OF INTEREST…
REGISTER TO VOTE ONLINE The UK Parliamentary General Election is fast approaching and if you want to have your say on Thursday 7 May, you need to make sure that you’re on the electoral register.
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egistering to vote is quicker and easier than ever before with a new system of online registration. Service
personnel and their families that are based in the UK and unlikely to change address or be posted overseas in the next year can register to vote online as ordinary electors by visiting
www.gov.uk/register-to-vote.
Service personnel and their families can also register as 'Service Voters'. This allows you to be registered for five years at a fixed address in England, Scotland or Wales even if you move around. This is particularly handy if personnel are already based overseas or think that they may be posted abroad in the next year. Service personnel can register online as a ‘Service Voter’ at
www.gov.uk/register-to-vote/ armed-forces.
There are three options for casting your vote at May’s polls.
1) By Post – If you want your ballot paper sent to you, then you need to consider whether there is enough time to receive your postal vote, complete and return it so that it arrives by 10pm on polling day. Postal votes that arrive after this time will not be counted.
2) By Proxy – This is when service personnel ask someone they know and trust to vote on their behalf. The proxy can either vote for you at their polling station or by post.
3) In Person – This option applies if you are able to go to the polling station where you are registered to vote on polling day.
Throughout February and March, Unit Registration Officers will be holding a ‘registration day’. They’ll have paper registration forms if service personnel prefer to complete one of those rather than registering online, as well as application forms to vote by post or by proxy. You’ll need to post these forms to the Electoral Registration Officer at your local authority.
Your vote matters! Make sure you're in! Warren Seddon, Electoral Commission, Head of Media.
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Envoy Spring 2015
www.raf-ff.org.uk
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