From Defence Oral Questions, House of Commons, 22 February 2010:

Andrew Rosindell (Shadow Minister, Home Affairs; Romford, Conservative)

Can the Minister confirm that all service personnel are being given all the correct information to ensure that they are able to cast their vote in forthcoming elections?

Kevan Jones (Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Veterans), Ministry of Defence; North Durham, Labour)

I can go further than that. We have had a very successful campaign with the Electoral Commission and the Ministry of Justice to ensure that people register for service voting. The level is now at 65 per cent. Can we do more? Yes, we can. We have also put in place emergency provision whereby postal votes for those serving in Afghanistan are given special priority.

For more information about postal voting from Op Herrick during the forthcoming elections, see Planning for troops' postal voting from Afghanistan revealed in Parliament. BAFF advice to members likely to be serving in Afghanistan at the time of the election remains as follows: We suggest that you wait out for further info to be issued soon through your unit, which we will repeat on this website. We have asked the Government for clarification on arrangements for those members of the reserve forces who will be in Afghanistan at the time of the General Election, and who prefer not to vote by proxy.