Remember To Bring Your Photo ID To Vote In the General Election

Sandwell residents are being urged to remember to bring their photo ID when they  go to vote in the General Election on Thursday 4th July.

Voters will need to show their photo ID at polling stations before they can receive their ballot paper.

Accepted forms of photo ID include:

• a UK, European Economic Area (EEA) or Commonwealth passport,
• a UK or EEA drivers’ licence (including a provisional licence),
• some concessionary travel passes, such as an older person’s or disabled person’s bus pass,
• a Blue Badge,
• an identity card with the Proof of Age Standards Scheme hologram (a PASS card),
• a Voter Authority Certificate,
• and some other forms of official photographic identification.

Voters will be able to use expired forms of accepted photo ID if they are still recognisable from the photo.

At polling stations, voters will need to present accepted photo ID and for it to be checked by polling station staff. A private area will be available at the polling station so a voter can choose to have their ID viewed in private if they wish.

Anyone handing in a postal vote at a polling station is also reminded that they will have to sign a form, and that a maximum of five postal votes plus a voter’s own postal vote can be handed over at a polling station or at Sandwell Council House.

If you need any help, there is information on Sandwell Council’s website at www.sandwell.gov.uk/voterID or you can contact the Electoral Services team on 0121 569 3244.