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Signing place notices

You are required to produce the ‘Guidance for signing the petition’ notice. Its contents and how it needs to be displayed are prescribed in legislation. It must be printed in conspicuous characters and exhibited inside every petition signing place.1  

You must also provide a notice showing the accepted forms of photographic ID to be produced when applying for a signing sheet and a statement that further proof of identity may be required to resolve any discrepancy between the voter's name on the register and the name on the identification used (for display inside the polling station).2

You must, where you consider it appropriate to do so, ensure that notices are translated or provided in another format. You may produce them:

  • in Braille
  • in languages other than English 
  • using graphical representations
  • in audio format
  • using any other means of making information accessible3  
Last updated: 12 February 2025