The Voter Handbook - Flipbook - Page 12
6 | How to vote
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Complete your ballot paper. Make sure you do it alone and in secret. Don’t write
anything else on the paper, or your vote may not be counted.
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Put your ballot paper in the smaller envelope marked A.
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Put your postal voting statement and the ballot paper envelope into the return
envelope marked B, and seal it. Make sure the return address is clear.
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Put your postal vote somewhere safe until you’re ready to post it.
Return your completed postal vote as soon as possible by taking it to a post box yourself.
If you can’t post it yourself, you can either ask someone you know and trust to post it for
you, or you can contact the elections team at your local council to ask if they can collect
it from you. Find their contact details at electoralcommission.org.uk/voter.
Your postal vote needs to be with the elections team at your local council by 10pm on
polling day to be counted.
If you can’t post your postal vote in time, you can take it to your polling station or to your
local council on polling day.