It all starts today

Campaigning for the local elections starts today and will go on until Friday 20th, the last day when the parties are allowed to promote themselves.

Voting will then take place on Sunday 22nd.

By now you should have had your notification about where you go to place your vote. Pam and I will be voting at Table C in the Council Chamber at the rear of the  town hall.

To vote you need to take some form of photographic identification along with you i.e. a passport, driver’s licence or residencia card.

Inside the polling station there will be a table piled high with voting slips for each party. Each voting slip has a particular party logo on it and a list of their candidates. So you need to select the appropriate slip for the party you are voting for.

It is very important not to mark the voting slip because a marked slip is a spoiled vote. When counting takes place all the voting slips are checked and political party representatives who are present will make sure any opposing votes that are marked are discarded.

Once you have the right slip, place it in one the white envelopes provided, take it to the desk, show your identification and your electoral card, get checked off the list and then place your envelope into the ballot box. That is it!