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Remember your photo ID on Thursday May 2
Voter ID -May 2
If you are heading to the polling station on Thursday May 2 to have your say in the two elections taking place in Charnwood - remember your photo ID!
People will be able to cast their vote in the Leicestershire Police and Crime Comissioner election and the Loughborough East by-election on May 2.
The UK Government introduced the new requirement last year which means voters in England have to show an acceptable form of photo ID when voting at a polling station.
View the full list of accepted photo ID. [
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People voting by post are also being reminded to return their postal votes by Thursday May 2.
If you are unable to return your vote by post before Thursday May 2, you can take it your polling station or the Council offices on polling day.
The Elections Act 2022 has made several changes to the existing electoral law which means from Thursday May 2, you will be only able to hand in a maximum of up to six postal votes per poll. This includes your own postal vote, and postal votes of up to five other people per poll.
If you are handing in postal votes at either a polling station or the Council offices, you will be also asked to complete a short ‘postal vote return’ form by a staff member.
Voters are also reminded not to post postal votes into the letterbox at the Council Offices, otherwise the postal vote will be rejected.
FAQs about the changes to postal vote handling [
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A total of 76 polling stations staffed by more than 290 people will be open between 7am and 10pm on May 2 so people cast their vote. Your poll card will tell you which polling station you must vote at and offer a list of the types of photo ID which can be accepted.
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