Please post your Wokingham form!
Wokingham Residents are being urged to fill in and send back their electoral registration forms now that normal postal services have resumed.
In line with last year’s new legislation about registering for elections, Wokingham Borough Council will once again this year be sending canvassers to properties who have not registered to vote, in a bid to help people make sure they are registered and able to vote at elections. And electoral services staff at the council are urging residents, who may this week have been deterred from sending forms through the post, to send their forms back to the council as soon as possible and avoid a visit from a canvasser.
Some 60 canvassers, who have all received special training, will be visiting households in the borough who have not registered to vote between November 1 and November 16. All canvassers will carry official Wokingham Borough Council identification cards.The canvassers will only visit properties where there has been no response from the earlier forms sent by post – one of these was sent at the beginning of September and the second is being sent to non-responding properties during the week beginning October 1.
“If residents don’t register, they can’t vote, and will lose their say in local politics,” said electoral services manager Alison Wood. “The register is also used by all the main credit companies as a check when anyone wants a mortgage, a loan or even a mobile phone. If they are not listed, residents may find it difficult to get approval for these kinds of services. Those residents who send the form back by post will save themselves from being disturbed by a canvasser. And residents whose details are unchanged from last year can also register online by following the web link given on the form.”
Providing the information on the form is a legal requirement. Any resident wanting to know more about electoral registration or about the canvassers should call electoral services on (0118) 974 6522/6523.
In line with last year’s new legislation about registering for elections, Wokingham Borough Council will once again this year be sending canvassers to properties who have not registered to vote, in a bid to help people make sure they are registered and able to vote at elections. And electoral services staff at the council are urging residents, who may this week have been deterred from sending forms through the post, to send their forms back to the council as soon as possible and avoid a visit from a canvasser.
Some 60 canvassers, who have all received special training, will be visiting households in the borough who have not registered to vote between November 1 and November 16. All canvassers will carry official Wokingham Borough Council identification cards.The canvassers will only visit properties where there has been no response from the earlier forms sent by post – one of these was sent at the beginning of September and the second is being sent to non-responding properties during the week beginning October 1.
“If residents don’t register, they can’t vote, and will lose their say in local politics,” said electoral services manager Alison Wood. “The register is also used by all the main credit companies as a check when anyone wants a mortgage, a loan or even a mobile phone. If they are not listed, residents may find it difficult to get approval for these kinds of services. Those residents who send the form back by post will save themselves from being disturbed by a canvasser. And residents whose details are unchanged from last year can also register online by following the web link given on the form.”
Providing the information on the form is a legal requirement. Any resident wanting to know more about electoral registration or about the canvassers should call electoral services on (0118) 974 6522/6523.
Wokingham Borough Council
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