Annual household canvass

Every year we carry out an Annual Household Canvass of properties in the Hastings area. This is to make sure that our electoral register is correct and up to date.

We will send out a Household Enquiry Form (HEF) to all properties.

The form shows the electors that are currently on the electoral register at that property. It is a legal requirement that someone in each household responds by confirming or changing the details on the form.

What happens after?

Once we have received the HEF back, we will ask each newly added, eligible member of the household to register to vote. The HEF is not the electoral registration form.

Register to vote.

If the details on the HEF are correct you will need to confirm this using one of the ways given on the form.

The revised electoral register will be published on 01 December 2019.

Key Dates

• First HEF - sent to households from 14 August 2019
• Reminder HEF - sent to households from 11 September 2019
• Door to door Canvass - from 11 October to 22 November 2019

Our personal door to door canvass is the final part of the annual household canvass. Our canvassers will be visiting properties that have not responded to either of the first two HEFs. 

Canvassers will be going out during the day time, evenings and also weekends. We have asked them not to canvass any property after 8pm in the evening.