Annual household canvass

Between August and November we will carry out our Annual Household Canvass of properties in the Hastings area. This is to confirm who lives at the address and check who is eligible to vote to make sure our electoral register is correct and up to date.

There are various changes to the process following national reform.

We will send out correspondence to all residential properties in various forms: letters, emails, SMS, and we may also contact via telephone or a visit to your home.

When you're contacted, please respond as soon as possible. It means that there will be no need for additional contact, which is particularly important at the moment.

It is a legal requirement that someone over the age of 18 in each household submits a response. You will need to confirm the electors that are currently on the electoral register at that property. And include the name and nationality of everyone aged 16 or over who is resident and eligible to register to vote.

You can respond to the form online, by telephone or by text. There are details on the correspondence.

What happens after?

Once we have received your response, we will ask each newly added, eligible member of the household to register to vote. A canvass response does not automatically register anyone to vote.

The easiest and quickest way to register to vote is online - Register to vote.

The revised electoral register will be published on 1 December 2020