Postal votes in the UK (During covid and beyond)

[urban genie]

There is a big push, especially by local councils in the upcoming elections.

Labour have also been waging a capaign to members, affiliates and the general public to register and vote by post to reduce risk from Covid.


So in May if you do vote will you go down the postal route?

 

[Ancient Citizen]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

 

[Rascal]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

Whys that?

 

[urban genie]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

Most councils.are pushing it, be it labour, lib, con or green.

It is being pushed because of Covid, not some conspiracy to rig elections

 

[Vic]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

The Tories have far more postal voters, and have been collecting filled in application forms and delivering them in bulk to councils for this new situation. Labour campaigners are told not to handle completed applications, so as to avoid any suspicion of fraud.

There might not be a polling station round the corner. A new variant, staff unwilling to sit in polling stations and/or handle ballot papers that may well have the virus on, no way to scrutinise the count as normal (eight people round a table).

We'd be having all-postal elections if the Tories didn't know it would benefit the opposition.

 

[Vic]

Download form and find out where to send it at:

Voting by post

Find out about voting by post in UK elections

www.electoralcommission.org.uk

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Any other period in history, this wouldn’t even be discussed. It’s the overflow from the Trump playbook.

Voter fraud is minuscule in this country. Nothing to see here.

 

[Ban-jani]

Mine is round the corner from me so I’ll just walk there.

The situation with Covid should be much better in May anyway but we’ll have to wait and see.

 

[kaz7]

No, it's the easiest way to implement fraud, the only valid reasons for it
is absentee votes. If you can't be arsed to get round the corner to a polling
booth, don't bother.
It's interesting, but not surprising, to see Labour pushing for it.

Bollocks

 

[Ancient Citizen]

Bollocks

Cobblers is more fitting.
Absentee, disabled, etc;, no problem, why do you want it rolled out for everyone?