This is a message for anyone who has a postal vote for the European Election and who hasn’t yet posted it off. Did you know that your vote won’t count if you don’t sign the slip attached to the envelope? Or that it won’t count if you don’t write in your date of birth as well?
In fact, your signature must match the one you used when you applied for a postal vote some time ago.
Now the problem is that some people have more than one signature. Maybe you normally write an unintelligible squiggle, but use a much more recognisable signature for important documents. You really do need to remember which signature you used on the application.
This year postal votes across the country have been carried out slightly differently, in order to reduce fraud.
When you fill in the postal ballot form, you then place it inside an envelope and seal it down. On the outside of the envelope is an identification section which has your name and address printed on it, and spaces for you to write in your date of birth and your signature. You then place this envelope inside a larger one that has an address on it, and then post it.
So if you do have a postal vote, make sure it counts!
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