THE deadline to apply to vote in this year’s local elections is today.

All six boroughs across East Lancashire are holding elections on Thursday May 6, and people are being reminded to ensure they are registered to vote in order to have their say.

Borough councillors make important decisions on running boroughwide services, such as planning, recycling and refuse collection, and sport and leisure.

There are a couple of different ways that you can vote - by post or at a polling station.

The deadline for applying online to register to vote is today, with the deadline to apply for a postal vote being 5pm tomorrow, Tuesday April 20 - this means that anyone wishing to apply for a postal vote must have submitted their form in time for it to be received by their local borough or district council before 5pm on Tuesday April 20.

Many more people will have been vaccinated for Covid by election day, and council's will be making sure that polling stations are open, and are Covid-secure with extra health and safety measures put in place.