Posted on 07/04/2024 7:01:31 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Rishi Sunak today insisted 'concerns' over delayed postal votes should be investigated.
The PM stressed that 'every vote counts' on July 4 after anxiety was voiced across parties about Brits being disenfranchised.
Royal Mail is adamant there is 'no backlog' ahead of the election, despite postal minister Kevin Hollinrake criticising preparations.
He suggested the service should have anticipated extra demand for postal votes during the summer holidays.
But in a statement a spokesman said: 'We have no backlog of postal votes and, whilst we are not complacent, we remain confident that postal votes handed to us on time will be delivered prior to polling day.
'Where specific concerns have been raised, we have investigated and confirmed ballot packs are being delivered as soon as they arrive in our network.
'We would welcome a review into the timetable for future elections with all stakeholders to ensure that the system for printing and administering postal votes before they are handed to Royal Mail works as smoothly as possible.'
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Election denier! Prosecute him!
The Tories are getting crushed.
If you can make it to the post office to vote then you can then you can make it to the polls.
That’s because they’ve practically been more leftist than Labour. The genuinely conservative Reform did very well though.
Mitch and Mitt would fit well into the Torries.
Yes, that’s true.
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