You can apply to be included on the Electoral Register at any time throughout the year, for example if you move house, turn 18 or just realise that you are not currently on the Register. You can do this by requesting and completing a ‘rolling registration form’. The Register of Electors is updated on a monthly basis according to a legal timetable. The date that we receive your completed application determines the date that we can legally add you to the Register. There is also a cut-off date before each election so it is important that you register as soon as possible whenever you move or have changes to your details.

To request a Rolling Registration Form please telephone our office on (01502) 523238 or email elections@waveney.gov.uk. 

Rolling registration forms are also sent out via our Council Tax Department to households where there is a change in the Council Tax details to help keep the Register up to date. (Please note that just because you are paying Council Tax at a property this does not mean that you are automatically registered with us – you need to complete one of our registration forms to have your details added to the Register of Electors).

The ‘Canvass period’ comes into effect from August to mid-November and this is when we send a canvass form to every household in the district. The information we collect on the canvass forms during the canvass period produces the new Register of Electors each year on the 1st December.

These procedures try to ensure that as many people as possible are registered at the correct address in time to vote when an election is called.
 
As well as informing Electoral Services of your change of address you also need to inform our Council Tax Department, your bank/building society, the Passport Office, the DVLA and others (all these need to be notified separately).

Please note you must be living at your address and it must be your main residence in order for you to register there. You may not register if you are only temporarily living at an address or on holiday at an address. If you are a student however you may register both at your home address and your University address but you may only vote once in any election.

By signing the declaration on the registration form you are confirming the information you are providing is true and accurate, if you complete and submit a form with false information on it you will be committing an offence. 


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Contact us regarding any Electoral matter at:

Electoral Services Office
Town Hall
High Street
Lowestoft, NR32 1HS
 
Telephone: 01502 523238
Fax: 01502 523005
Email: elections@waveney.gov.uk