Postal ballot counts

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Dear Broadland District Council,

For the 2019 General Election, please provide a breakdown of the number of postal ballots requested, and the number of postal ballots received. For those postal ballots received, please provide the number of ballots counted for each party, and the number discounted as invalid with the reason for their invalidity.

Yours faithfully,

Michelle vonAhn

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Thank you for your FOI, please see our answers below.

Broadland Constituency:

1) Number of postal votes issued = 12,591
2) Number of postal votes returned = 10,735

3) Number of votes marked invalid:
a) want of official mark 0
b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 30
c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 22
d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 145
TOTAL REJECTED BALLOT PAPERS 197

Norwich North Constituency:

1) Number of postal votes issued = 14,047
2) Number of postal votes returned = 11,995
3) Number of votes marked invalid:
a) want of official mark 1
b) voting for more candidates than voter was entitled to 22
c) writing or mark by which voter could be identified 5
d) being unmarked or wholly void for uncertainty 99
TOTAL REJECTED BALLOT PAPERS 127

Postal vote ballot papers are mixed with polling station ballot papers when counting.

I trust this response will meet your purposes but if, for whatever reason, you wish to get back to me please feel free to do so.

Regards

Helen Cowles
Transformation & Innovation Officer
01603 430615  
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