How can Suffolk residents vote in tomorrow's general election?

Six weeks to the day since the 2024 General Election was called, most voters finally have their chance to have a say when polling stations open tomorrow.

Polling stations are open from 7am until 10pm -  the address of your local station should be on the polling card sent to you a few weeks ago.

You do now need to take an accepted form of identity along to the polling station - something with a photo ID like a driving licence or a passport or any one of a number of accepted other ID forms that are listed on the government's website.

Without this ID you will not be able to vote - the polling cards you were sent a few weeks ago is not acceptable and staff will not be able to offer you a ballot paper if you don't have ID, even if they recognise you.

This new regulation can hit anyone - Tom Hunt was forced to seek an emergency proxy vote in May's local elections after he misplaced his ID card.

About 20-30% of voters have already already returned their ballot papers - they are postal voters who should have returned their votes to the returning officer.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak calling the election outside Downing Street six weeks ago (Image: PA)

If you are a postal voter, but have forgotten to send off your vote or lost it, you cannot go along to the polling station and vote alongside everyone else.

However if you do have your ballot paper and the envelopes and documents that came with it, you can vote by filling it in and sealing it up as if you were going to post it and taking it along to your local polling station.

It will then be added to the rest of the postal votes after the ballot boxes are taken to the count tomorrow evening.

See tomorrow's edition of the newspapers for details of when you are likely to know who has won in your seat - and a few tips on how to stay awake for the all-nighter.