Worthing Borough Council

How to vote - Make your mark

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Make your mark

Whatever your political views, it is important that you exercise your right to vote at all elections. This page tells you how you can vote.

Electoral Register

To vote you have to be over 18 on polling day and be on the Electoral Register for one of the wards where the elections are taking place.

The electoral register is based on where you were living on a particular date, but you may have made an application to re-register.

If you wish to check the electoral register, please contact the Electoral Registration Office.

Register to Vote

If you’re not registered to vote, you can apply for the correct form on-line:

• Voter, Postal and Proxy Vote Registration Forms

When is the next election?

• Dates for 2011 are not yet set

Who is my current MP and who are my councillors / which ward or constituency do I live in?

• Street Index Listing

Poll card

You should receive an official poll card which will give details of where, when and how to vote.

You can vote without a poll card, but it will save time if you take it to the polling station and show it to the clerk there.

How to vote

• Find out your polling station from your poll card or by looking up your street's poll station from the Street Index Listing
• Go to the Polling Station
• Opening Hours : Polling Stations are open from 7.00am to 10.00pm on polling day
• Tell the Clerk your name and address and hand over your poll card (if you have remembered to bring it with you).
• The clerk will check the register to make sure your name is listed.
• You will be given a ballot paper for voting.
• Go to one of the compartments. Mark a cross (X) in the box on the right hand side of the ballot paper opposite the name(s) of the candidate(s) you are voting for. (Note : the number you may vote for can vary depending on the type of election).
• Fold the ballot paper in two. Do not let anyone see your vote. Put the ballot paper in the ballot box and leave the polling station.
• If you make a mistake and need another ballot paper, show it to the presiding officer and ask for another one.

Disabled voters

Where possible the council has introduced several features to help disabled voters :

• Access ramps,
• Low level polling booths,
• Large print posters listing candidates and parties,
• Template for those who are partially sighted or who experience dyslexia - please ask the polling station staff for the use of one.

See also Promote the vote website  - information and advice for voting for people with learning disabilities

Still need more information?

For information about voting, elections or the electoral register please contact the Electoral Registration Office.

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