. I have never heard of a council that has taken someone to court over it though To vote in local elections the following from electoral registration website. Citizens of EU countries other than the UK, the Republic of Ireland, Cyprus and Malta cannot vote in UK Parliamentary general elections, but can vote at local government elections, Scottish Parliamentary elections if they are registered in Scotland, National Assembly for Wales elections if they are registered in Wales and Greater London Authority elections if they are registered in London. They can also vote at European Parliamentary elections if they fill in a form stating that they wish to vote in the UK and not in their home country. Also when looking at the electoral registers, remember that there are two versions one the full version, which does not get published, and the commercial version which is the one that councils can sell to companies for marketing purposes. People have the right to opt out appearing in the commercial version hence the reason why you may not necessary see all the properties in a road. Regards Dave -----Original Message----- From: family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:family-historian-users-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of ericpfrith via Sent: 30 November 2015 22:51 To: family-historian-users@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [FHU] Entering from electoral role I’ve been involved in electoral registration canvassing for many years, and also been in the position of having privileged access to the full register, and it’s been a bit of an eye-opener. Whilst the register is useful as an indicator of the people associated with a property, it cannot be regarded as definitive proof of residence. Firstly, there is the question of entitlement to vote – to take part in elections in the UK you have to be a citizen of an EU country, so nationals of other countries should not appear in the register. Secondly, if you live at more than one address, and spend about the same amount of time at each address, you can register to vote at each of those addresses, but you can only vote once at each election – a General Election counts as one election, but if you have homes in areas covered by different councils you can vote at each of those councils’ elections. Thirdly, if someone wants to ‘disappear’ they often don’t want to advertise their presence at an address and, as a consequence, don’t return the form, so gaps appear in the register. In order to plug these gaps, there has been a tendency in the past for councils to roll forward the previous year’s data, potentially resulting in the previous occupiers’ details appearing in the register for years after they moved out. As I said, the register can be a useful, but don’t rely too much on it. Eric From: Adrian Bruce via Sent: Monday, November 30, 2015 8:16 PM To: Jane Merkel ; Family Historian UG Mailing List Subject: Re: [FHU] Entering from electoral role I get a form every year to confirm that the details are the same, or someone is to be added, or to be removed. There is a service available as an "add-on" to the registration of a death, that cancels the electoral registration of the deceased - though this is recent. What the situation was in history, I don't know. Adrian On 30 November 2015 at 14:19, Jane Merkel via < family-historian-users@rootsweb.com> wrote: > ... Does one has to register every year or does one remain registered > at a certain address until the registration is actively cancelled > when, for example, one moves house?.... > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to FAMILY-HISTORIAN-USERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ___________________________________________ This email has been scanned by iomartcloud. http://www.iomartcloud.com/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___________________________________________ This email has been scanned by iomartcloud. http://www.iomartcloud.com/