Annual Canvass 2024
The Electoral Registration Officer must undertake a yearly canvass of all households in the borough to ensure that voter details are correct.
By law, we must carry out an annual canvass of all residential properties to ensure we have the correct residents registered to vote (including any 16 or 17 year olds). We do this by contacting all residential addresses in the borough to ask if the details we hold are still accurate.
The information we receive is used to invite unregistered residents to register to vote and to remove the names of electors who are no longer living at their registered address.
The canvass notification letter will tell you whether or not you need to respond. If you are required to respond to the letter we have sent you, please respond straightaway. If we don't receive a prompt response, we are required to send reminders and may also employ canvassers to visit your property, which costs the Council money.
Where new names are provided, an invitation to register will be sent by post or emailed to those eligible to register to vote. These names will not be included in the electoral register until the individuals have made successful applications to register to vote. There is no need to wait for the invitation - any new residents who are eligible to vote should register to vote (GOV.UK) as soon as possible.
How to respond to the annual canvass form
The quickest and easiest way to respond is online:
- Respond online via: www.registersecurely.com/gosport - you will need to enter the security codes that we give you on your letter.
- If you have no changes to make, you can call 0800 975 8606 to respond using an automated telephone freephone service. You'll need to enter the security codes when prompted.
- You can make any required changes on your form and post it back to us: Electoral Services, Gosport Borough Council, Town Hall, High Street, Gosport, PO12 1EB.
The person who responds should have a connection to the property e.g. current resident, property owner/manager.
If you don't respond
If we don't receive a response from you, we'll make every attempt to contact you to remind you to respond. These reminders may come by post, a telephone call, an email or as a visit to your property. If necessary, we will keep contacting households until we publish the revised register.
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