Local authorities publish two versions of the Register of Electors: the edited register and the full register. The "Edited Register" contains the names and addresses of those voters who have indicated that their details can be used for a purpose other than electoral or other statutory use (e.g., for direct marketing use by a commercial or other organization).
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If you do not select either the "Yes" or "No" box, it is assumed that you do not wish your details to appear on the Edited Register. In other words, it is assumed that you do not wish to receive direct marketing material.
Sorry - what are you on about?well the phone directory ,but im private so how come they can get my addy???
Yes -- noone has said any different.the edited register is the one that is used for spam/junk mail
Or in other words, the edited register is opt-in (which is what I meant, but I can see how that could be confusing!).the default is to opt out of this.
We got a letter today saying that we won 600 odd grand in a lotto draw, and to forward 10% for processing etc. This was a posted letter, not an email, (postmarked Malaga). Its clearly a scam.
Funny thing is it used our correct address, but my wifes married name ... and she has only recently changed her name (last month or so). We can't figure out how these people got her name & address - its not on any correspondence, on any bills, and the address is correct, but has a strange abbreviation in it - not something that either or us would do.
Any ideas on where they might source the info??? I would love to find out who gave them the info ... but all I can come up with is the Govt offices where you get your name changed ...
The standard electoral register is indeed available to everyone, but only in paper form. The work involved in rekeying this from paper would outweight benefit. There is no risk of junk mail/identity theft arising from registering to vote.Found this on another site:
My advice to all those who want to avoid identity theft is:
(a) Don't vote (by voting your name and address is available to everyone, even my uncle in Iraq!)
- is this true in Ireland???
Where/when did you go for your honeymoon?
The standard electoral register is indeed available to everyone, but only in paper form. The work involved in rekeying this from paper would outweight benefit. There is no risk of junk mail/identity theft arising from registering to vote.
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