There are around 6.5 million people without accurate entries
on the electoral registers, roughly 16 % of those eligible to vote.
The woman had put her bloody dog down
on the electoral register.
Many prisoners are homeless and / or not
on the electoral register and because of over-crowding they are transfered from prison to prison on a regular basis often far from their the area where their home is.
Young people and those from black and minority ethnic communities could miss out on voting for the next government because they are not
on the electoral register, according to the Electoral Commission (EC).
«How many people share your name
on the electoral register?»
Though I knew what was happening, I entered my details — discovering that there were fewer than five Paul Bernals
on the electoral register — and waited.
Party head office has confirmed that 17 of these had been identified by an audit of membership carried out in recent months as not being
on the electoral register and would not be allowed to vote unless they have a reasonable explanation.
«I think it would be a big mistake if that was eroded or taken away, because it sends out a message that involvement in the democratic process, being
on the electoral register, is a lifestyle choice and is optional,» Mr David said.
The James - Clarke survey suggests that the electoral register needs attention: they found that over two thirds of polling stations turned away at least one citizen from voting in the 2015 election because their name was not
on the electoral register.
Primaries are of two kinds — open (whereby anyone
on the electoral register can have a vote to selecta Labour party candidate), and closed (whereby only party members or supporters can have a vote).
Affiliated supporters (AS): these are members of a socialist society or members of an affiliated trade union who pay the political levy, who are
on the electoral register, and who have signed up as an AS online or through their organisation.
She said: «Anyone — providing they are
on the electoral register — can become a registered supporter, pay # 3 and have a vote to decide our next leader.»
Ineligible: The respondent appeared
on the electoral register but was marked ineligible to vote in the general election.
In future, if someone wants housing benefits, a state pension, a national insurance number or even a driving licence, they will have to be
on the electoral register.
Future releases of the data will include additional information about those respondents that we think we have enough information to say they are not
on the electoral register.
Not voted: The respondent appeared
on the electoral register and was eligible to vote but was not marked as having voted.
One of the tests ofetn used to differentiate between whether a person is «resident» or «ordinarily resident» for tax purposes is whether a person is
on the electoral register.
«With a general election only weeks away, the number of people who will be denied a vote because they are not
on the electoral register is nothing short of scandalous.
Brendan Carlin, who was first on Fleet Street with the story, notes that the donations from retired bookmaker Alan Bown were illegal because Mr Bown failed to ensure he was
on the electoral register at the time of his donation and UKIP failed to check that he was registered.
After 1910, the Liberal Government was intent on passing a Plural Voting Bill that sought to prevent electors who appeared
on the electoral register more than once from voting more than once.
After the 2005 election the Power Inquiry commissioned a OLR poll of people who had idenfied themselves as non-voters who were
on the the electoral register and after the last two elections, MORI has carried out surveys about political engagement for the Electoral Commission and the Hansard Society.
However there are still plenty of people who should be
on the electoral register, and while the overall figure did not show a significant fall, the Electoral Commission report suggests that the decline was higher among young people and people in rented accommodation.
Second, and vitally, the reforms will be based on the number of voters actually
on the electoral register — not the local population.
What any Government should be doing is to reinstate the integrity of the existing electoral process, starting with eliminating ghost entries
on the electoral register and working through to the security of any postal voting regime that is in place.
Make sure your credit file is up to date by making sure you are
on the electoral register.
They will also take into account whether you are
on the electoral register.
You can apply to go
on the electoral register at any time of the year by contacting your local council.
Not exact matches
And, don't forget, a significant number of younger Britons have also fallen off the
electoral register in recent months (hence Nicky Morgan's recent intervention to try and ensure that those young voters who are still
on the
register turn out.)
Questions -
electoral register and young people, Severn Barrage, European Development Fund Debate - local government finance settlement Debate - impact
on families of changes to tax and benefits Short debate - use of online tools, including social media, to combat youth unemployment
Over 200 local authorities, each with their own
electoral registration officer, were required to publish their updated
register on December 1st.
She ended the session with a much less irritating attack
on changes to the
electoral register which will almost certainly see thousands of disadvantaged and ethnic minority voters fall off the list.
If a process is meant to improve the integrity of the
electoral process, judgments that shoot it down can not advance the cause of our development; it means we have chosen a path of regression to the era where elections are decided by unsavory self - help in bloating the voter
register with strange names
on the part of politicians.
The opposition New Patriotic Party [NPP] which is championing the course for a new
register claiming over 76,000 foreign nationals are
registered on Ghana's voters
register which makes the
electoral roll not credible joined other parties at the debate.
About 40,000 of the 183,000
registered supporters are said to have been barred from voting in the contest, either because their cheques for # 25 bounced, they are not
on the
electoral roll, or because evidence has emerged of support for other parties.
the
Electoral Commission must, if satisfied that the person is qualified to be
registered, enter the name of the person
on the
electoral roll; and
This is a party, after all that now wants to force through an undemocratic Boundary Review based
on an out - of - date version of the
electoral register with nearly two million voters missing.
Where an application for registration as an elector has been received before the issue of a writ and it has not been possible for the
Electoral Commission to ascertain, at the time of the issue of the writ, whether the applicant is currently
registered as an elector of another
electoral district, the
Electoral Commission must, subject to subsection (4), include the name of the applicant
on any main, supplementary, or composite roll printed as at writ day.
On Thursday, May 5, the Supreme Court ordered the Electoral Commission to delete from the electoral roll names of persons who have not established qualification to be on the register as well as deceased persons and minors.ghanapoliticsonkine.c
On Thursday, May 5, the Supreme Court ordered the
Electoral Commission to delete from the
electoral roll names of persons who have not established qualification to be
on the register as well as deceased persons and minors.ghanapoliticsonkine.c
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register as well as deceased persons and minors.ghanapoliticsonkine.com
In the new proposal the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says mischief - minded
registered voters can help push non-Ghanaians and minors
on the
electoral roll.
According to him, the position of the
Electoral Commission
on the preparation of a credible voters
register for the elections, which is just six months away, appears unsatisfactory in view of what it calls the lackadaisical posture by the Commission towards the
electoral process.
Lawyer Nimako Marfo is requesting the EC to make public information
on when the name of Dr. Rawlings was entered in Ghana's
electoral roll if indeed she is a
registered voter.
Among the recommendations by the committee after six (6) months of work were for the NDC to embark
on a «healing tour» across the country, restore the integrity of the party's biometric
register and expand the party's
electoral college.
It brought millions
on to the
electoral register and inspired millions to go to vote for the first time.
The Supreme Court will today [Thursday], June 30 2016, hear the suit in which former People's National Convention (PNC) Youth Organizer, Abu Ramadan, is asking it to compel the
Electoral Commission, to delete names of voters
on the
register, who got onto the
electoral roll through the use of the National Health Insurance Scheme card as a proof of Ghanaian...
A requirement that many individuals sign up anew to the
electoral register is widely expected to lead to a drop in the number of lower - income voters in multiple - occupancy and rented accommodation — especially students and immigrants —
on the rolls.
If these collective levy - payers wanted an individual relationship with the party, they could
register as affiliated supporters (AS) by signing a statement of support for Labour values, giving the party contact details including a postal address, and confirming that they were
on the
electoral roll.
These boundaries will have been drawn up based
on the current
electoral register - which we know is already missing around 10 % of those eligible to vote.
He wants a meeting
on legislation for increasing democratic participation in deprived communities, a look at the state of the
electoral register and an assessment of prejudice against members of his party in Westminster.
The
electoral regulatory body after an IPAC meeting
on Tuesday, said the biometric verification will still run, but the manual proof will be done for «people whose particulars appear
on the voters
register but who may be rejected by the biometric verification devices.»
European Union citizens aged 18 or over
on polling day and whose municipality of residence is in Hungary and have submitted a notification to be listed in the
electoral register.