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I will be on holiday in Scotland during the election and being keen to vote this shower out I registered for a postal vote. I received a letter today informing me that my voting papers will be sent out by 26 June to arrive by 28 June. The election is just six days later on 4th July!
Almost inevitably the short lead time means I will be away when the papers are sent out and up until after the election. The very short lead time makes no sense it defeats the objective of enabling people to vote. With the election falling in the summer I imagine that a great many people will be similarly affected.
This system is not fit for purpose.
Has anyone else registered for a postal vote and been advised of similar lead times?
The calls for a duty of candour that follow from the bloods scandal, Hillsborough and the Post Office scandal resonate with me. I can’t think of an argument as to why it should not be made law.
However I fear that our politicians will drag their feet on this. Can you imagine them holding public servants to account whilst obfuscating and lieing through their teeth a la Boris.
“Embarrassing us being on Sky,we just can't win,we either end up looking like the ugly one in the corner that can't pull, watching Ipswich party,or we look like the thick one by sending Leeds to the Premier league.Thanks alot sky”
Policewoman walks towards a man wielding a sword after killing a schoolboy. How brave is that. Just doing her job she might say but not sure I would step forward. Most coppers are decent people who go home to families just like the rest of us.