This part of the guidance focuses on the preparations you will need to make in advance of polling day and some of the issues that you may need to consider on the day.
It covers what equipment and materials you will need to provide for polling stations, information on polling station set-up and managing the close of poll.
As part of your planning, you will have considered any known risks to specific polling stations in your area and made arrangements with the Presiding Officer and police as appropriate. Guidance for how Presiding Officers deal with specific issues in the polling station are covered in the polling station handbook.
Our polling station handbook covers in detail the voting procedures and what polling station staff can expect on polling day.
You can find the polling station handbook in the polling station voting section of our resource page.