Absent Voters

Forest Heath District Council's Electoral Services team will be sending forms out to people on the electoral register, who have a proxy or postal vote whose signature on the personal identifiers record is more than five years old.

This is the first annual review which requires a fresh signature if you wish to remain an absent voter. Failure of refusal to provide a fresh signature will mean that your entitlement to vote by proxy or by post would cease.

Ken Crow, Electoral Services Manager, said: "This is the first annual review which legislation requires Electoral Registration Officers to carry out a refresh of signatures more than five years old, which will produce accurate records and potentially limit the number of postal votes that are rejected due to mismatched identifiers."

For more information, contact Ken Crow on 01638 719364.