How to vote in person?

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I don't know how to do it or what to do. I don't have any photo id or a vote card (Not sure i ever recieved one but I am registered to vote)
How do you know which polling station to go to.

I checked my local counils website and they only have info on voting by post or online.

I registered to vote online this year and selected the option if postal vote. But i only got a letter saying I was already registered so I didn't need to do anything else. Nothing about post vote. I assumed something would come but nothing has and today is the day! I am panicking and not sure what to do or what I need!
Can i still vote even though I dont drive or haven't left the country so i have no photo id? Could I use a bank statement as proof?

Please don't comment just to make me feel stupid, i have never voted before and have noone to ask in real life. (Ps i already feel stupid)

Sorry but lots of posters are misadvising OP by asking them to go to the polling station

Given that it could be very difficult or even impossible to contact the council by phone a short trip to the polling station to establish if the OP is able to vote in person seems the sensible thing to do.

I registered to vote online this year and selected the option if postal vote OP you need to call your council, you cannot vote in person if you registered for a postal vote.

There will be people who work in democratic services at the council building dealing with queries from the public and polling station workers. The people who work in polling stations are usually temporary staff so they won’t deal with a missing postal vote themselves.

halloumi2019 Ah yes cctv would hopefully stop this, I’m not sure all polling stations have this though. It just seems such an important thing that could be prevented by having to show some form of identification. Anyway sorry didn’t want to derail the OPs thread

"Why don’t they want ID? It’s very odd. I could go in first thing as my neighbour, vote then go back in later using my own details. How do they stop this"

"The number of cases of attempted voter fraud in the UK is vanishingly small. The Electoral Commission states that between 2017 and 2018 there were two convictions and 10 cautions for this crime. In their own words, there is “no evidence of large scale electoral fraud”.

www.independent.co.uk/voices/brexit-voter-id-final-say-second-referendum-black-voters-ethnic-minorities-a9162971.html

@Marnie76 you could vote as someone else. When the correct person turns up to vote the person crossing names off the list would know that persons vote had already been used (scored off the list). The police would then be called. The correct person is then allowed to vote. The police would them arrange for the fraudulent ballot paper to be pulled from the box ( the papers number is noted against the person name. The fraudulent paper would not be counted and used as evidence against you. Finger prints etc.

Since you registered for a postal vote you cannot vote in person, OP.

I have also never been in a polling station where the tables are organised by roads

Reminder to anyone who hasn't posted their postal vote:

YOU CAN DROP YOUR COMPLETED POSTAL VOTE IN AT A POLLING STATION.

(Sorry OP, doesn't help you if you didn't receive the paperwork.)

Whilst I can imagine the council’s phone lines will be busy, the polling station isn’t the council - so the volunteer staff at the polling station do not have the same powers to deal with this & will just direct OP to the council.

Also OP has until 7pm before voting ends - the phone queue isn’t goi to be 6.5 hours long.

Normally you vote at the polling station nearest to your registered address.

If only this were true! My nearest polling station is 0.25 km from my house - I can SEE it from my daughters bedroom! BUT the one I’m allowed to vote in is 1 km away. The nearest is also on the way to our local shops while the other is in entirely the opposite direction!

If OP is registered for a postal vote and didn’t receive the papers then I don’t think there is anything that can be done now BUT it’s worth going to the polling station to check, they have lists of eligible voters and those with postal votes.

Sorry, that’s 10pm not 7pm!

if you were going to post in person then you can use one of the seaarches that people have given and simply bowl up.
if you were supposed to have a postal vote then take some ID with you and bowl up. They can ask you to sign something which says you are telling the truth (and you can be prosecutred for false info) and you will get a special ballot.
the signing bit is to prevent fraud of people voting twice

I know this because I only did the training to be a poll clerk 2 days ago, but my seon got appendacitis yesterday and had an operation last night, or I would be doing the job now!

so to confirm
YOU CAN VOTE IF YOU DID NOT RECIEVE YOUR POSTAL VOTE

find your correct polling station

speak to the preciding officer

you will need to sign a declaration and then you will be issued a special ballot

I forgot i was registered to vote by post last GE! I went to the polling station without anything and the people there told me to come back with the card stating I was registered to vote by post. I never received the postal vote either. I would bring ID too to be sure!

Just voted and ours were split by roads!

your name should be on the list and marked as having recieved a postal vote.

If your name is NOT on the list, then you need to call the local election dept at the council and find out whats going on. They may well be able to issue you a vote. They will do everything they can to enable you to vote, however it will be the electoral office at the council who will be able to help IF your name is not on the list at your polling station, so get down there as soon as possible

Here is an example of one council’s procedure for lost postal votes.

It’s similar across other regions: www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media/2914

Essentially you go to the council, sign a lost postal vote declaration & get a replacement. No need to call.

You’ll need ID for a replacement postal vote OP

those who are saying they are being asked for their polling cards, this is against the law. You dont need your polling card, simply your name and address. They are not supposed to ask for ID either.
If this happens to you I would complain to the electoral commission.

those who are saying they are being asked for their polling cards, this is against the law. You dont need your polling card, simply your name and address. They are not supposed to ask for ID either. If this happens to you I would complain to the electoral commission.

And ?

Come 22:00, if you haven't voted, that's it.

Loads of people were denied votes in June and stuff all happened.

You don’t need ID or a polling card to vote. You will see large POLLING STATION posters somewhere close to your address and that will be your closest polling station. Usually in a school or church hall but they’re occasionally in a pub. There’s probably a list of polling stations on your local councils website.

Voting is really easy and takes two minutes.

It seems so astonishing that we don’t have to provide ID.

Yet rather lovely though to think we live in a country of largely decent folk who have no desire to commit electoral fraud.

Postal votes - now, there’s a scam that ought to be stopped.

Please don't confuse being asked for your polling card with being prevented from voting if you don't have one.

It's NOT against the law to ask for you polling card.

The police identified 336 cases of electoral fraud in 2017. Compared to the number of people who voted, it's nothing and it's barely worth the attention. That's why we don't need to provide ID to vote, although I believe the Tories want to stop this.

www.electoralcommission.org.uk/media/789