Voting in other municipality for elections

You need a voter's card if you want to vote in a different municipality than where you are registered. You apply for the voter card at the municipality where you are registered.

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Approach

Apply for the voter ID card at the municipality where you are registered on September 15, 2025.

This is how you apply for a voter ID card in writing:

  • Complete the online voter ID form.
  • Send the form to the municipality.
  • The application must be with the municipality by Friday, Oct. 24, 2025.
  • Have you already received a voting card? Then send the voting card along with it.

You can also stop by the municipality:

  • Come to the council no later than noon on Tuesday, October 28, 2025.
  • You bring:
    • your voting card (if you have already received one)
    • your proof of identity

Do you live permanently abroad but are in the Netherlands on election day? 

Description

In elections to the House of Representatives, you may also vote in a municipality other than where you are registered. For example, in the municipality where you work. For this you need a voter's card.

Do you live abroad temporarily or permanently? If so, you can still vote if you are in the Netherlands on election day. For this you also need a voter's card. You can then vote in any municipality.

Requirements

These are the Requirements for applying for a voter ID card:

  • You may vote for the elections to the House of Representatives.
  • You have proof of identity.
  • Your ID has not expired more than 5 years on Oct. 29, 2025.

Learn more

Elections

Information about the voter card in the House of Representatives elections at Kiesraad.nl

The polling stations in Heerlen

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