Voting by post

Anyone can now vote by post you no longer have to state a reason.

This means that instead of going to vote in person at your polling station, you can request that your ballot paper is posted to you. You then complete it and post it back to us.

A postal vote can be applied for to enable you to vote at all future elections, or for a particular election or for a set period.

You maybe:

• going on holiday
• away at college
• planning a business trip
• moved address
• suffering from an illness
• disabled
• visiting a sick relative
• simply do not want to go to the polling station

Postal votes can now be sent out of the United Kingdom, however, ballot papers will only be sent out seven to 14 days before polling day. Therefore, you may prefer to appoint a proxy to vote on your behalf to make sure that your vote is counted.

Postal vote application form

Download a postal vote application form from the documents table below.

This form is also available to download in various languages formats from the Electoral Commission website.

Please complete the form and return by post to The Electoral Registration Office.

Documents

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Postal vote application form - application form to register to vote by post. File format Adobe Acrobat (pdf) - 139KB