You can only vote at elections if you are registered to vote. Please visit the register to vote page if you need to register. Charlotte voting Video by Mencap Harry voting video by Mencap Information for people with learning disabilities and autistic and their right to vote. Before you go to vote, check where your polling station is. It might not be the closest one to where to you live, and it might have changed since the last time you voted. You have to go to your allocated polling station, and you can't go to a different one close to where you work, for example.
Your polling station will be on your poll card, which you'll receive through the post a few weeks before polling day. Make sure you have an accepted form of photo ID or your Voter Authority Certificate with you before you go to the polling station. About two weeks before an election, you can enter your postcode here to find out where your polling station is. They can get busy, particularly towards the end of the day.
If there's a queue at your polling station, you'll still be able to vote as long as you joined the queue before 10pm. You might see people waiting outside the polling station who ask you for the number on your poll card. These people are called 'tellers', and are volunteering on behalf of the candidates. They use the information people give them to check who has voted, and remind people who haven't to do so. They are allowed to be there and to ask for the information, but you don't have to give them any information if you don't want to.
If you are concerned about the conduct of a teller, speak to a member of staff at the polling station. If you're not sure what to do, or need any help, just ask the staff at the polling station β they will be happy to assist you to cast your vote.
There are a number of things at the polling station to help you cast your vote, including a large print sample ballot paper, and a tactile voting device to help if you have a visual impairment. There is additional lighting in booths, magnifiers and writing aids if you need them.
