EAST Hampshire voters are turning to technology to get themselves on the electoral register.

According to East Hampshire District Council (EHDC), twice as many people confirmed their details online compared to last year, while the number of people using the telephone hotline has more than trebled.

Tom Horwood, the district council’s executive director, said: “If residents don’t respond to the household enquiry forms or tell us of any changes to their details they run the risk of being removed from the electoral register.

“Luckily, it’s never been so easy to stay up to date. Thousands of residents have chosen to use the dedicated website or phone the hotline, which only took a few minutes. It’s great that more and more people are doing this. Of course, you can still fill in the paper form if you prefer.”

Every autumn East Hampshire District Council issues every home with a ‘household enquiry form’ to help update the electoral register.

More than 92 per cent of the district responded to the form, either online, over the telephone, or using the paper forms. The figure outstrips last year’s total of 84 per cent.

Of 51,400 households in the district, more than 10,600 saw changes to their details by adding or removing names or changing individual’s preferred voting method.

To sign up to the electoral register online, visit gov.uk/register-to-vote.