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Friday, June 28, 2024

Rutland County Council to open offices on Saturday for urgent replacement postal ballots. The Council are opening their offices for a limited time on Saturday 29th June for postal voters who must have their postal ballots before Monday 1st July and are yet to receive them from Royal Mail.

Council to open offices on Saturday for urgent replacement postal ballots

The Council are opening their offices for a limited time on Saturday 29th June for postal voters who must have their postal ballots before Monday 1st July and are yet to receive them from Royal Mail.


In response to further enquiries from Rutland and Stamford residents regarding postal ballots for the UK general election, Rutland County Council is opening its offices on Saturday 29th June for postal voters who must have their postal ballot packs before Monday 1st July and are yet to receive them from Royal Mail.

Postal voters who cannot wait until Monday 1st July to receive their ballot packs and wish to collect a replacement ballot from the Council on Saturday should email elections@rutland.gov.uk between now and 12noon on Saturday 29th June, confirming: 

The voter’s registered address

Phone number 

The name of voters in the household still to receive their postal ballot packs

Anyone who is unable to email the Council can call: 01572 758 469 from 10am on the morning of Saturday 29th June to provide this information. 

Please reserve this line for those without internet access and do not call if you are able to email.

You must contact Rutland County Council before 12noon so that officers can prepare replacement postal ballots and provide confirmation when it is ready to be collected. Final collection will be 2.00pm, at which point the offices will close until 9.00am on Monday.

Please do not travel to the Council’s offices on Saturday without having made contact first as officers will be unable to assist.

Officers will not be able to resolve any enquiries that are not related to urgent replacement postal ballots.