from the Council's VOTE REGISTRATION OFFICE web site:
The deadline for receipt of new registration applications for the 6 May elections is midnight on Tuesday 20 April.
The council is responsible for enabling members of the public whose name appears on the Register of Electors, to exercise their right to vote in elections. We provide facilities for voting, counting and declaring election results.
The Register of Electors is a record of everyone who lives within the boundaries of the local authority and who is able to vote at elections. To vote you must be eligible and you must have registered to vote by completing and returning to us an electoral register application form.
Who can vote?
You must be eligible and your name must be on the Register of Electors to vote. You are eligible to vote if you are:
18 years or over on the day of the election;
British, Irish or other qualifying Commonwealth citizen or a citizen of the European Union; and
a resident in the borough
EU citizens are allowed to vote in European parliamentary and local government elections only.
See here a list of who can vote at which elections (pdf, 29 kb).
Each household member eligible to vote will receive an official poll card telling them the date of the election, where their polling station is (with a map), the hours of the poll and how to vote by post or proxy (someone else voting on your behalf). You don’t need to take the poll card with you to be able to vote, but it will save time if you can show it to the clerk at the polling station.
How to vote
For all elections, polling hours are from 7am to 10pm.
On arrival at your designated polling station, the clerk will ask you for your name and address and will confirm your details on the register. You will then be issued with your ballot paper(s). The ballot paper will contain a unique identifying mark.
When you are given your ballot paper(s), go to one of the polling booths. Mark a cross "X" in the box on the right hand side of the ballot paper opposite the name(s) of the candidate you wish to vote for. Do not put any other mark on the ballot paper, or your vote may not be counted.
If you spoil your ballot paper by mistake, show it to the presiding officer and ask for a replacement.
Usually you will then need to fold the ballot paper in half. But this is different for some elections. Ask a member of the polling staff if you are not sure.
Show the presiding officer the number and other unique identifying mark on the back of the ballot paper(s), but do not let anyone see your vote. Put the ballot paper(s) in the ballot box and leave the polling station.
Electoral Services
Town Hall
5 Clove Crescent
London E14 2BG
Tel: 020 7364 0872 (8.30am to 5.30pm, Monday to Friday)
Fax: 020 7364 3758
Email: electoralservices@towerhamlets.gov.uk
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