Can’t make it to a polling station on 4 July?
There’s still time to apply for a postal vote or to get someone to vote on your behalf (a proxy vote).
If you are applying for a postal vote, you may not receive the postal vote until 24 June.
There are also a number of changes that have been made to the way you can vote by post and proxy:
Changes in how to apply
1️⃣ Voters need to prove their identity when applying to vote by post and by proxy.
Changes in how to return your vote
2️⃣ Anyone bringing in a postal vote to our council offices will have to complete a postal vote return form. If they do not do this, the postal vote will be rejected.
This means you cannot put postal votes through our letterbox.
It therefore may be easier to send it in as soon as possible via a Royal Mail post box instead.
More information on these changes will be included with your postal vote.
3️⃣ There is now a maximum number of postal votes that can be handed in, which is five plus your own.
4️⃣ Political campaigners are no longer allowed to hand in postal votes unless they all belong to close relatives or people they provide regular care to.
5️⃣ There is now a limit to the amount of people someone can be a proxy for.
You can act as a proxy for two people. If you vote on behalf of UK voters who live overseas, you can act as a proxy for up to four people (but only two of those can live in the UK).
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