Thousands of faulty postal ballots sent out

[muriel_volestrangler]

Thousands of faulty postal ballot papers have been sent out in three parliamentary constituencies, raising fears that the election results may face legal challenge.
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It is unlikely that the ballot papers can be reissued in time and the recipients will probably be disenfranchised. In one area, around six invalid forms have been sent out, but in another 12,000 have been distributed and in the third, there are 11,000 faulty ballot papers.

The problem is that the number on the ballot paper does not match the number on the voter's declaration of identity form. The error will mean that, when returned, the faulty ballot papers will be declared invalid and rejected.

Yesterday it emerged that 16,000 ballot papers with a similar flaw were sent out by Wyre borough council in Lancashire for county council elections. The borough will try to reissue them but admits that a legal challenge to the eventual result is a real prospect.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/election/story/0,15803,1473046,00.html

Thousands unable to vote? That's 2 constituencies that will have to be re-balloted, then. So we've got imcompetency to deal with, as well as fraud.