You must have registered to vote by 12 April to vote in the Borough Council elections on 2nd May.
If you are not registered you can register online to vote in a matter of minutes. You will need to give your name, address and National Insurance number. If you do not have your National Insurance number you can still apply to register you will be asked to provide more information.
Register on-line at gov.uk/register-to-vote
You can contact the Electoral Services Office for Ashford by phone,
01233 330402, if you want to discuss any issues around your registration or, to view the current electoral register, call into their office at after first telephoning for an appointment.
Civic Centre
Tannery Lane
Ashford
Kent TN23 1PL .
Please note they will not discuss your registration with anyone else including family members. If you have made an application it may take several days for us to process especially at busy periods; there is no need to reapply.
Postal and Proxy Voting
If you are not able to get to your polling station on the day of the election you may wish to apply to vote by post or proxy. For more information on postal and proxy voting, or to download an application form, please see your vote matters.
The deadline to apply for a postal vote for these elections is 5pm on Monday 15 April 2019.
If you have a postal vote you cannot vote in person at the polling station, you must use your postal vote.
The deadline to apply for a proxy vote for these elections is 5pm on Wednesday 24 April 2019.
If you are given a proxy vote and your proxy is not able to attend your polling station on election day then your proxy can make a separate application to vote as proxy by post but please note the deadline for your proxy to apply to vote by post is 5pm on Monday 15 April 2019.
There is also an emergency proxy facility for cases where there is a medical emergency or if you are suddenly called away for your employment. The medical emergency or employment reason must have occurred after the deadline for ordinary proxy applications has passed.
Your application will need to be signed by someone else to support your application. Only certain people can sign as a supporter and details are included with the application form.