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05 Sep 2024

By law, the Council must carry out an annual canvass of all its residential properties to ensure it has the correct details of residents registered to vote. 

Some residents in the county will shortly receive a household canvass form addressed to “The Resident” listing the people we have registered to vote. 

The information is also used to invite unregistered residents to register to vote and to amend or remove the details of electors who are no longer living at their registered address in Northumberland.  

If residents receive a request for information, they’re asked to please follow the instructions and respond immediately.  

If more than one person at the property has received this communication, only one response is required per household. 

If the Council does not receive a response to a form and it requires information from a household, a canvasser may visit to collect the required information. If there is no answer, they will leave a form. 

Where new names are provided, an Invitation to Register form will be sent by post or emailed to the individual to complete. These names will not be included in the electoral register until the individual has made a successful application to register to vote.