UPDATED ON 22nd MAY 2024
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With the announcement of the General Election on Thursday, 4th July, you are reminded that you will need to bring photo ID to be able to VOTE AT A POLLING STATION. A wide range of photo ID will be accepted, including passports, driving licences and cards with a PASS Mark — otherwise, click on the lilac image below for accepted forms of photo ID.
POSTED ON 1st APRIL 2023
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With your Council Tax bills you will have received a reminder that, on 4th May, local elections are taking place in East Suffolk — and a notice that, at these elections, you will need to bring photo ID to be able to VOTE AT A POLLING STATION. A wide range of photo ID will be accepted, including passports, driving licences and cards with a PASS Mark — otherwise, please read below.
For advice from the Electoral Commission, click on the lilac area above.
INITIAL ADVICE, POSTED ON 20th JANUARY 2023
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The UK Government has introduced a requirement for voters to show photo ID when voting at a polling station at some elections. This new requirement will apply for the first time in England at the local elections on Thursday, 4th May 2023.
You can read more below and/or click on the document to download it.
For technical reasons, the links below will not work from there,
but will do so from the foot of this blog,
and also from the document if you download it.
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/voter-id
https://voter-authority-certificate.service.gov.uk/
https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/polling-stations?postcode-search=IP17+1RN&Submit+Postcode=