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From: "Chris & Caroline" <>
Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Qq re fines for not registering to vote/Electoralroll availability
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2007 12:42:13 -0000
References: <016d01c732cf$813a9e30$388906ca@deborahly2acqi><45A1F4F9.9090405@family-hunter.co.uk>


The actual fine for failing to register to vote is up to 1,000GBP but in
some cases local magistrates
have fined people way below this, some people have only been fined up to
40GBP
Source Eastleigh Borough Council Registeration Officer
Chris


----- Original Message -----
From: "Charani" <>
To: <>
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 7:38 AM
Subject: Re: [ENG-HANTS] Qq re fines for not registering to vote/Electoral
roll availability


Deb Guildner wrote:
> Does this mean that you are compelled to register to vote, but not
> (yet) compelled to actually vote? (Sounds very similar to here,
> escept for the fine being incredibly more expensive in the UK.-
> Ouch! Is the fine for failing to register to vote really that
> high?) The fine for being resitered to vote but failing to turn up
> is only about $30 to $50, and that is only if you fail to provide a
> good excuse, any reasonable excuse is aceptabel, including illness.

In theory, yes, you're compelled to register but not to actually vote,
(yet).

I can't find the form at the moment, but I'm sure that was right.

> Also, and are the UK Electoral Rolls private, or can anybody access
> them?

We have two electoral rolls: a full version and an edited version.
The full version contains all names but access is restricted. The
edited version contains only the names of those electors who've chosen
to be included. There's full public access to the edited version.

It means that from 2002 the electoral rolls won't be as useful as
those of the past. Someone did say that after seven years the full
version is made public but I've not heard anything aboout that before
so I'm not sure how true that is. If it's right, then it's probably
based on the theory that people move every seven years.

--
Charani (UK)

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