Some residents on the Isle of Wight who have registered to carry out a postal vote have been hit with a conundrum.
Usually, along with the ballot paper and instructions come two envelopes, one marked A the other marked B.
However, one resident has told OnTheWight that he’s received two envelopes marked A, but none marked B.
He added that he know two other people who have the same issue.
Below is what they should have received. Envelope B is what you post your sealed ballot paper in back to County Hall.
If you have not received the correct envelopes call the Isle of Wight council on 821000 and they’ll organise another set to be sent to you.
IWC apologise for error
A spokesperson for Isle of Wight council told OnTheWight,
“We are sorry about this mistake. If anyone who has received a postal vote is concerned about the documents they have been sent, they can ring the Isle of Wight Council’s election services on 823380 and we will help them.
“If needed, we can send replacement envelopes out by first class post the same day.”
They went on to say,
“The postal votes are packed in-house by hand, and so occasionally something is wrong or missing. Other than the “B” envelopes, the documents are numbered, so it’s rare that errors like this occur; we also spot-check a proportion of completed postal ballot packs to make sure everything is right.
“So far we have had nine queries relating to missing envelopes, so including the issue mentioned in the article that would be ten electors out of over 18,400 postal voters.”
Article edit
12:38 29/11/19 – Comments from IWC added
