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Mr Wyllie made this Freedom of Information request to Electoral Commission
The request was partially successful.
From: Mr Wyllie
4 February 2010
Dear Sir or Madam,
This is a request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000.
In its eighth report of session 2008-09, the Business and
Enterprise Committee of the House of Commons said:
"105. There were two more unusual suggestions for government
services. Postcomm reports that postal voting services are handled
by post offices in Finland and suggests that this service might be
an opportunity for post offices..."
Please provide me with information about communications and work
the Commission has undertaken, if any, since the report's
publication to progress this idea.
Such information should be provided as copies of documents, in
electronic format.
Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Wyllie
From: Nassime Chida
Electoral Commission
4 March 2010
Dear Mr Wyllie
FOI 14/10
Thank you for your request under the Freedom of Information Act
dated 4 Ferbuary 2010. Your letter addressed:
In its eighth report of session 2008-09, the Business and Enterprise
Committee of the House of Commons said: "105. There were two more unusual
suggestions for government
services. Postcomm reports that postal voting services are handled by
post offices in Finland and suggests that this service might be an
opportunity for post offices..."
Please provide me with information about communications and work the
Commission has undertaken, if any, since the report's publication to
progress this idea.
The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly
and within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days. However, in
order to do so, we are requesting a clarification of your
request.
Could your request be clarified as below:
1) Has the Commission carried out any research into the capacity
of post offices to handle posting voting services?
2) Please provide any documents which consider the possibility of
implementing a postal voting system handled by UK post offices?
3) Have any of the points related to postal voting raised in the
Business and Enterprise Committee of the House of Commons's eighth report
of session 2008-09 triggered any action by the Commission?
Once your response is received your request will be considered and
you will receive the information requested within the statutory timescale
of 20 working days as defined by the Freedom of Information Act
2000.
Yours sincerely
Nassime Chida
Nassime Chida
Business Assistant - DCE
The Electoral Commission
Trevelyan House
Great Peter Street
London SW1P 2HW
Tel: 020 7271 0692
Fax: 020 7271 0505
Textphone: 18001 020 7271 0579
[1]www.electoralcommission.org.uk
[2]www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
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From: Mr Wyllie
4 March 2010
Thank you for your email, which I received today.
The clarification you suggest within your email is acceptable. All
three points are the points in my request. I look forward very much
to your response.
Yours sincerely,
Mr Wyllie
From: Nassime Chida
Electoral Commission
5 March 2010
Dear Mr Wyllie,
Our Ref: 14/10
Thank you for the clarification of your request which the Commission
received on 5 March 2010.
Please see your new request as follows:
1) Has the Commission carried out any research into the capacity of post
offices to handle posting voting services?
2) Please provide any documents which consider the possibility of
implementing a postal voting system handled by UK post offices?
3) Have any of the points related to postal voting raised in the Business
and Enterprise Committee of the House of Commons's eighth report of
session 2008-09 triggered any action by the Commission?
The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly and
within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days.
You may expect to receive a reply sent from the Commission by 6 April
2010.
Yours sincerely,
Nassime Chida
Business Assistant - DCE
The Electoral Commission
Trevelyan House
Great Peter Street
London SW1P 2HW
Tel: 020 7271 0692
Fax: 020 7271 0505
Textphone: 18001 020 7271 0579
[1]www.electoralcommission.org.uk
[2]www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
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From: Michelanne Wilson
Electoral Commission
16 March 2010
Dear Mr. Wyllie,
Our Ref: FOI 14 10
Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOI Act), dated 4 March 2010, and later clarified on
5 March 2010.
The Commission aims to respond to requests for information promptly and
has done so within the statutory timeframe of twenty working days.
Please see your request in bold below followed by our response.
1) Has the Commission carried out any research into the capacity of post
offices to handle posting voting services?
The Commission does not hold this information. The Commission has not
carried out any research into the capacity of post offices to handle
postal voting services.
2) Please provide any documents which consider the possibility of
implementing a postal voting system handled by UK post offices?
The Commission does not hold this information.
3) Have any of the points related to postal voting raised in the Business
and Enterprise Committee of the House of Common's eighth report of session
2008-09 triggered any action by the Commission?
The Commission does not hold this information. The Commission has not
taken any action in relation to postal voting which you mention was raised
in the Business Enterprise Committee of the House of Common's eighth
report of session 2008-09.
I trust that this information satisfies your request. If you are not
satisfied with this response, please note that the Commission operates a
review procedure, details of which can be found on the Commission website
at:
[1]http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/ab....
Please also note that if you have exhausted all internal Commission review
procedures and you are still not satisfied you have the right to appeal to
the Information Commissioner. Details of this procedure can be found on
the ICO website: [2]http://www.ico.gov.uk.
Yours sincerely,
Bolanle
Bolanle Ojoye
Implementation Officer
The Electoral Commission
Trevelyan House
Great Peter Street
London SW1P 2HW
Tel: 020 7271 0668
Fax: 020 7271 0505
Textphone: 18001 020 7271 0505
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[4]www.aboutmyvote.co.uk
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