NEW postal voting rules and requirements for all councils have been introduced ahead of Warrington’s local elections on Thursday, May 2.
Residents are strongly encouraged to send in their postal votes by Royal Mail, though there are a few options to physically hand in postal votes.
Handing in your postal vote to council offices
Only reception at the council’s 1 Time Square offices and Warrington Town Hall will be able to accept handed-in postal vote packs, during normal office hours (8.30 am – 4.30 pm at the Town Hall and 8.45 am – 5 pm at 1 Time Square).
If you are handing in a postal pack, you also need to fill in a form, but staff at reception will be on hand to help if required.
This means that anyone handing postal packs in will need to complete a “postal vote hand-in form” and, only when that’s completed, can the postal pack be accepted.
Council reception areas will have notices above letterboxes at 1 Time Square and the Town Hall to discourage electors from posting their vote without first completing a hand in form.
Handing in your postal vote on polling day
On polling day (Thursday 2 May), postal packs can be handed in at any polling station in the borough, where a hand-in form must be completed for it to be accepted.
To find out more about the local elections in Warrington, visit: https://www.warrington.gov.uk/elections-2024
