Postal Voting

[mikey4444]

I have had my voting card sent to me but I am thinking that I might like to register for a postal vote this time....anyone know how to go about it ?

[murraymints]

https://www.mysociety.org/a-beginners-guide-to-general-elections-part-3/?gclid=CjwKEAjwr_rIBRDJzq-Z-LC_2HgSJADoL57HMqIviJbsfxi8Mp7H1C10UJIRqz8IjbIFDfDFxJktrBoCcAHw_wcB


you'll have to get moving though

[mikey4444]

Thanks Minty !

[emmie]

i have just managed to spoil by error my postal vote, my thinking is way off at the moment, so that's one vote that won't count, blast it.

[Prudie]

I noted at the recent local elections that OH and I walked in, weren't asked for our polling cards just our name and address. We could have been anybody, seemed very open to abuse IMO.

[Baldric]

It does say on the Poll Card.
"You do not need to take this card with you in order to vote"

[Prudie]

I know, it's just we could have sent anybody in our place - and I'm sure there is lots of room for abuse with postal voting.

[woofgang]

Well but your details are ticked off the list. If someone else goes and pretends to be you they can’t.

[THECORBYLOON]

You don't need to provide any proof of ID in Great Britain but photo ID from an approved list is required in Ulster.

[naomi24]

woofgang, they can't what?

[Old_Geezer]

IMO they ought to require the polling card. (Even though the extent of any corruption must be limited with the present system.)

[Cloverjo]

Woofgang, if someone went in before you and pretended to be you, presumably you wouldn't have your vote.

[naomi24]

Postal voting should be restricted to those physically incapable of getting to the polling station.

[Prudie]

I'm not saying anyone would pretend to be me without my wishes I'm saying I could have sent anyone up (from anywhere) just give my name and vote for who you want. Cuts out the need for a proxy vote.

[THECORBYLOON]

"In certain circumstances (eg, if a mark on the register suggests that that elector has already voted), this will not be an ordinary ballot paper. Rather, it will be a pink “tendered” ballot paper. This is not put in the ballot box but, instead, is endorsed by the presiding officer and placed in a separate official envelope."

No doubt there would be an investigation and the ballot paper used by the imposter would be obtained and excluded from the count if appropriate.

[Old_Geezer]

Be identified as you after you've already voted.
Remember, vote early, vote often.

[woofgang]

Cloverjo, they would have to know who I was, including address and gender and know I hadn’t voted.

[woofgang]

Naomi "Postal voting should be restricted to those physically incapable of getting to the polling station.”

why?

[naomi24]

Because postal voting is more widely open to abuse.

[woofgang]

I would have thought it was less open. It comes to me through the post in a plain envelope and goes back through the post.

[naomi24]

It goes to other people the same way I presume, but that's no guarantee that they will be the people completing the form.