Elections and voting
Voting in elections
There is now a rolling registration, which means the electoral register is updated every month.
So if you've moved house or have been missed from the register, you can get your new details added much quicker. The local Register of Electors published on 1 December 2009 can be checked in your local library, at council headquarters, or you can contact the Electoral Registration Office (Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board) to check.
Once you've registered you can also choose to vote by proxy or by post.
Proxy votes
A proxy vote can be granted to anyone who satisfies the electoral registration officer that he or she cannot reasonably be expected to vote in person on polling day. Examples include those on holiday, those who are ill or in hospital, people away on business and people who have moved house but have not had time to register at their new address and are thus still on the register at their old address. Proxies may vote by post if they want to.
Postal votes
Postal votes can be set up on a permanent basis, for a set period, or as a one-off in advance of any election.
Forms
You can download all the above forms via Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board's website.
Forms should be printed, completed and returned to Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board, contact details are below.
For more information contact the Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board.
Ayrshire Valuation Joint Board
9 Wellington Square
Ayr
South Ayrshire
KA7 1HL