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This is the same in the UK. Pay a £5,000 registration free [as a political party] and you get a full and un-redacted copy of the electoral roll [for the ward yo

This is the same in the UK. Pay a £5,000 registration free [as a political party] and you get a full and un-redacted copy of the electoral roll [for the ward you're standing in]. I only realised after trying to find out how UKIP were addressing marketing with my name on it. edit: made it clear it was only on a per-ward basis.

darrenf 7y ago
This doesn't seem to be quite true; the Electoral Commission have a PDF explaining who is allowed copies of the full, un-redacted register be it for free or for money: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-08/List%20of%20people%20entitled%20to%20be%20supplied%20with%20the%20electoral%20register.pdf https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2... UKIP would be allowed a copy for free, being a registered political party. Those entitled to a copy for money are limited, rather than just "anyone who pays five grand". OTOH, the open, edited register is more widely available, but it has been possible to remove yourself from that and has been for some years. https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/electoral-register/ https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/electoral-register/
- BuildTheRobots 7y ago
  Apologies for the confusion; I've edited my comment to make it more clear. My understanding is that it costs £5k to register as a political party which is then entitled a copy for free. So no, you can't buy a copy of your local ward, but every few years you can spend a small amount of money and do a little paperwork to get a copy.
beagle3 7y ago
... which is not surprising, given that the Israeli law is still "We follow British laws of 1948 unless we've since overridden them; and if nothing in the new ones or British ones cover it, we defer to the Turkish ones of 1917" (which reflects the conqueror/occupier legacy)

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This is the same in the UK. Pay a £5,000 registration free [as a political party] and you get a full and un-redacted copy of the electoral roll [for the ward yo

by BuildTheRobots 7y ago

darrenf 7y ago
This doesn't seem to be quite true; the Electoral Commission have a PDF explaining who is allowed copies of the full, un-redacted register be it for free or for money: https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2019-08/List%20of%20people%20entitled%20to%20be%20supplied%20with%20the%20electoral%20register.pdf https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/sites/default/files/2... UKIP would be allowed a copy for free, being a registered political party. Those entitled to a copy for money are limited, rather than just "anyone who pays five grand". OTOH, the open, edited register is more widely available, but it has been possible to remove yourself from that and has been for some years. https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/electoral-register/ https://ico.org.uk/your-data-matters/electoral-register/
- BuildTheRobots 7y ago
  Apologies for the confusion; I've edited my comment to make it more clear. My understanding is that it costs £5k to register as a political party which is then entitled a copy for free. So no, you can't buy a copy of your local ward, but every few years you can spend a small amount of money and do a little paperwork to get a copy.
beagle3 7y ago
... which is not surprising, given that the Israeli law is still "We follow British laws of 1948 unless we've since overridden them; and if nothing in the new ones or British ones cover it, we defer to the Turkish ones of 1917" (which reflects the conqueror/occupier legacy)