UPDATE - IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY REGISTERED FOR PROXY VOTING, UNFORTUNATELY YOU ARE TOO LATE TO APPLY, UNLESS YOU ARE IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION UP TO 5PM ON ELECTION DAY.
•Emergency proxy applications – after 5pm Wednesday 4th December to 5pm on Thursday 12th December 2019
•First day lost / spoilt postal packs can be re-issued – Friday 6th December 2019 to 5pm 12th December 2019
If you will be away on polling day, at work or on holiday, are physically unable or just don't have the time to get to a polling station to vote in person, you can still exercise your democratic right to vote. You may have moved house since the electoral register was drawn up and have not yet joined the register at your new address.
You can choose either to vote by post or to appoint someone else - a proxy - to vote on your behalf.
To find out more about voting by post, or by proxy, please visit The Electoral Commission's website on registering to vote at:
https://www.aboutmyvote.co.uk/how-do-i-vote
You can download postal and proxy vote application forms from the above site or Ipswich-customised forms from the IBC website - click here
ALL forms must be posted to IBC:
Ipswich Borough Council, Grafton House, 15-17 Russell Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 2DE
Council telephone number: (01473) 432533
Council website: www.ipswich.gov.uk
Email - elections@ipswich.gov.uk