UK General Election 12th December 2019 |OT1| Hindsight is 20/19 (Tory majority confirmed)

[Uzzy]

Made a seperate thread just for this, but repeating the information here.

You need to register yourself on the Electoral Register in order to vote in this election, and the deadline to register is fast approaching. You need to register at least 12 working days before an election - so, with the election on 12 December, the deadline is 23:59 GMT on Tuesday 26 November.

Registering to vote, and ensuring your voice is heard in the General Election, it's easy and takes only five minutes and your National Insurance Number.

In order to register, you must:

• Be 18 or over on the day of the election.
• Be a British, Irish or qualifying Commonwealth citizen.
• Be resident at an address in the UK (or a British citizen living abroad who has been registered to vote in the UK in the last 15 years).
• Not be legally excluded from voting.

You can register online by going to this website. As I said, it takes 5 minutes of your time, and ensures that your voice can be heard in the forthcoming General Election.

 

[Uzzy]

Polling stations will open at 7am and close at 10pm today (12th December) – this is the same across the UK, no matter your location. That's 15 whole hours to vote. If you are at the polling station at 10pm, stay in line, if you're in the queue you will get a vote by law.

You do not need to bring anything with you to vote, no ID or polling card required, unless you are in Northern Ireland in which case you will need some form of photo ID. It doesn't need to be in date, but the accepted forms of ID are a passport, driving licence, electoral card or translink smartpass. Again, for GB residents, you do not need to bring anything with you to vote. You just need to have registered on the electoral roll. If you've not done that already, you're unfortunately too late to register.

Your polling card, which should have been sent to you already, will contain the details of where you can vote. Make sure to go to that polling station, you won't be allowed to vote in another one. You can also find your polling station details here. If you have applied for a postal vote and for whatever reason haven't submitted it yet, you can also take it to your local polling station before 10pm tonight.

Get out and vote!