Electoral Registration

The Electoral Register for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead

If you want to go onto the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's electoral register during the year up until the end of August 2012 or after November 2012 you can either download a rolling registration form (pdf 60kb) or contact the Elections Office on 01628 796306 for a form to be posted to you.

The Current Register of Electors

A revised electoral register was published on 1st December 2011 and this will remain in force until 30th November 2012.

Two Versions of the Register

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is obliged to publish two versions of the Electoral Register each year on 1st December.

The full register lists everyone who is entitled to vote. Only certain people and organisations are allowed copies of the full register and they are only able to use it for specified purposes. These include:

• electoral purposes;
• crime prevention and detection; National Fraud Initiative
• to enable credit reference agencies to fulfil their obligations under Money Laundering Regulations and to allow for the vetting of applicants for credit or applications which could result in granting credit.

The law specifies who may have a copy of the full register and for what purpose it can be used. It is a criminal offence for it to be passed on to anyone else or be used for any unauthorised purpose. The penalty is a fine of up to level 5 (currently £5000).

The edited register is available for general sale and can be purchased by any person, company or organisation and can be used for any purpose, including marketing. It leaves out the names and addresses of people who have asked to be excluded from that version of the Register. (i.e. ticked the opt out box on the registration form).

Registering to vote if you are a member of a European Union country other than the United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Malta or Cyprus? Further information on this can be found on the Aboutmyvote website.

How to Apply to go onto the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead's Electoral Register

During the annual canvass period from August to November each year please check the Annual Canvass Form when you receive it and respond electronically (preferred method) or by post. An information leaflet will be enclosed with your Canvass Form explaining how to respond electronically. You can respond electronically if there are no changes to be made to the details on the canvass form or if you only want to change your Edited Register information or request a postal vote application form. To respond via the internet please visit the Elector Registration website.

At other times of the year you can download an elector registration form (pdf 59kb), fill it in and return it by post to the elections office at the address on the form. If you need further information, please telephone 01628 796400 or 01628 796306 or email electoral.registration@rbwm.gov.uk.

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