If you are voting by post, please be aware that the following rules now apply when handing in postal votes:
- Political campaigners cannot hand in postal votes, except where the postal vote is their own, someone they provide regular care for or their spouse or civil partner.
- There will be a limit on the number of postal votes a person can hand in at a polling station and to the Council Offices
- they will not be allowed to hand in more than five postal ballot packs for other electors plus their own.
- Anyone handing in postal votes will need to complete a ‘return of postal voting documents’ form which will have to be countersigned by a Member of the Electoral Services Team. This means that postal votes will be rejected if these requirements are not.
- Postal votes placed in the Royal Mail postbox are unaffected by this change