Electoral roll
The list is usually broken down by electoral districts, and is primarily prepared to assist election officials at polling places.
Electoral rolls and voter registration serve a number of functions, especially to streamline voting on election day.
In some jurisdictions, people to be selected for jury or other civil duties are chosen from an electoral roll.
Similarly, the number of countries adopting biometric voter registration has steadily increased.
As of 2016[update], half of the countries in Africa and Latin America use biometric technology for their electoral rolls.
[1] Australia maintains a permanent electoral roll, which is used for federal elections, by-elections and referendums.
It also forms the basis of state (except in Western Australia, which compiles its own) and local electoral rolls.
[4] Enrolment or change of details can be done online or by completing a form and sending it using regular mail, which must arrive by the deadline.
Approval as a voter remains valid for subsequent elections (unless waived in writing) and in the event of a change of residence in Belgium.
Total voters in India as on 1 January 2019 [9] State wise electoral details for Lok Sabha election 2019:-[10] Assam The electoral register in Ireland is maintained by the local authorities and all residents that have reached 18 years of age in the state may register at the address in which they are 'ordinarily resident'.
A supplementary register is published which allows voters to make alterations (usually change of address or becoming 18 years of age) prior to voting day.
Postal votes are restricted to certain occupations, students and the disabled or elderly resident away from their home.
[11][12] Electoral rolls have been used in New Zealand since the late nineteenth century, and some are available in public libraries for genealogical research.
[14] Within the jurisdiction of the United Kingdom, the right to register for voting extends to all British, Irish, and Commonwealth citizens.
[16] The minimum age for voting in Scotland, and Wales (for the devolved administration and local government elections only) is 16.
In the United Kingdom, this office is located at the local council (district, borough, or unitary level).
[19][20] As of 2019, the register is compiled by sending an annual canvas form to every house (a process introduced by Representation of the People Act 1918).
However, notwithstanding the above, Mark Harper MP, as Minister for Political and Constitutional Affairs in the Cameron–Clegg coalition, announced during the committee stage of the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013 on 25 June 2012 that the edited register will be retained.
[28] In January 2005 the Constitutional Affairs Committee and the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister began a joint inquiry into reforming the registration system.
While traditional poll books are printed voter rolls, more recently electronic pollbooks have come into favor.
