Glasgow City Council lay down some of the changes in this year’s General Election.
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00:00 Hi, my name's Emma Roger. I am the Elections and Democratic Services Manager for Glasgow City Council.
00:06 The UK parliamentary election is due to take place on the 4th of July this year.
00:12 There have been boundary changes within the Glasgow area, so we have gone from having seven constituencies down to six.
00:20 So people will notice some changes to the areas that they previously voted in their constituencies.
00:27 For the first time in Scotland, anybody who does vote will require to have voter ID on the day.
00:33 So voter ID is having documentation with a photograph on it that shows your name, your address and the picture to be a true likeness of you.
00:44 So for example, a passport or a driving licence.
00:48 Actual ID that you use does not have to be in date, so it doesn't matter if your passport is actually two or three years out of date, as long as it's a true reflection of yourself.
01:00 If you don't have any form of voter ID, then you can apply for a voter authenticity certificate from the Election Registration Office in Glasgow.
01:11 The deadline for applying for a voter authenticity certificate is the 26th of June.
01:17 So this election is a first-past-the-post election.
01:21 Therefore, you're voting for one candidate and you put a cross on the ballot paper next to the candidate of your choice.
01:30 And you're voting for your Westminster Member of Parliament for your own constituency.
01:36 So if for any reason you can't get to your local polling station, for example you're on holiday, then you can apply for a postal vote.
01:46 Now to do that, you can go on to www.gov.uk and you'll be able to apply for a postal vote online.
01:57 So a few pieces of good information to have.
02:01 If you're a postal voter, then my advice is to carefully read all of the documentation that comes with your postal vote.
02:09 It's important that when you sign it, that you follow the information and the instruction with regards to the date.
02:17 Many people put the date in as the current date, but it's actually the date of birth that they're requesting.
02:24 And if that information isn't correct, then your postal vote will not be accepted and will therefore not be counted.
02:30 Similarly, think about how you sign your postal vote.
02:37 For example, if you normally, for myself being Emma Roger, I would normally sign E. Roger.
02:43 So again, just make sure that it's your commonly used signature that is on your postal vote,
02:49 because that will be checked when it comes to accepting your postal vote in.
02:56 With regards to anybody who is a postal voter, we would also highly recommend that you return your postal vote as soon as it comes in
03:06 to make sure that it's here in plenty of time.
03:09 There is a change this year with regards to postal voting.
03:13 Historically, you could hand your postal vote in at any council building or into any polling station.
03:21 There is a change now that any postal votes which are handed in at polling stations or to council property
03:27 must also come, the person must come with voter ID and they must complete documentation to say that they are handing in a postal vote.
03:37 If that is not done and there is not paperwork to go alongside it, the vote will not be counted.
03:43 So my advice is if you're a postal voter, please complete and return your postal vote via Royal Mail.
03:50 It will be accepted without any hassle, but if you're coming into the office or into a polling station to hand in your postal vote,
04:01 then you must complete the form that goes with that and have voter ID.
04:08 If you're coming into a polling place to vote, into your polling station, then you must remember to bring your voter ID with you.
04:19 If you do not have voter ID with you, you will not be granted a vote.
04:23 You'll be asked to go back home and to return back with your voter ID to allow us to provide you with a ballot.