You might have been sent a letter or an email recently checking that the Electoral Commission has the right information about who can vote where you live. You can reply to this online, or by phone. It’s a really simple process and a good way to make it clear who is living in your home especially if you, like me, moved recently and realise that the people who used to live in your home are still registered to vote there!

Any letter or email you get will have the details for how to respond. If you’re worried that you might not be registered then click here to register.

When making sure you’re registered to vote, and voting itself, are so simple it can seem strange to know that there are so many people living in the UK who don’t vote. For lots of people voting can feel scary. If English isn’t your first language or you’re not sure how the process works then you might feel that you’d rather not do it. But there is actually loads of help available for people. For example, did you know that you can register to vote if you’re homeless? All you need to do is give the address of the place that you usually spend time, whether that’s a park or a friend’s home.

To show the barriers people experience to voting we will be starting a series of monthly blogs looking at what the issues are for people voting, and how these problems might be solved. Next month we will be sharing an article on voting when you’re in the Traveller community so be sure to keep an eye on our blog for that!

Do you feel there are barriers for you around voting? Let us know by commenting below or by emailing alice@otbds.org.