Published Date: Feb 3rd, 2018
Fife Centre for Equalities has commissioned Fife Council’s Research Team to carry out a project to examine how protected characteristics can affect people's experience of poverty and their capacity to access anti-poverty services or initiatives put in place. Part of this research project includes gathering information from organisations throughout Fife regarding information they may have collated on this subject, through their work with service users.
“While some of the issues that leave people vulnerable to poverty – and some of the solutions – lie at an individual and family level, many of them are part of far wider forces and relate to inequalities within society and the economy as a whole.” (John Hills, Director of the Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion at the London School of Economics).
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Register to Vote FAQ
Individual Electoral Registration or IER is the new electoral registration system for Great Britain. It began in Scotland on 19 September 2014.
From the 19 September 2014 you are now responsible for registering yourself if you want to be able to vote. Under the old system the ‘head of the household’ could register everyone who lived at their address. The new system also means that you can now register online
Back To TopIndividual electoral registration gives you the right and responsibility to register yourself, instead of giving the responsibility to a head of household. As such, it encourages people to take individual responsibility for their own vote.
The change has also allowed more convenient methods of registration, for example, online. Because the new system asks you for a few more details before you are added to the register (your National Insurance number and date of birth) the electoral register will be more secure and more resistant to threats of electoral fraud.
Back To TopThe system was introduced by the UK government through the Electoral Registration and Administration Act 2013, which became law on 31 January 2013. Electoral Registration Officers are implementing the change.
Back To TopMost people already registered to vote will be automatically registered under the new system so will not fall off the register. Some people will not be automatically re-registered, but the Electoral Registration Officer (ERO) will write to them to let them know and include a registration form and envelope with the letter. Reminders and personal visits will also be undertaken as appropriate. Even if they do not respond, special arrangements have been put in place so they can still vote at all elections until December 2015. Eventually, all those who were not automatically transferred will need to re-register.
As well as sending people registration forms, the ERO will publicise the change to let people know about it and encourage them to register where they need to. The Electoral Commission will also be running national mass media public awareness advertising.
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Resources-Strategy-and-Action-Plan.pdf
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