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  • Some deadlines for you:

    Deadline to register to vote: midnight on Monday 22 May
    Deadline to register for a postal vote: 5pm on Tuesday 23 May
    Deadline to register for a postal proxy vote: 5pm on Tuesday 23 May
    Deadline to register for a proxy vote: 5pm on Wednesday 31 May
    Deadline to register for an Emergency* Proxy vote: 5pm on polling day

    *This can be either Medical or 'Occupation, service or employment' related.

    Long and short of it: you need to find someone who can get to your polling station for you. Although having tracked back on your requests, I'd suggest giving your council's electoral services team a call, they might be able to help.

    In general, my understanding is that the advice for those living abroad is to get either a postal proxy or a normal proxy vote for someone in the UK, as postal votes are sent out 1st (I think) class, and thus go the slowest route to you. This means that delivery won't be guaranteed to be before the polling date.

  • I missed out on the referendum vote because my ballot papers arrived a few days before the election, I'm proxying via @Digger this time around...

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