Eros

Eros is used by authorities throughout England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland to register over 1 in 7 UK electors. Working together with an extremely active user group, the system is continually being developed and innovated. It has a comprehensive and combined electoral register and elections management database that allows for:

Flexible printing – uses any network printer
View polling station and property location maps – links to either the corporate GIS system or the internet
Automatic links to Microsoft Word: you can tailor your own letters and election notices to be exactly as you want them
Scanning in of all types of documents, for both electoral registration and elections – keep house, elector, polling station and staff documentation on line and viewable at the touch of a button.
Bilingual capabilities including notices produced in Welsh
Fully searchable, comprehensive, on-line help – accessed at the click of a button
Full system security with access ranging from None to Full
A very active user group that meets twice a year, together with a web-based forum provided by Halarose.

For electoral registration, Eros provides the following benefits, allowing you to offer your electors with quality and efficient service:

Full search facility with use of ‘wildcards’ to include Elector Name, Street, House Number /House Name, Street Sub-Name, Published ENO, PD Letters and Postcode
User definable register timetable – receive daily notification of tasks for that day
Integrated Absent Voting: allocate an absent vote by scanning the application forms and view the images at the click of a button
On-line register statistics accessible at the click of a button
Full module for sale and distribution of registers
Link to your property gazetteer (LLPG) for automatic updating of property database
Automatically e-mail elector changes to other local authorities
Use the facility to check postcodes against Royal Mail changes ensuring accuracy of addresses
Links automatically to Hera for telephone registration, but also links to other main suppliers

For elections management, Eros is reliable and versatile, and is routinely used for managing the largest elections in the country. This is why more and more authorities are installing Eros:

User definable elections timetable - receive daily notification of tasks for that day
Automatically produces statutory notices via Microsoft Word
Emails your booking letters to polling stations
Automatically calculates staff fees and produces P528 forms
Appointment of staff from History. Email appointment notices
Post election archiving to create a staff history for future reference