How will voting go on Oct. 29?

Which polling station do you go to?

The polling stations are open from 7:30 am to 9:00 pm. You may choose which polling station in Zoetermeer you want to go to. The addresses of the polling stations can be found on the back of the candidate list. The polling stations are organized by district. This way you can quickly see which polling station is close to you.

We use as many polling stations as possible that are easily accessible. Please note that the location of the polling place where you have voted in the past may not be used as a polling place this year.

What should you bring to the polling place?

To vote, you must bring these things:

• Your voting pass
• A valid proof of identity (passport, driver's license or identity card)
• Are you also voting for someone else? Please remember to bring their proxy and (photo of) that person's ID with you

How do you cast your vote?

Step 1: You give your voting pass and ID to a polling station member. This member checks that your ID and voting pass are correct.

Step 2: You will then be given a ballot.

Step 3: You go to the voting booth without anyone else and fill in the ballot paper with the red pencil. You vote by turning the white square in the black box before the candidate of your choice red. You may choose only one candidate.
CAUTION! If you make a mistake while filling in the ballot, immediately return the ballot paper to the chairperson of the polling station and ask for a new ballot paper. The chairman will give you a new ballot paper once.

Step 4: After completing the ballot, fold the ballot so that no one can see who you voted for.

Step 5: You place the ballot in the ballot box.

Blank and invalid votes

You want to vote but not make a choice? Then you can cast a blank ballot. You vote blank by not making any boxes red and not writing or signing on the ballot paper. You leave the ballot blank. A blank vote does not count in the results per candidate and number of seats per political party.

Ballots on which several boxes have been made red or on which there are texts or drawings that make you recognizable are invalid. The vote does not count in the results per candidate and number of seats per political party. So make sure that you redline only one white dot before the candidate of your choice.

So blank votes and invalid votes do not count but are included when calculating turnout: the number of people who came to the polling station to vote.