Frequently Asked Questions

You can vote at the following locations

On Thursday, June 6, our polling places will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 9 p.m. 

• At least 2 weeks before the election, you will receive your voting card.
• Bring your voting card and a valid ID to the polling station.
• At the polling station, turn in your voting card. Also show your ID to the polling station member.
• At the polling station, you will be given a ballot paper. This lists all the lists (parties) participating in the election. It also lists all the candidates for whom you can vote.
• Take the ballot into the voting booth. The vote is secret. The voting booths in the polling place are positioned so that no one can see who you are voting for. Only people with physical disabilities may be assisted in the voting booth.
• Using a red pencil, color the circle in front of the name of the person you want to vote for.
• You can also leave the ballot blank. This is called blank voting.
• Fold the ballot so that no one can see your choice.
• After this, put the ballot in the ballot box.

See the steps in pictures and text: Voting: how does it work? | Publication | Rijksoverheid.nl

Blank votes

Don't want to elect a candidate but still want to use your right to vote? Then you can cast a blank vote. You go to the polling booth, but do not elect a candidate. So you do not fill in anything on the ballot paper.

Your blank vote does not affect the distribution of seats. Thus, a blank vote or a vote not cast does not go to the largest party. A blank vote does count in determining the turnout of the election.

Misspelled ballot or mistake

When voting, you can choose one candidate per ballot paper by coloring the corresponding box red. If you color multiple boxes or draw or color anything on the ballot paper, your ballot paper is invalid. Your vote will only count towards the voter turnout. Did you accidentally invalidate your ballot paper or make a mistake? Then you may ask for a new ballot paper once.

You bring:

• Your voting card;
• A proof of identity: this may be a passport, identity card or driver's license from the Netherlands;
• Are you casting a proxy vote? If so, please also bring the voting card and a copy of the proxy's ID.

Your ID is valid to vote if it has not expired more than 5 years on the day of the election.

If you have lost your identification document or it has been stolen, you can report to the polling station with the report of loss or theft prepared by the municipality and another document that shows your name and a photo of you.

To vote, you need a voting pass and proof of identity. You can bring one of these IDs with you:

• Passport;
• Id;
• Driving license from the Netherlands;
• A valid residency document (for water board elections only).

Voters with dual nationality may also identify themselves with a passport, identity card or driver's license from an EEA country or a passport or identity card from Switzerland. For water board elections, you may also identify yourself with a foreign national document.
 

You may, at the same time as your own vote, cast a maximum of 2 proxy votes.

The initiative to grant a proxy lies with the voter, and not with his proxy. Recruiting proxy votes is prohibited. Nor may a person bribe a voter with a gift, promise or otherwise force the voter to give a proxy.

Yes. A voter who cannot or does not wish to vote in his or her own municipality on election day may request to cast his or her vote in another municipality. To do so, he or she must apply for a voter ID card.

You will find all information related to voter authorization on the Request a Replacement Voting Pass or Proxy page.

To vote, you will receive a voting pass no later than November 8, 2023. The voting card shows that you may vote. Without the voting pass, you cannot cast your vote.

Yes, you may. The pencil or pen must be red writing. Red voting pencils are also handed out at the polling station.