title: Association of Electoral Administrators
text: # Association of Electoral Administrators
  
  The Association of Electoral Administrators (AEA) is the main British organisation for local administrators (at councils) of elections, and is headquartered in Staffordshire.
  
  ## History
  
  The organisation was formed at a meeting in Wast Hills, in the west of Birmingham, in July 1987. Previously there had been no coordination between electoral officers at a national level. The first general meeting was held in February 1988 in Devon.
  
  ## Function
  
  It represents local electoral registration officers.
  
  ## Structure
  
  It is headquartered in the south of Cannock, near the A34.
  
  