| From the beginning of next week, forms will be going out to around 15,000 postal voters in Dundee asking the electors to provide their date of birth and a signature, which can then be checked against the information on the postal votes cast during an election.
Stuart Galloway, principal general services officer with the city council’s support services department, said the forms have to be filled in and returned to retain the right to a postal vote.
Anyone who does not return the form would still have the right to vote but would either have to re-apply for a postal vote or go to a polling station on election day to fill in a ballot paper in person.
He urged people to send the forms back as quickly as possible to avoid the need for the council to send out reminders, which would be an additional cost to the public purse.
“The forms have to be filled in using black ink and the information provided in the designated box because the forms will be electronically scanned,” he said. “Postage is pre-paid.”
Mr Galloway said people who have a postal vote and haven’t received one of the forms within a week or two should phone the council on 434444.
There are about 1000 new applications for postal votes outstanding from the recent annual electoral registration process. Those people will not get one of the forms because the council has already obtained the information required as part of that process. |
