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Thousands of south Cambridgeshire residents have had their nationality changed to Guyanese.Thousands of south Cambridgeshire residents have had their nationality changed to Guyanese.
About 3,000 people have mistakenly been recorded as being from Guyana, in South America, on the updated electoral roll.About 3,000 people have mistakenly been recorded as being from Guyana, in South America, on the updated electoral roll.
Laura Locke, electoral services manager at South Cambridgeshire District Council said the mistake was down to a new computer system. South Cambridgeshire District Council said the nationality of those affected was "unknown" and that the mistake was down to a new computer system.
Residents reported the mistake to the council early on Friday. It is unclear what is being done to fix the problem. Residents reported the mistake to the council early on Friday. The new software has now been updated.
A council spokeswoman said: "We have recently changed the computer system in our elections department. This is an ideal opportunity for residents to tell us their nationality Council spokeswoman
"Unfortunately the new system did not allow us to move people whose nationality was on the electoral roll with the status of 'unknown' across to the new system with the same status of 'unknown'.
"The software changed these people's nationalities to Guyanese. The new software has now been updated and those people, who have received a form stating their nationality as Guyanese, have had their nationality changed back to 'unknown'."
The council spokeswoman assured residents that the information is being prepared for the register published in December this year, so it will not affect their current entry on the electoral register.
"However, this is an ideal opportunity for residents to tell us their nationality," she said.
"Anyone who has a form where it shows the nationality incorrectly just needs to put a line through the incorrect information, write the correct information on the form and return it in the post to us."
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