Electoral Services

The Electoral Register

The electoral register is the list of everyone who is entitled to vote. We update it every year using the details from the registration form you receive each autumn. A Register is then published on the 1st of December. However, if you move after this or were missed off the Register you can still apply to go on throughout the year under Rolling Registration.

The application form to register (61 KB) is available to download.

The application form to register is available in other languages and can be downloaded from the Electoral Commission website (external link).

Why should I register?

You can only vote in elections if your name is on the register of electors for your area. We update the register in October each year. However under Rolling Registration we can add you to the Register as and when you move. Just fill in this form.

What does this form do?

Filling in this form will let us add your name to the electoral register for this area. But you must fill in and sign the form yourself. If anyone else in your house is eligible to vote, they must fill in a separate form. You can print or photocopy the form or contact us if you need more forms.

Who can register?

You must be:

• over 16 (you cannot vote until your 18th birthday);
• a British or Commonwealth citizen;
• or a citizen of the Irish Republic or of another EU member state.
• Citizens of EU member states other than the UK or the Irish Republic are only eligible to vote in local government elections.
• If you are not a British or Irish Republic citizen, you must fill in a separate form to vote in European Parliamentary elections.

Monthly Revisions to the published Register of Electors 2007/2008

Note: This information is in force from 3rd December 2007

The Monthly Revisions (20.83 KB) are available in a PDF format to download. * Regulation 8 (1) 2001 Regulations. Where the day or last day of the time allowed by these regulations falls on an excluded day, that time shall be extended to the next following non-excluded day.

NOTES: The claims period is suspended during September, October and November for the annual canvass to be carried out. You should complete the annual canvass form that will be delivered to your property during September.

HOWEVER, if at any time during the year (including the period where claims would normally be suspended) an election is called, you may apply to be registered up to 5pm, eleven working days before the election.

Unable to vote in person?

You can apply for a postal vote. Alternatively you can apply for someone else to vote for you if, for example, you are blind or disabled, or if you will be away from home during an election. Please contact us for details.

If there's anything you don't understand, again please contact us.

Write to:

Electoral Services,
Taunton Deane Borough Council,
The Deane House,
Belvedere Road,
Taunton
TA1 1HE

Tel: 01823 356356
Email: electoralservices@tauntondeane.gov.uk

The documents on this website can be downloaded and are published using the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) format.

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