With the National Assembly for Wales election and the first UK-wide referendum taking place on Thursday 5 May, Neath Port Talbot Council is reminding its residents what they need to know to have their say on polling day.
Polling stations will be open from 7am – 10pm. You should have received a card with details of your local polling station. If not, please call 01639 763330 to check that you are registered.
When voting at a polling station, it’s helpful to take your poll card with you. If you don’t have it, don’t let that stop you – you can still vote, so long as you are on the electoral roll.
Polling station staff will give you ballot papers for the National Assembly for Wales election and if you are eligible to vote in the UK-wide referendum, a ballot paper for that too. Staff will not be able to give you ballot papers after 10pm, so do arrive in good time.
The referendum is on the voting system used for elections to the UK Parliament and the question being put to voters on Thursday 5 May is: “At present, the UK uses the ‘first past the post’ system to elect MPs to the House of Commons. Should the ‘alternative vote’ system be used instead?”
If you applied for a postal vote, it needs to be received by the Counting Officer by 10pm on Thursday 5 May. If you have left it too late to post back, you can drop it into your local polling station or the Elections Office at Port Talbot Civic Centre.
For more information, visit www.aboutmyvote.gov.uk
