You are here: Home: Council and democracy: Democracy and elections: Voting

Voting

Introduction

There are 3 ways of making your vote in an election:

• Postal votes
• Proxy votes
• and in person.

Voting in person

If you are able to vote in person at a polling station a poll card will be sent to you, provided you are registered and eligible to vote in that election. The poll card will give you information which includes when the election will be held and which polling station to go to cast your vote. There is a map on the card showing the location of your polling station.

On arrival at your polling station the Presiding Officer will ask you to state your name and address. Providing you are eligible to vote at that election, they will then issue you with a ballot paper.

You should take the ballot paper to one of the voting booths and mark an "X" in the box on the right hand side of the paper against the name of the candidate(s) you wish to vote for. The maximum number of votes you can make is detailed at the top of the ballot paper. Do not put any other mark on the ballot paper or your vote may not be counted.

When you are happy with your vote, fold the Ballot Paper and put it into the ballot box.

back to top