Time is running out for voters who want to vote by post at the Parliamentary elections next month.
Registered voters who find it difficult to get to a polling station on Election Day who are away on holiday on May 6 or those who simply prefer to vote in the comfort of their own home need to get their request in by April 20.
Postal vote packs will start going out from Wednesday April 21 up until Friday April 23.
Mandy Bebb, Swansea Council Electoral Registration Officer, said: “Swansea Council has worked hard to promote the postal vote to boost turnout at elections.
“In 1996 we only had 3,000 electors voting by post and now we are up to 27,000 and rising.
“The postal vote gives electors the opportunity to sit down and think about who they are going to vote for; it’s so easy and safe.
“I would urge voters who may not be able to get to their polling station on May 6 or would rather vote from the comfort of their own home to take the opportunity to vote by post.”
If you apply for a postal vote you receive a postal vote pack which will include your ballot paper and instructions.
All you have to do is decide who you wish to vote for, fill in the ballot paper, have your identity signed for by a family member, friend or neighbour and post it back in the freepost envelope provided.
Information on postal voting, registering to vote, how to vote and much more is available at the Swansea Council website on http://www.swansea.gov.uk/elections
To apply for a postal vote, complete the Council’s online postal/proxy vote request form on the website at http://www.swansea.gov.uk/index.cfm?articleid=35812
Anyone needing more information on postal voting should contact 01792 636042/636719.
You can also get a form from the About My Vote website at www.aboutmyvote.co.uk or by calling 020 7271 0500.
On May 6, 183,242 people in Swansea‘s three constiuencies will, if they have registered to vote, have the chance to vote on who they want to be their MP and influence who will be Prime Minister.
