General Election 2022 - Vote.je - States of Jersey Elections

Jersey’s next General Election will take place in 2022. The exact date is due to be debated and agreed on 20 April 2021. The current States Assembly will also debate and agree whether to update the Law to:

Remove the role of Senator from the Assembly
Increase the number of Deputies in the Assembly
Restructure the voting districts from 12 to nine

More information about the proposed changes to roles, new electoral districts, voting by post, pre-poll and candidates standing for election will be shared here as soon as it is available.

When you go to vote you will need to take photographic identification with you, such as a driving licence or a passport. You will be greeted by staff who will mark your name off on the electoral register and give you your ballot papers. You will then be able to go to the voting booth to cast your vote by putting an ‘x’ beside the name of your preferred candidate. You will be asked to place your ballot papers into the ballot box.

FAQs

Can I register to vote electronically?

Yes. You can register online at vote.je/register

Can I vote electronically?

You can’t vote electronically at the current time. On the 22nd March 2016, the States agreed to an amended proposition from Deputy G.P. Southern of St. Helier, which asked the Privileges and Procedures Committee, together with the Comité des Connétables, and other government bodies, to research and trial electronic voting systems to introduce a safe and secure mechanism to enable eligible voters to vote electronically. We intend to amend the Law to make electronic voting possible, but online voting gives rise to concerns about the risks of electoral fraud and how the secrecy of the ballot can be guaranteed, because people will be voting outside the supervised environment of the polling station.

An alternative option would be to introduce electronic voting within polling stations. In jurisdictions where this happens, voting machines print a paper receipt every time a vote is registered electronically so that re-counts can be conducted and the electronic count can be compared with a paper count.

A lot of work and research needs to be done before we can introduce electronic voting, to be sure that any such system processes data accurately and securely and to ensure that the voting public and candidates can be confident of the integrity of the voting process.

I am not British. Can I vote?

You can register to vote if you have lived in Jersey for 2 years; or if you have lived in Jersey for 6 months, plus a period that totals 5 years.

I will be 16 just before the election. Can I vote?

You can register to vote if you are 16 shortly before the election takes place. You will not however be registered until the day you turn 16 years old.

I asked for a postal vote, but now I want to vote in person

No problem. Go to your polling station on Election Day and take along all the paperwork that was sent to you by the Judicial Greffier when you planned to cast a postal vote, including the ballot paper. See one of the officials at the polling station and you will be able to use your ballot paper to vote in person.

I’ll be out of the Island on election day, what do I do?

If you aren’t going to be in Jersey on Election Day, then you can cast a postal vote or pre-poll vote instead. More information on different ways of voting will be available soon.

I'm moving house before the election. Do I need to do anything?

If your change of address is notified before the electoral register closes you will vote at your new parish or district. If the move is not until after that date (or you only notify the parish after that date) you will remain on the register of your previous address and will have to vote in that parish or district. Please note that St. Helier, St. Saviour or St. Brelade are divided up into different districts, so if you move house within these parishes please check that your local polling station is still the same.

I was not born in Jersey, I've only been here 2 years. Can I vote?

Yes. You can register to vote if you have lived in Jersey for 2 years; or if you have lived in Jersey for 6 months, plus a period that totals 5 years.

My name has been accidentally omitted from the electoral register. Can I still vote?

If you apply to pre-poll vote or to postal vote and you find that your name is not on the register, there is still something you can do. If you think there has been a mistake, you should advise the Judicial Greffier that you believe there has been an error. The Judicial Greffier may ask you for additional information to support what you have said. If the Judicial Greffier is satisfied that there has been an administrative error, your name will be added to the copy of the register and make the necessary arrangements for you to be able to vote.

If you arrive at the polling station to vote in person on on Election Day and you find that your name is not on the electoral register, you should ask to speak to a parish official.

What happens on election day?

– You will need to take photographic identification with you to the polling station in order to vote, e.g. a driving licence or passport.
– You will be greeted at the polling station by staff who will mark your name off on the electoral register and give you your ballot paper.
– You will then be able to go to the voting booth to cast your vote by putting an ‘x’ beside the name of your preferred candidate. You will be asked to place your ballot paper into the ballot box.
Parish officials will be at the polling station and will be able to help you if you have any questions.

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