News / New electoral registration
THE NEW electoral registration system, which is coming into force this autumn, requires people to be registered individually.
It replaces the system of household registration, which has been in place for almost 100 years.
Local electoral registration officer, Mike Forbes, has now written to more than 18,000 electors in over 11,000 homes in Shetland to inform them of the change.
Most residents will automatically move onto the new electoral register.
However, some will need to take action to join or remain on it, which they will now be able to do online for the first time.
Forbes said: “If you have received the Invitation to register you can do this quite quickly by going on line and re-registering at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
“Please note that you will require your National Insurance number and date of birth.”
The process of making changes to the electoral registrar was started by the last UK government and was followed up by the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 introduced by the current government.
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