FAQs for Voters

You are eligible to be on the electoral register if: 

• You are aged 16 or over  and 

• Have lived in Jersey for one year; or 

• You have lived in Jersey for six months, plus a period that totals five years. 

Yes. You do not have to be a British citizen to vote in Jersey elections.

Automatic Voter Registration has now come into force and so all eligible Islanders should now be registered on the Electoral Register.

You can find out more information here: Automatic Voter Registration | Vote.je 

The best way to check if you’re on the Electoral Register is to contact your Parish Hall directly. You can find a list of Parish Hall contact details on our website: Contact us | Vote.je 

If your Parish Hall confirms that you are not on the register but you believe that you meet the eligibility criteria, you should contact Employment, Social Security and Housing on +44 1534 444444 to discuss your residency record. Self‑verification tools and Parish review processes will help ensure no one is disenfranchised.

Please update the Government of Jersey as soon as possible with your new address details. You can do this on the Government website: Update your contact details.

If you can’t set up a digital ID or access your services.gov.je account, please contact Employment, Social Security and Housing (ESSH) who will be able to update your contact details: 

• email customerservice@gov.je 

• call +44 (0) 1534 444444  

The main Electoral Register closes at midday on Friday 17 April 2026. If you tell the Government about a change of address after this time, you can only vote at the polling station for your old address, and only for the Candidates in that Constituency and Parish.

Your record will be updated ahead of the 2030 election.

No, it’s not possible to vote online in Jersey.

You can do this.

Simply take your postal voting pack with you to your polling station on Election Day – including your ballot papers. See one of the officials at the polling station and you will be able to use your postal ballots to vote in person. You will not be issued with a new ballot paper, but must still use the one posted to you.

If you want to go to the Pre-poll station (early voting), you will need to hand your postal ballot to the Pre-poll manager.

The States Assembly agreed to change the Elections Law in early 2026 so that everyone who meets the eligibility criteria is automatically registered to vote without having to return a written form to their parish each year. The Law was also changed so that the electoral register is no longer publicly accessible.  

Election candidates can, however, request a copy of a list of registered voters in the constituency they wish to represent to help them canvass for votes. Candidates can only receive a copy of the list if they have registered as a Data Controller with the Office of the Information Commissioner. After the election, candidates must take reasonable steps to ensure their copy of the list is deleted or destroyed to protect people’s personal data. 

Islanders cannot be removed from the electoral register but they can request to be removed from the list that election candidates can access, while still being able to vote. You must make this request before 12 noon Friday 17 April 2026.  

To be taken off the list given to candidates, you can either:

• Complete the online form on the Parishes website Change your registration to vote.
• Print, complete and return this form to your Parish Hall.
• Contact your Parish Hall.

Enter your postcode in the Constituency Finder, select your address and your Constituency will be presented on screen.

The Parish of St Helier website also has a Constituency map which shows the boundaries on its Election 2026 page.

The full list of candidates and manifestos will be published on the Vote.je website on Monday 27 April.

Printed manifestos will also be posted out to all residential addresses by Friday 15 May.

On Sunday 7 June 2026, you will be able to vote for three different types of States Member:

• Senators – vote for up to nine to represent the whole Island
• Connétable – vote for one candidate to represent your Parish
• Deputies – vote for two-four candidates depending on your Constituency

It is an option available to voters only when there are either the same number of Candidates as vacancies, or fewer Candidates than vacancies. It means that no candidate can be automatically elected without opposition.

If “None of the Candidates” receives the most votes, a new nomination process would be triggered and prospective Candidates will be invited to stand.

No, there are three different ways to vote:

1. By post – simply submit your postal voting application before 12 noon on Thursday 30 April and you will receive your ballot paper pack from Mid-May.
2. Early voting (pre-poll) – takes place at St Paul’s Centre, St Helier, and is open to any Islanders on the electoral register. It’s open from Tuesday 26 May to Monday 1 June.
3. Election Day – at your allocated polling station between 8am and 8pm.

They open on Sunday 7 June from 8am to 8pm.

Please bring photo ID with you to your polling station (passport/driving licence) as this will be the quickest way to check you in and receive your ballot papers.

If you don’t have a passport or driving licence, please take an alternative form of ID (this could include a work ID, phone that allows you to login to Yoti/Jersey Me, utility bill, etc.).

If you arrive without any ID, the Electoral Administrator will seek to verify your identity using their parish records, however, please note, this may take a little longer.

Candidates are allowed to be provided with a list of registered voters which is taken from the Electoral Register. Because the Register contains personal data, access to it is carefully controlled. After someone has had their nomination paper approved by the Jersey Electoral Authority (JEA) they can apply to the Jersey Office of the Information Commissioner to become a Data Controller. Once they are a Data Controller, they can contact the parish they are intending to represent to obtain a copy of the list of eligible voters.  

You can request to be removed from the list that election candidates can access, while still being able to vote. You must make this request before 12 noon Friday 17 April 2026. To be taken off the list given to candidates, you can either: 

• Complete the online form on the Parishes website Change your registration to vote.

• Print, complete and return this form to your Parish Hall.

• Contact your Parish Hall.

• All candidates will be announced on our Vote.je website on Monday 27 April.
• A Candidate Fayre will be held on Wednesday 29 April, between 6-8pm, at Oakfield Sports Centre, Wellington Hill, St Saviour, where you can meet all of your eligible candidates.
• Hustings will take place between Tuesday 5 May – Wednesday 3 June in each Constituency. You can find out more about Hustings here, and find the confirmed venues, dates and times for all Connétable, Deputy and Senator Hustings on the Vote.je Events page.
• Candidate video manifestos will be delivered to all Island homes by 15 May.
• You can follow local media for election coverage.
• You can also follow Vote.je social channels or sign up to our newsletter:

1. Facebook
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3. TikTok
4. LinkedIn
5. YouTube

It’s a document in which the candidates explain why they are standing and what they intend to achieve, if elected.

Hustings are your opportunity to hear from your candidates in person and to ask questions of them all. Candidates will each have the same set amount of time to give their answers to your questions.  

These will be held in each Constituency. You can find out more about Hustings here, and find the confirmed venues, dates and times for all Connétable, Deputy and Senator Hustings on the Vote.je Events page.