Three Line Whip has some interesting information about some of the complications of postal votes which could see people accidentally spoiling their ballots.

One particular thing to look out for is the fact that you have to sign and date a slip of paper, but the date is your birth date, not today’s date as you would usually expect to write next to your signature.

All in all it sounds like the balance is tipping away from postal voting again.

I have heard of some people receiving ballot papers that have been damaged in transit by the postal service, which rather puts me off postal voting: what if the damage had happened in the other direction and their vote was no longer legible? That would be no way to stop Boris.

If you have got a postal vote but can get to the polling station on 1 May (or your local council offices beforehand), why not take it down there yourself and hand it in? Don’t put it in the ballot box though, give it to the attendants, or it might not count.

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