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<p>While Returning Officers at a European Parliamentary election are funded directly
by the UK Government for the costs involved in administering the election, Electoral
Registration Officers (EROs) are funded entirely by the local authority which has
appointed them. This means that EROs across the UK are required to draw on their local
annual budgets to deal with the impact of national electoral events.</p><p>In its
report on registration at the 2017 UK Parliamentary General Election, the Commission
highlighted the need for the UK, Scottish and Welsh governments to work with the Commission
and EROs across the UK to review the balance of funding and resources for EROs. This
is to ensure that election-specific activity can be appropriately resourced, as well
as ongoing activities such as the annual canvass of properties.</p>
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