Penrith Town Council Elections will take place on 4
May 2023. Registered voters in Penrith will be receiving a poll card letter
in March.
A number of changes will be taking place in the way
elections happen starting with the Poll cards that are changing to make sure
that all the information you need about voter ID is included. Your poll card
will now be an enveloped letter not a card.
Changes to legislation mean that voters attending the
polling station must bring with them a form of photographic identification in
order to vote in elections with the Penrith Town council elections on the 4th
of May 2023 the first since the new legislation was passed by Parliament.
A poll will only take place in the Town or Town council
wards where the number of nominations received by the deadline for close of
nominations, is greater than the number of seats.
Anyone who votes at a polling station must have their ID
checked by the staff in order to cast a vote in the town council elections on
the 4th May 2023.
Staff at polling station will ask voters to show them a form
of acceptable voter identification. If you do not have an acceptable form of ID
with you, they will not be able to issue you with a ballot paper.
The officially accepted forms of photo identification when
voting at a polling station are:
Passport issued in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man,
British Overseas Territory, an EEA state or a Commonwealth country
Driving Licence issued by the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of
Man or EEA state.
A Blue Badge
Older Persons Bus Pass
Disabled Persons Bus Pass
Identity card bearing the Proof of Age Standards Scheme
hologram (a PASS card)
Other government issued documents
Biometric immigration document
Ministry of Defense form 90 (Defense Identity Card)
National identity card issued by an EEA state
Electoral Identity card issued in Northern Ireland
Voter Authority Certificate
Anonymous Elector's Document
If you do not have a valid form of voter ID then a voter ID
certificate can be applied for from Westmorland and Furness Council. The
deadline to apply for a Voter Authentication Certificate is 5pm on
Tuesday 25 April 2023.
Anyone who votes by post does not have to provide a form of
identification for the May elections. The deadline for receiving new
applications, or to make amendments to existing postal or proxy votes is 5pm
on Tuesday 18 April 2023.
If you are not registered to vote you will need to
register online before you can apply for either a postal or proxy vote.
Read register to vote via https://goto.penrith.town/register-to-vote to find out the information you will need before you apply.
Then select "Add to Home Screen"
