Brother receives letter from local MP

If the address where it was sent to just happened to be registered with the Mailing Preference Service then I would make a complaint about unsolicited mail against the MP that sent the letter, otherwise there's really not much you can do, only thing is, if they don't know who/where your brother is, how can they 'Fine' him? :p
 
ethan said:
I'm somewhat bemused as to why the letter was specifically sent? I asked my sister if there were any council tax issues with him not having registered at the address the letter was sent, and she replied she pays full council tax anyway. So the fine, if any will because he refuse to register simply because he has refused to register to vote?
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I imagine it was sent to his last known address as a bit of a gentle heads up just to warn him that he may face a fine and the fine is exactly that for not being on the electoral register, nothing to do with CT or anything else.
 
Didn't register to vote until the Scottish referendum, in which I didn't vote anyway.

30 years and all I ever got was reminders.

I'm not normally one to make a stand on these type of things (I happily pay my TV licence) but when they used to tell me I "have" to register to vote I politely remind them I don't, by tearing it up and throwing it in the bin.
 
Their systems are rubbish.
Well mine (local council) is. I've had about 3 letters from them about not telling them if there are any changes - there aren't. I tried using their send a message to a number from a mobile phone service - failed at their end. I went online and registered to vote (where they told me to go) - that was all ok but then apparently I still missed some goon coming to my house.

Resolved it with a phone call - apparently i had to do something entirely different to what the letter was referring to.

oh well :)
 
I've also had a few of these letters threatening fines over the last few weeks. It's pointless because I'm not going to be at this address at the next election but i've had to do it now anyway
 
Would not sealing the letter back up, putting "not at this address" and dropping it off in a letterbox be inappropriate in this situation?
 
I got that letter a month back, I just registered online even though I didn't want to but I can't afford an £80 fine. I thought blackmail was illegal eh.
 
Sign up online on his behalf to avoid the fine and don't tell him? If your sister or his ex-wife manages the mail anyway then he need not worry after that?
 
He is a freeman on the land, And thus should never be bound to this law :D

But seriously this is a step too far, I am not registered and have no intention of registering in N.I. A two party system that is basically a English lapdog and does not listen to official advice on pretty much anything. I would wipe my nether regions with the £80 fine in front of the magistrate. It costs them money in the end haha.
 
From a legal point I've been looking in to this for him. I can't however attest to its validity. Technically he's of no fixed abode and I would be at a loss for how they would go about chasing and fining somebody who isn't permanently living where they think he is? Regarding point of law:
Under the rules drawn up by the*Electorate Commission, if you apply for anonymous registration and are rejected then NO ENTRY OF ANY KIND will be made on the register. In other words, it’s possible to return*an anonymous registration form and still have your name and address blocked from appearing on the register, even if the*the application is*rejected.

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If the anonymous registration application is rejected, no entry can be made on the register for that elector either as an anonymous or ordinary elector, not even based on any original canvass form or rolling registration application. If the anonymous application is accepted, the original canvass form is disregarded for that elector and only the anonymous entry shall apply. This does not affect any other people on a canvass form; they should be registered normally unless they also apply for anonymous registration.The application must contain the elector’s reason as to why they are applying for an anonymous entry. The application must also be accompanied by either a court order or an attestation.

Electoral Commission Guidelines Part F. Anonymous Registration 6.19


What this means is that you will not be entered onto either the electoral register or the record of anonymous entries. Your voter’s registration form will not be processed*and you will be effectively exempted from appearing on the register. Your details will not be held on any separate register and*your name and address will not show on either the full or open register. Nor will it be shared without any outside organisations, such as credit reference agencies, bailiffs and debt collectors.


For all intent and purposes it will be as if you no longer live at your current address. And it’s all perfectly legal!


The downside however is that you will no longer be eligible to vote. But for those who are hounded by persistent abusers of the information held within the electoral register, that will probably be a small but*merciful price to pay.
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Looking at the letter he has received it does strike me as strange it was only the envelope that carried his name and not the actual letter itself which is signed by his local MP carrying the House of Commons stamp. It looks to me like this letter has been specifically written for his and everybody else local council. No where in the letter does it state that it is from the council itself which is peculiar. To me it reads like an attempt to persuade with a slight under tone of a potential threat.
 
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ethan said:
The problem is my brother fell by the wayside. I think he had a nervous breakdown and is unable to cope. He stopped caring after a number of illnesses that effected his ability to get a job. He had a number of embolism and suffers from an incurable situation which forces him to lose his balance etc. Basically he's at the stage where lost the will to live or care but is too afraid to kill himself. None of this however has any bearing on the fact he is unable or unwilling to be tied down to one place or particular residence. He's not violent or trouble to anyone or anything like that. He just wants to "go his way" and be left alone.
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yeah well all he needs to do is pick an address and fill out a form, it isn't rocket science

with the amount of time you've spent posting about it you could have filled it out for him even
 
I would have done. But I don't know if me stating he was living at where he does (at the moment) or mine or my sister's would have any legal bearing on any of his other dealings, say for example his Esa? It's not so simple. Thanks :rolleyes:
 
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