No – you can still vote without it. The key thing is that your name is included on the register. The poll card is for information only. It just makes it easier if you take it to the polling station and show it to the clerk there. He or she will confirm your name and address, give you a ballot paper and check your name off on the register. Make sure that the clerk stamps the ballot paper with the official mark or stamp – your ballot paper won’t be counted if this is not done.
The ballot paper will say how many candidates you can vote for. Take the ballot paper to one of the polling booths and put a cross (X) in the box next to the name of the candidate(s) you want to support.
Do not write anything else on the ballot paper or your vote will not be counted. Once you have voted you must fold the ballot paper to hide your vote. Show your folded ballot paper to the clerk before you put it in the locked ballot box. You don’t have to tell anyone whom you voted for.
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