Elections on Thursday 1 May: postal vote packs have been sent out
Postal vote packs are being issued to voters in St Albans District for important local elections on Thursday 1 May.
Packs for voters who applied for a postal vote before 28 March were despatched on 14 April.
Those who applied between 28 March and 14 April will be sent their packs around Tuesday 22 April.
The packs will include a white ballot paper for the Hertfordshire County Council elections.
All of the County Council’s 78 seats, including 10 in St Albans District, are up for election.
There are also by-elections taking place in the Redbourn ward of St Albans City and District Council and in the Harpenden North, Harpenden South, and Harpenden West wards of Harpenden Town Council.
Separate postal vote packs will be sent to voters living in these areas. The ballot papers for the Redbourn by-election are lilac, and the ballot papers for the Harpenden Town Council by-elections are green.
Voters are advised to return their completed postal votes as soon as possible. Postal votes must be received by the Returning Officer by 10pm on Thursday 1 May to be counted.
If you have a postal vote in place, you will not be able to vote in person at a polling station.
However, if you miss the post, you can hand in your completed postal vote pack (and/or the postal vote packs of up to five others) at the Civic Centre, St Peter’s Street, during office hours.
Alternatively, you can hand them in at any polling station in the electoral area between 7am and 10pm on Thursday 1 May.
Anybody returning completed postal vote packs by hand must complete a short form.
If you have not received your postal vote by Friday 25 April, contact the Electoral Services team on elections@stalbans.gov.uk or 01727 819294.
If you lose your postal vote or make a mistake, please contact the team immediately as a replacement postal vote can only be issued before 5pm on Thursday 1 May.
Restrictions apply to the handling of postal votes by campaigners. Further information is available at: www.electoralcommission.org.uk/news-and-views/elections-act/changes-postal-voting.
To find more information about the elections, go to: www.stalbans.gov.uk/voting-and-elections.
Media Contact: John McJannet, Principal Communications Officer, 01727 819533, john.mcjannet@stalbans.gov.uk.