Knowingly giving false information to an Electoral Registration Officer anywhere in the UK is an offence with a maximum penalty, upon conviction, of ?000 and / or six months'imprisonment.
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If, because of a clerical error, someone's name has been left off the Electoral Register, the Electoral Registration Officer can amend the Register up to 9pm on polling day.
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In an English or Welsh constituency where the returning officer is the chairman of the local council or borough council respectively, the Electoral Registration Officer is automatically the acting returning officer.
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Regulation 23 of the Representation of the People Regulations 2001 states that the Electoral Registration Officer has the power to require information needed for the purpose of maintaining the electoral register.
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"When a person dies their deaths often aren't recorded, " explained Peter Tom, an electoral registration officer on the southern island of Tanna, where reliable forms of personal identification are rare.
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With the exception of a deceased elector who is removed from the Register, any individual who is added or removed from the Register must be notified by the Electoral Registration Officer.
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After applications are received by the Electoral Registration Officer, he / she must add them to a list of applications ( unless they are applications to register as an anonymous elector ).
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To receive a postal vote for an election, the postal vote application must have been received by the Electoral Registration Officer by 5 p . m . eleven working days before polling day.
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Once the anonymous elector application has been accepted by the Electoral Registration Officer, the applicant's entry in the Electoral Register appears as an elector number and the letter N, rather than their name and address.
20.
The full Register can only be inspected under supervision at the office of the local Electoral Registration Officer, and must be supplied free of charge to the district's Returning Officer, the British Library, the Boundary Commission.
