Check your electoral registration details are correct – or risk losing your chance to vote on decisions that affect you.
That’s the message from Folkestone & Hythe District Council as it launches the annual canvass for 2024, part of a legal requirement to make sure the register is accurate and up to date every year.
Residents will either receive an email about this or – if the council does not have your email address – a paper form through your letterbox.
Households should read the instructions carefully as there may not be a need to respond. More information about the process can be found on the council’s website.
A Folkestone & Hythe District Council spokesperson said: “Please make sure you look out for the emails and letters we’re currently sending out.
“It takes no more than five minutes to check your household’s details are correct and helps safeguard everyone’s right to vote.”
If households required to respond fail to do so they will receive reminders via email, telephone or a house call from an electoral canvasser in October and November.
You can receive a fine of up to £1,000 if you do not provide the requested information as it is a legal requirement to respond. Visit folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/annualcanvass to find out more about the annual canvass.