I’m glad it’s Friday already although the week has flown
by. It’s been a tough one as I’m sure it has been for you too. Or of course
that may be because I did a 10 mile time trial this morning on my bike before
work – 23 minutes 27 seconds for the record. My legs ache now…
One
of my roles is electoral registration officer (ERO) for Wiltshire. Under the new
electoral registration system called Individual Electoral Registration or IER,
if existing postal voters and proxy voters have not been confirmed onto the new
December 2014 IER register, their postal or proxy vote has to be cancelled. We
estimate that this will affect just over 3,000 postal voters across our county.
In addition, proxy voters will only be able to retain their proxy appointment
if their proxy is also registered individually in that revised register. So if
I can make you aware of this, and remind you to ensure that you, your family
and friends have all registered for IER. The General Election will be held on 7
May 2015, and it is therefore important electors ensure they are correctly
registered before December this year. I don’t want anybody to lose their right
to vote.
I attended a members training event yesterday. From next
week’s full Council meeting we shall be web casting a live stream of the whole
event which will then be available on the web for those who can’t make the live
time. This is a positive step for promoting transparent local democracy and
decision making as well as making public meetings more accessible to those who
can’t attend in person. Members were advised on some of the issues facing
anybody being filmed and recorded. I am really looking forward to seeing what
happens and how this might change the content and nature of democratic debate
in the chamber.
Speak again soon. For daily updates, discussion, personal
opinion, comment or just to connect or keep in touch you can follow me on
Twitter at http://twitter.com/#!/drcarltonbrand.
Carlton
Carlton
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