Councils demand postal voting deal
28 August 2012
Local councils are calling on the government to set up a contract for purchasing ballot packs in the wake of Britain's largest experiment in all-postal voting.
In this month's elections for the European parliament and local councils, four regions in England - East Midlands, the north east, north west, and Yorkshire and Humberside - held all-postal ballots with mixed results.
In one instance, Trevor Mills, North Lincolnshire elections officer, said he "was on the verge of a breakdown" trying to find a supplier of ballot...