You are in the Absent Voting section Home … Guidance for (Acting) Returning Officers administering a UK Parliamentary election in Great Britain … Absent Voting … Guidance for (Acting) Returning Officers administering a UK Parliamentary election in Great Britain Print this page | Print full guidance Resources for (Acting) Returning Officers - Absent voting Forensic Science Service guidance on signature checking (Generic) (PDF) Unscheduled timetable UKPGE (DOCX) Unscheduled timetable UKPE By election (DOCX) Polling Station Handbook UKPGE 2024 (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 (DOCX) Last updated: 20 May 2025 Book traversal links for Guidance for (Acting) Returning Officers administering a UK Parliamentary election in Great Britain Preparing a record of those postal votes that were rejected when handed in Polling station voting Modal Title