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<p> </p><p>The Electoral Commission informs me that it has published comprehensive
guidance for Electoral Registration Officers (EROs) on their duties to maintain the
electoral registers under Individual Electoral Registration (IER), including on using
local data to identify and target potential electors and to verify and validate data
held on the registers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission also informs me
that the Lord President of the Council has issued Ministerial guidance on IER which
EROs must, by law, have regard to. This includes guidance on using local data as part
of the confirmation process of data-matching existing electors' details and the verification
process for verifying applicants' identity.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Commission's
guidance, which incorporates the Ministerial guidance, is available on its website
at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/electoral-administrator/running-electoral-registration"
target="_blank">http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/electoral-administrator/running-electoral-registration</a></p><p>
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