Receiving your Polling Card
Once registered, if you are able to vote in the upcoming election or referendum, a polling card will be posted to your address.
Your polling card will tell you the date of the vote, where to go to vote, and what time the polling station will be open.
In recent elections, polling stations have opened at from 7am - 10pm.
Arriving at the Polling Station
When you arrive at the polling station, you go to the desk to be identified and registered.
You may need to show your ID and polling card.
You will receive a ballot paper and go to a polling booth to cast your vote. Pencils will be provided.
Casting your Vote
The polling booth gives the voter privacy. No one can see your vote.
In a General or Local Election, the ballot paper includes the candidate names together with their photograph and the political party, if any, they belong to.
Candidate names appear in alphabetical order.
You number the names in order of preference, putting 1 opposite your first choice, 2 opposite your second choice and so on.
You then fold your ballot paper and place it in the ballot box.
In a referendum you will have the option to put an X in the box for either a ‘yes’ or a ‘no’ vote to change to the constitution.
