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**You don't need your polling card to vote** Let's keep this near the top

136 replies

vesela · 06/05/2010 09:09

You don't need your polling card to vote - if you don't have it, just turn up at the polling station and tell them your name and address. You don't need ID unless you're in Northern Ireland.

More details here:
www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/general_election_faq.aspx

If you don't know where your polling station is, check your local council's website or give them a call.

Let's try and keep this near the top so noone misses out on voting

OP posts:
ditavionteased · 06/05/2010 11:34

bump.

veselaliberalka · 06/05/2010 11:28

bump

thisisyesterday · 06/05/2010 11:15

oh wow, i am SO glad i saw this! i ahve been frantically searching for my card all mo,rning!!!

can't go out yet anyway as ds3 has chicken pox, but am relieved to know i can stop hunting

EricNorthmansmistress · 06/05/2010 11:09

They should be. You don't get taken off your old address until you register at a new address, or if the new occupiers cross you off. It depends how long ago they moved.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 06/05/2010 11:05

they could phone and ask runout or they could turn up and ask if they are on the list.

Runoutofideas · 06/05/2010 11:03

My brother in law and his girlfriend reckon they are not on the electoral roll because something went wrong with an online form they filled in when they moved house. The council has told them they are not listed. Would they still be registered at their old address and can they just turn up at the polling station for the old address and vote?

KristinaM · 06/05/2010 10:56

another bump

OhYouBadBadKitten · 06/05/2010 10:55

bump

EightiesButNotThatcheriteChick · 06/05/2010 10:45

bump

Twit · 06/05/2010 10:43

bump

EricNorthmansmistress · 06/05/2010 10:31

ladyofshallots you need to go to the polling station for your old address. You don't need to tell them you have moved or anything but you will only be registered at that polling station. Call your local council if you don't know where it is!

ladyofshallots · 06/05/2010 10:30

I'm still registered at my old address - can I give them that address and still vote?

Twit · 06/05/2010 10:27

bump

minipie · 06/05/2010 10:23

Bump. I didn't know this.

And if you have a postal vote and haven't posted it yet, you can hand it in at the polling station.

And if you have made a mistake on your postal ballot paper you can get a new one up until 5pm today.

Laugs · 06/05/2010 10:17

bump

scaryteacher · 06/05/2010 10:08

Bump

slipperthief · 06/05/2010 10:07

Ooh, I didn't know that. Presumably it doesn't matter then that it's been converted into a paper plane.

AbricotsSecs · 06/05/2010 10:07

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Twit · 06/05/2010 10:07

I didn't realise this either, but it makes sense. I'll check in every now and then to bump if you like.

[pretends to work]

EricNorthmansmistress · 06/05/2010 10:06

Bump! I nearly passed out with apoplexy when my mate said she didn't vote in the last GE because she had lost hers. Thank goodness she mentioned it before this one!

Jux · 06/05/2010 10:01

I've lost my polling card, but I'm 51 and know I don't need it.

You just walk in, give them your name and address and they'll give you a paper which you take to a booth, put a cross on it, shove it in a box et voila!

I'm taking dd with me as she wants to see how it's done, so I have to wait until after school, which is driving me mad as I want to vote NOW!!!

veselaliberalka · 06/05/2010 10:01

It's the fact that they looko so official, though (well, they are, but you know what I mean). I'm not surprised people think you need them. (according to the Electoral Commission, 4 in 10 people think you do).

Although I once set out intending to vote in a council election, was walking down the street and realised I had no idea where to go. This was only 2002 but it wasn't automatic to me to look it up online (or ask the neighbours). So, no vote. So I can see the rationale behind sending them out.

pagwatch · 06/05/2010 09:51

I will bump for silly people who didn't know this......some of whom have been voting since 1980s

mumblechum · 06/05/2010 09:51

bump. No queue in our village.

seeker · 06/05/2010 09:49

"The right of voting for representatives is the primary right by which other rights are protected." Thomas Paine

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