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Council workers in Uttlesford hand deliver ballots after error

There has also been problems with duplicate postal vote packs being issued by Braintree District Council.

A council statement said this had affected eight districts in the area, which have a total of 1,534 postal voters.

The statement asked residents to throw away duplicate packs and apologised to those affected, adding: “We have checked the systems and are satisfied there is no risk of duplicate voting occurring.

“Please be assured that no-one in the Braintree and Witham constituencies will be able to vote twice.”

The Local Government Association (LGA), which represents councils in England and Wales, said there had been a 20% increase in postal voting since 2019.

A LGA spokesperson added: “This unprecedented increase adds more pressure to an already complex process and overburdened system.

“We are aware of reports of incidents where delays have happened. The postal vote system could benefit from review and more could be done to support Royal Mail and printers to be ready to deliver elections.”

Royal Mail has insisted there is no backlog of postal votes.


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