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Torbay Council

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Castle Circus
Torquay
TQ1 3DS

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ration@torbay.go
v.uk
 01803 207171
 01803 207112
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Electoral Services

The Electoral Services Office is responsible for the administration of all elections within the Council as well as Parliamentary elections.

This involves:

  • dealing with nominations of candidates
  • producing ballot papers
  • issuing poll cards
  • booking premises to use as polling stations
  • recruiting and selecting staff to work at the polling stations
  • recruiting staff to count the votes
  • issuing postal votes and proxy poll cards
  • counting the votes

We are also responsible for compiling and maintaining the electoral register:

This involves:

  • conducting the annual canvass which involves posting out over 62,000 forms to all the properties in Torbay
  • continual maintenance of the register through the process of rolling registration throughout the year
  • registering special category electors including those living overseas, in the services and others

Please visit our other pages for information on the register of electors and elections.




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