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Voter Registration Assistance Form
A voter registration assistance form is not a registration - it's a request for help with one. The distinction has to be obvious on the page, because the consequence of confusing them is someone believing they're registered when they aren't.
For councils, agencies and public-sector teams.
Say clearly what this form does not do
Only the official process can register a voter. A form that looks like it might have done so is actively harmful: someone submits it, assumes they're on the roll, and finds out at a polling station.
So this page says plainly, twice, that it is a request for assistance and links to the official route. What it collects is what a helper needs: what kind of help, which language, whether they need someone to visit, and how to reach them.
Better than publishing your email address
A mailto link gets you spam and messages with no context. A form gets you the same enquiry with the details you need, in a list you can search, and no address for a scraper to harvest.
Accessible to everyone, including the people without an app
A public form has to work for the resident on a six-year-old Android with 200 MB of data left, and for the one using a screen reader. That rules out most modern form builders, which need JavaScript to render a text box.
These pages are ordinary HTML with real labels and native controls: they work with assistive technology, keyboard only, and with scripting switched off entirely.
Nothing to consent to
No analytics, no third-party scripts, no cookie banner - so the page that asks people to trust you with a message isn't also asking them to accept trackers.
One minute to make it your own
Every label, option and placeholder on this template is editable, and you can add whatever this template doesn't ask. Save to publish, share the link, and export the responses whenever you need them in a spreadsheet.
What this template asks
- Your name
- Phone number
- Email address
- Which area do you live in?
- What would you like help with?
- Have you voted before?
- Would you like support in a language other than English?
- Which language?
- Do you need any of these?
- How should we contact you?
- Anything else we should know?
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Questions
Does submitting this register someone to vote?
No. Only the official registration process can do that, and the form says so before and after submitting. This collects a request for help with that process.
Should we collect national insurance or ID numbers?
Never on this form. Those belong only in the official registration channel - collect them here and you've created a target for no benefit.
Will I get spam?
Far less than a published email address. Every form carries a hidden trap field that automated submitters fill in and humans never see, and those submissions are silently discarded.
Can I send messages to a shared inbox?
Yes. Notifications go to a list of addresses you choose, so a team alias works as well as one person.
Can I add this to my website?
Link to it from anywhere - a button, a nav item, a footer. It's a normal page with its own URL, so no embedding or code is required.
Is it accessible, and does it track people?
Forms use semantic HTML, real labels, keyboard-navigable native controls and work without JavaScript. No cookies, no analytics scripts and no IP logging - so there's no consent banner between a resident and a public service.
Publish your voter registration assistance form today
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