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Moving house could cost you your general election vote
With a general election only weeks away, thousands of people in England, who have moved house, risk losing their chance to vote by not being on the electoral register. The warning comes from independent elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission.
“Moving house could cost you your vote unless you act now,” cautions Phillippa Saray, Electoral Commission regional manager “Our research found that in some parts of Britain, only one in five people living at their present address for a year or less are actually registered to vote. But there is still time before the general election and registering is quick and easy: go to www.aboutmyvote.co.uk, and print off a registration form.”
Local authorities in Great Britain update their electoral registers each autumn which means that by the time elections take place in spring and summer, thousands of people are living at a different address from the one at which they registered to vote.
New research by the Electoral Commission has found that almost one in four people (23%) in the East of England, wrongly think that if you pay council tax you are automatically put on the electoral register.
“If you are not on the register, you can’t vote, it’s as simple as that”, says Phillippa Saray. “I’d encourage everyone to take a few minutes now to secure their vote.”
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