Anyone wanting to vote in person at the local elections to be held on 4 May, to elect District and parish or town councillors, will need to take with them a form of photo identification.
This is a change being introduced by the UK Government for all of England and will apply across all of Lincolnshire’s local district and parish elections. It will also apply to all future elections, including any general election held after October this year.
Acceptable forms of photo ID are:
- Passport
- Photo driving licence, including provisional licence
- Blue badge
- Certain concessionary travel cards
- Identity card with PASS mark (Proof of Age Standards Scheme)
- Biometric Immigration Document
- Defence identity card
- Certain national identity cards
Expired ID can still be used, so long as the photo remains recognisable, and the name is unchanged.
Postal voting is not affected by this change as verification for that is done by signature and date of birth.
For those people who don’t have any of the prescribed ID types, there is provision to have a photo-based Voter Authority Certificate made up at no cost. You can do this HERE.
Alternatively, you can complete a paper application form and send it to the electoral services team at North Kesteven District Council. Call on 01529 414155 to request a form or for help in applying.
Residents are being urged to make sure they are ready to vote in May by checking they have an accepted form of ID now, and to apply early for the free voter ID, if necessary.