The Register is updated every October using the details supplied on registration forms sent to all households. A revised Register is published by 1st December each year.

 

In addition, the Register is updated monthly and you can re-register throughout the year if you have changed your name or address or have been missed off the Register. Only the annual October update is compulsory so you do not have to tell the Electoral Registration Officer when you move but you would remain registered at your previous address until the next revised Register is produced. Please also remember that being on the Council Tax list does not automatically mean that you are on the Electoral Register. You must register separately for voting purposes.

 

There is no monthly update during the annual canvass period in September, October and November when all households must register.

 

Two versions of the register are prepared a full and an edited register. The full register lists everyone who is entitled to vote. It can be inspected by calling at the Civic Centre, Carlisle. Only certain people and organisations can have copies of the full register, and they can only use it for specified purposes. These include electoral purposes, the prevention and detection of crime and checking your identity when you have applied for credit. The law says who can have a copy of the full register and what they can use it for. The full list of persons and purposes is given in the Representation of the People (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2002. It is a criminal offence for them to pass it on to anyone else or to use it for any other purpose.

 

The edited register leaves out the names and addresses of people who have asked for them to be excluded from that version of the register. The edited register can be bought by anyone who asks for a copy and they may use it for any purpose.