Residents throughout Swindon have returned home to find the Royal Mail have delivered notices to review their voting entitlement from Swindon Borough Council.
Giving the addressee fourteen days to appeal the decision to have their voting rights removed the letters dated November 4th have been sent in error.
Swindon Borough Council are advising residents that if you have received a letter sent on the 4th November to disregard it. Your right to vote in the upcoming General Election is still valid.
A Council Spokesman has confirmed it is an error and anyone who received the letter will receive an apology.
“We have been made aware that some of our residents have been sent a letter by mistake in relation to their voter registration.
“Anyone who received a letter dated 4 November entitled ‘Notice of review of registration entitlement’ should ignore it.
“The error occurred after our printers used an incorrect distribution list. Measures have been put in place to ensure this does not happen again.
“Letters of this type are routinely sent out when we have information that suggests a voter is incorrectly registered. It aims to make sure our Electoral Register is accurate and helps prevent voter fraud.
“We will be writing to every resident who has received a letter in error to explain what has happened and to apologise.”
