Reapplication for a postal vote

If you applied for a postal vote before 31 October 2023, your postal vote is due to expire on 31 January 2026. 

We are contacting everyone who registered to vote by post before 31 October 2023, asking you to renew now. This is to give you time to reapply for your postal vote and it will help us process all the renewals efficiently.

If you have been contacted by us and would like to renew your postal vote, please use the GOV.UK apply for a postal vote service.

About the postal vote changes

The Elections Act 2022 changed the way everyone must apply for a postal vote for applications received from 31 October 2023. The changes are:

• all postal vote applications must contain your name, address, date of birth, national insurance number and signature
• your identity must be verified against records held by the Department for Work and Pensions. If this identity check fails, you must provide evidence of your identity
• postal votes are now valid for a maximum of three years

If you do not re-apply by the expiry date, your postal vote will be cancelled.

If you do not want to vote by post anymore you can cancel your postal vote. 

How we contact you

We are sending a letter or email to all affected postal voters in Hart.

So that you can spot a genuine email from us:

• the email subject will be 'Action required - Reapply for your Postal Vote'
• the sender will be electoral.registration.office@notifications.service.gov.uk

We are sending emails if you have provided one to us, to reduce the cost of sending letters by post. Please help us by responding to our request for information as soon as possible.

Some members of the same household may be contacted in different ways, depending on whether we have an email address for you or not.

Please use the contact details if you have any questions or would like a paper application form to fill out.