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<p>The Department takes a number of steps each year, with assistance from the Electoral
Commission, to inform Service personnel of the arrangements for electoral registration.
The annual information campaign encouraging Service personnel and their families to
register to vote was launched on 1 February 2016, in conjunction with the National
Voter Registration Drive. We will issue an updated, separate instruction for the EU
Referendum and conduct further internal communications to once again encourage Service
personnel to register to vote.</p><p> </p><p>Registration is a personal matter and
personnel are free to choose whether and, how they register to vote. Our information
campaign encourages personnel to consider applying to vote by proxy if they are serving
in a location where postal services may be difficult.</p><p>The number of Service
personnel who are registered to vote was published in the 2015 Armed Forces Continuous
Attitude Survey (AFCAS) Annex B, Table B22.1-3, available on the gov.uk website at:</p><p>
</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428636/20150520_afcas_15_annex_b_ref_tables.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/428636/20150520_afcas_15_annex_b_ref_tables.pdf</a></p><p>
</p><p>The Department does not hold information on how personnel choose to cast their
vote, be that in person, by post, or by proxy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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