Elections - Postal Voting

Any person who is included in the Register of Electors can apply for a postal vote.

A postal voter is an elector to whom the Returning Officer sends a ballot paper through the normal post, together with necessary return envelopes and other documents. The elector marks the ballot paper in the privacy of their own home, completes a required declaration and then returns the papers through the normal post.

All postal vote applications must be received by 5pm, 11 working days before polling day.

If you prefer to vote by post please complete a postal vote application form which you can get by contacting Customer Services.

Voting by Post

Any elector can apply to vote by post. Postal voters are then sent their ballot paper(s) a few days before polling day. Having received their postal ballot paper(s) they need to be completed, along with any accompanying paperwork and returned to the Returning Officer at Mendip District Council, Shepton Mallet by the close of poll on election day.

If you would like to apply to vote by post please download an application form on the right of this page under useful documents or click here. When you receive your application form please complete the relevant sections including your signature and date of birth.

If you have a postal vote you CANNOT vote at the polling station however you can hand your completed postal vote pack in at a polling station.

If you lose or spoil your postal ballot papers after receiving them please contact the Electoral Services Team and the District Council immediately

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Last Updated

31 March 2010

Page last updated on 31 March 2010