Yes. If you have asked someone else to vote for you using a proxy vote, you can still choose to vote in person yourself, but you must do this before your proxy has voted on your behalf.

No. If you've chosen to vote by post, you cannot vote in person. You can, however, drop your postal vote off at any polling station in Salford, within the polling hours on election day.

Once you receive your poll card, it will have the address of where you should go to vote printed on it. Alternatively you can contact the elections office on 0161 793 3195 or email elections@salford.gov.uk to find out. You may also search for your local polling station using the search box below.

Yes, as long as you are registered on the electoral register and are eligible to vote in the elections. The poll card is for information only - you can vote without it. Poll cards will be printed for every eligible elector and deliveries will be made in good time before the election. If you think you have not received your poll card when you should have done, contact the elections office.

The presiding officer or a companion can assist a voter with physical disabilities who is unable to vote or who is unable to read. Visually impaired voters can ask for a device that will allow them to mark their ballot paper unaided. In addition, a large print version of the ballot paper is displayed inside each polling station.

Yes. Secrecy of voting is fundamental to democracy. There are a number of legal safeguards in place designed to secure secrecy and prevent tampering with votes:

• The voting compartments are designed to make sure that only you know which candidate you have voted for.
• The ballot box is locked and sealed by the presiding officer at the start of polling day, and is further sealed at the end of polling. It will not be opened until the start of the count.
• After the count, all votes, counterfoils and other paperwork are sealed again and they can only be opened by order of a court in the event of an election petition. They are held in secure storage for 12 months and then destroyed.
• All persons employed on the elections must abide by the Requirement of Secrecy laid down by Section 66 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

Ballot papers are numbered to comply with the requirements of the Representation of the People Act and the various regulations and rules made under those Acts. Similarly, the requirement that the elector's number is written on the corresponding numbers list is included within the rules. This is a safeguard against fraud. To prevent the two numbers being linked, at the close of poll the corresponding numbers lists are placed in sealed envelopes by the presiding officer at the polling station. The sealed envelopes are then taken to the Returning Officer. After the count has taken place, the used ballot papers are also sealed. The corresponding numbers lists are stored separately from the ballot papers and all the papers are destroyed after 12 months.