You are in the Absent Voting section Home … Combined Guidance for Returning Officers at Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections in England … Absent Voting … Combined Guidance for Returning Officers at Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections in England Print this page | Print full guidance Resources for Returning Officers - Absent voting Election timetable for the combined Police and Crime Commissioner and local government elections in England (DOCX) FAQs for postal vote rejection notices (DOCX) Forensic Science Service guidance on signature checking (Generic) (PDF) Polling station handbook - combined Police and Crime Commisioner election and local government election in England (PDF) Postal vote return form (PDF) Postal voting ballot paper account (DOCX) Postal vote opening flowchart generic (not Senedd) (DOCX) Postal vote matching spreadsheet (XLSX) Secrecy requirements - postal voting - combined Police and Crime Commissioner election and local government election in England (DOC) Secrecy requirements - postal voting - mayoral referendum (DOCX) Template postal vote rejection notices (DOCX) Last updated: 20 May 2025 Book traversal links for Combined Guidance for Returning Officers at Local Government and Police and Crime Commissioner Elections in England Preparing a record of those postal votes that were rejected when handed in Polling station voting Modal Title