Publication of Verification Number
Electoral Commission Cyber-Attack
Stroud District Council have been advised that the Electoral Commission (EC) has been the subject of a cyber-attack. We are required by law to send electoral registers to the EC each year which contain name and address details of residents registered to vote in the Stroud District (Anonymous elector details have not been sent to the EC). The EC believes that electoral registers between 2014 and 2022 may have been accessed as part of the cyber-attack, whilst there is no indication that information accessed during this cyber-attack has been published online there is a possibility that some of the information may be in the public domain.
For further information, please visit the EC website where you will find more information and details about how to contact the EC regarding the incident. The Council is not able to answer specific questions relating to this matter, therefore please direct all queries to the EC.
The Verification notice gives the number equivalent to 5% of Local Government electors. This is needed to determine the validity of petitions and published during February.
Publication of Verification Number
The Local Authority (Referendums) (Petitions & Directions) (England) Regulations 2000
In accordance with Regulation 4(1) of the above regulations the number that is equal to 5% of the number of local government electors shown in the revised register of electors having effect on the 15th February 2023 is: 4793.
This figure will have effect for the purposes of determining the validity of Petitions presented from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024.
The number equal to 5% of the local government electors for 2024 will be published within 14 days of the 15th February 2024. If this number is less than 4793, the number to be used for verification purposes in relation to any petition submitted for the period beginning on the date of publication of the lower number until 31st March 2024 shall also be that lower number.
Kathy O`Leary, Electoral Registration Officer, Stroud District Council, Ebley Mill, Ebley Wharf, Stroud, Glos, GL5 4UB. Tuesday, 15 February 2023