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Are you about to go off to uni? Did know that you can register to vote at home and at your term-time address? A UK Parliamentary general election will take place on 6 May 2010 and local elections will be held in some parts of England on the same day. Register to vote now so wherever you are on election day, you can have your say.

Registering is easy

When you get to uni, all you need to do is follow the steps to fill in the registration form online, then print it off and return it to the Electoral Registration Officer in your term-time area.

But let’s not get ahead of ourselves! You have to wait until you’ve moved into your term-time address to register at uni – you can’t do it in advance. In the mean time, if you haven’t already registered to vote at home, you can do this here too.

• Am I already registered?
• Why should I register to vote?

 

Can I vote twice, at home and at uni?

You can’t vote twice in:

• a UK Parliamentary, Scottish Parliamentary, National Assembly for Wales or European Parliamentary election.
• But you can vote in local government elections at home and at your term-time address, as long as they are not in the same local government area.

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