Important information: postal votes
Postal votes for the Kent County Council election on Thursday 1 May are being sent out from today (Tuesday 15 April).
Around 16,500 postal votes have been applied for, with the bulk of them being sent to households today. Those applied for close to the application cut off will be sent in the following days.
Many people will be familiar with the arrangements for returning them, but for those new applicants or as a general reminder, these are the options:
- Post it back to us via Royal Mail using the envelope included in the pack sent out to you
- Hand it in at our reception at the Rose Lane office in Canterbury during working hours. You will need to complete a postal vote return form as well, otherwise the postal vote will be rejected
- Hand it in at a polling station on 1 May. Again, you will need to complete a postal vote return form, otherwise it will be rejected
REALLY IMPORTANT: if you just put the postal vote through our letterbox at Rose Lane without completing the form referred to above, your postal vote will be rejected.
The maximum number of postal votes that can be handed in at one time is five, plus your own.
Finally, a reminder about proxy votes and voter identification.
If you require a proxy vote for the election, the deadline to apply is Wednesday 23 April at 5pm.
And accepted photo identification will be required for anyone voting in person at a polling station on 1 May. See the full list of accepted photo ID.
If you don’t have accepted photo ID, you can apply for photo ID (called a Voter Authority Certificate), by Wednesday 23 April at 5pm.
Polling stations will be open between the normal hours of 7am and 10pm on 1 May.
The count will then take place during the day on Friday 2 May with results published on KCC’s website.
Published: 15 April 2025