Apply for a postal or proxy vote

If you know you are going to be unable to vote in person on an election day, you can apply to vote by post or proxy. This needs to be done in advance.

Voting by post

You may want to apply to vote by post if you know you are going to be away from home or abroad on the date of an election. You can apply to vote by post either for a single election, for a specific period or permanently. If it is for a specific election there will be a deadline by which you must apply to vote by post - please contact us to check when you need to return your form by.

To apply for a postal vote please download and complete the form below and return it to us:

Postal vote - Application form to vote by post - to hand write (203KB)

You can email a scanned copy or good quality photo of the form to us at elections@adur-worthing.gov.uk, or you can send it in the post.

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Voting by proxy

If you cannot go to your polling station then you can ask someone you trust to vote on your behalf. This is called a proxy vote.

You must have a valid reason to apply for a proxy vote, such as:

you are away from home or abroad on polling day
you have a disability or other medical issue
you are not able to vote in person because of work or military service

You can apply to vote by post either for a particular election, for a specific period or permanently. If it is for a specific election there will be a deadline by which you must apply to vote by proxy - please contact us to check when you need to return your form by.

If you wish to apply for a proxy vote please download and complete the form below and return it to us: