First you need to be enrolled. Enrol or check your details now.

Then you will get your voting papers in the mail from 17 September 2010. All you need to do is make your choice and send your voting papers back by midday Saturday 9 October 2010.

For local council elections, your voting papers, instructions and candidate info is posted out with a freepost envelope, so once you've voted, you just mail it back at no cost.

You only get your voting papers in the mail if you're correctly enrolled.