If your name is on the register of electors you will receive a poll card 3 to 4 weeks before an election at which you are eligible to vote. It will tell you when, where and how to vote. It is easier if you take this with you when you vote although you can vote without it.
At the polling station you will receive a ballot paper which will say how many candidates you can vote for. Simply take the ballot paper to a polling booth and put a cross next to the candidate(s) you wish to vote for.
Do not write anything else on the paper or you risk your vote not being counted. Fold the ballot paper to hide your vote, show the folded paper to the clerk and put it in the ballot box. You do not have to tell anyone whom you voted for.
