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Electoral registration:
publication, access and
supply of the electoral
register
Issue 158 (Scotland) – 17 November 2016
Electoral registration: publication, access and supply of the
electoral register
As you know, EROs are required to publish the revised register
by 1 December 2016, unless there has been an election during
the canvass, in which case publication of the register may be
postponed up until 1 February 2017. You can find guidance on
the publication of the revised register, including all the relevant
deadlines, in chapter 5 of Part 3: The canvass of our guidance
for EROs.
You can find our guidance on access and supply in Chapter 12
of Part 4 of our guidance manual for EROs.
We have also updated our resource summarising who is entitled
to receive a copy of the electoral register as follows:
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the UK Statistics Authority – a change to the contact
name for supplying printed copies
the Parliamentary Boundary Commission for England – a
minor change on how to provide the data copy
EROs supply the register to the National Library of Scotland and
the British Library. The British Library has indicated that it has
revised the guidelines which are available on our website, set
out how the British Library would like the printed and data
versions of the register to be supplied to them.
May 2017 council elections: legislation update
The following legislation has now been made:
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The Scottish Local Government Elections Amendment
(No.2) Order 2016
The Representation of the People (Postal Voting for
Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment
Regulations 2016
The Representation of the People (Absent Voting at
Local Government Elections) (Scotland) Amendment
(No. 2) Regulations 2016
The Representation of the People (Variation of Limit of
A reminder of our guidance
and resources on the
publication, access and
supply of the electoral
register.
May 2017 council
elections: legislation
update
Links to legislation for the
May 2017 council elections.
December 2016 registers –
collection of electoral data
Advance notification of the
Commission’s request for
electoral data following
publication of the revised
register.
Job vacancies at the
Electoral Commission
Information about two
vacancies and how to apply.
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regular basis. They are one of
our key channels for
communicating with Returning
Officers, Electoral Registration
Officers and their staff.
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Candidates’ Local Government Election Expenses)
(Scotland) Order 2016
These will have effect for elections on or after 4 May 2017.
The Convener of the Electoral Management Board for Scotland
has also issued her directions for the May 2017 polls, which are
available here.
We will review and, where necessary, update our already
published guidance to reflect the confirmed legislation and the
Convener’s directions. We will notify you through a bulletin once
this has been completed.
December 2016 registers – collection of electoral data
As in previous years, the Electoral Commission is planning to
collect data on the autumn canvass and the December 2016
electoral register.
We are working with the Electoral Management Software (EMS)
suppliers to ensure that the data is as easy as possible to
extract. We expect that in each case an automated report will be
available within your system which will extract the data we will
request.
Information on how to generate the relevant report will be
provided to you by your EMS supplier. We will also be in touch
directly at the end of November to provide further details on how
the data should be returned to us.
Job vacancies at the Electoral Commission
The Commission is currently recruiting for the following
positions:
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Head of Guidance
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Head of Support and Improvement
The closing date for applications for both positions is Friday 25
November.
If you would like further details or would like to apply, please visit
the recruitment page of our website. For an informal discussion
on either of these two vacancies, please contact Ailsa Irvine on
020 7271 0646.
The Electoral Commission
Lothian Chambers 59-63 George IV Bridge
Edinburgh EH1 1RN
Tel: 0333 103 1928
Textphone: 18001 0131 225 0200
[email protected]
www.electoralcommission.org.uk
© The Electoral Commission 2016