| This page provides details of how to vote by Post and how
to appoint a Proxy to vote at elections on your
behalf. | |
Voting by
Post
Getting someone to vote on your behalf
In an emergency -
getting an absent vote
Voting by
Post
Many people find voting by post
convenient for them, and anyone can request a postal vote. You can
register to vote by post either for all elections or for a specific
election or for a specified period of time. About 36,000 out of
some 120,000 electors in Telford and Wrekin vote by post.
In your application you will need to provide us with your date of
birth and with a specimen of your signature. We hold these two
"personal identifiers" on our database, and they are checked when
we open the postal votes at an election. The personal identifiers
cannot be released by law to anybody else.
At elections, the closing day for applying for a postal vote is
eleven working days before polling day, and we aim to issue postal
votes eight working days before polling day.
Getting someone to
vote on your behalf
You may find, because of your circumstances or
because of the deadlines with regard to postal voting, that getting
someone to vote on your behalf is most convenient to you. That
person will be known as your proxy. You should choose a person you
trust, who will be able to go to your polling station and who will
vote as you instruct them to.
The closing date for applications to vote by proxy is six working
days before polling day.
If you want to vote by proxy just for a forthcoming election, you
will need to give a reason for your application.
If you want to establish a proxy vote for a longer term, you will
need to have grounds to support your application. These grounds are
on the basis of your physical incapacity, your occupation, service
or employment, your attendance on a course of study, or that you
would need to undertake a journey by sea or air to vote at your
polling station. Your application will either need to provide
details of these grounds or it will need to be attested by a person
qualified to support your case.
In an emergency -
getting an absent vote
The closing date for applications to vote by proxy
is six working days before polling day. After that date, you can
still apply for an emergency proxy vote if an illness or a hospital
appointment means that you will not be able to go to your usual
polling station. Your application will need to provide details of
your incapacity, the date you became incapcitated and it will need
to be attested by a medical
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| Please note - Some documents published before
1st December 2006 may contain incorrect contact
numbers. |
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