London: As London heats up for choosing her new mayor for next four years, voters see voting a bit boring task to do.
Still enthusiasm could be seen in streets covered with posters of Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone, the top two mayor candidates.
As to facilitate voters for tomorrow’s mayoral election a simple guideline is as follow:
On 3rd May your local polling station is open between 7am and 10pm for you to cast your votes. You should make sure that you arrive in plenty of time.
By law, if you have not been issued with your ballot papers by 10pm, you will not be able to vote. This is the case even if you have been waiting in a queue since before 10pm.
When you arrive at the polling station you will be asked by staff for your name and address to make sure that you are on the register. Staff will then give you your three ballot papers and can help you understand how to fill these out if required.
Additional assistance
At the polling station, staff will be able to assist you in explaining how to vote. ‘Tactile voting devices’ and large-print versions of ballot papers are also available at all polling stations to help people with visual impairments.
Polling stations will also have accessible booths which are lower and wider to accommodate wheelchairs.
Multi-lingual resources
All voting materials in polling stations are in English, however there will be guidance notes available on request in 16 languages: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese (simple and traditional), French, Gujarati, Hindi, Lithuanian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Urdu, and Yoruba. It is also available in Braille.
Outside the polling station
Supporters of the candidates (called ‘tellers’) may stand outside the polling station and ask for your name and address. Tellers help their parties to identify supporters who have not yet voted, so that they can be contacted and encouraged to vote, and offered assistance – such as transport to the polling
station – if necessary. You do not have to speak to tellers if you do not wish to do so.
To see How to vote video click here.
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