General election 2019: Voters set to head to polls across the UK – BBC News, BBC News
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The UK will go to the polls on Thursday for the country third general election in less than five years.
The contest, the first to be held in December in nearly 549 years, follows those in
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Polling stations in 976 constituencies across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland open at****************************************: GMT.
After the polls close at (**************************************************: (************************************************, counting will begin straight away. Most results are due to be announced in the early hours of Friday morning.
A total of MPs will be chosen under the first-past-the-post system used for general elections, in which the candidate who secures the most votes in each individual constituency is elected.
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and are also listed on polling cards sent to homes.
People do not need a polling card to be able to vote but will need to give their name and address at their local polling station. People can only vote for one candidate or their ballot paper will not be counted.
Ahead of the poll, the elections watchdog has reminded voters that taking selfies and other photos inside polling stations is not permitted and may be a breach of the law.
Many people have already put a cross next to the name of their favored candidate by voting by post – more than seven million people used a postal vote two years ago.
Those who applied for a postal vote but have yet to return it to their Electoral Office must do so by (*****************************************************: 00. Alternatively, they can hand it into their local polling station by the close of polls.
according to the BBC’s weather forecast, Thursday will be a wet day in many parts of the country, with highs of five degrees Celsius in Edinburgh, nine in Cardiff, seven in Belfast and eight in London.
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