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Validation of EU Referendum Postal Votes for Malvern Hills District Council

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Dear Malvern Hills District Council,
I wish to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000:

Could you please provide the following information for the voting area known as Malvern Hills District Council in respect of postal voting in the EU Referendum held on 23rd June 2016

Overseas voting entitlement
a) The TOTAL number of registered overseas voters;
b) The number of overseas voters who have permanent postal vote set up;
c) The number of overseas voters who registered a postal vote specifically for the above referendum ;
d) The number of overseas voters who have a periodic postal vote set up, that entitled them to vote in the above named referendum;
e) The number of overseas voters who had named a proxy to vote on their behalf in the above named referendum;
Number of votes issued and returned:
a) The TOTAL number of postal votes issued;
b The TOTAL number of postal votes returned;
c) The TOTAL number of postal votes rejected;
d) The number of OVERSEAS postal votes issued;
e) The number of OVERSEAS postal votes returned;
f) The number of OVERSEAS postal votes rejected;

In respect of verification of postal votes, could you please confirm what method (or methods) were used to verify the validity of the completed postal vote:
a) Visual comparison of both original documents;
b) Visual comparison where one or more of the comparison documents was a scanned image;
c) Use of automated recognition software and if this method was employed, the name of the software used;
d) Other form of verification (please detail)
Could you please provide the following in electronic format, preferably as a device-independent a plain text document.

Yours faithfully,

Nicola Thomson

Nicola Stevens, Malvern Hills District Council

Thank you for your request for information which was received by this office on 11 October 2016.

Your request is being considered and we will contact you as soon as we can and not later than 20 working days following the date on which your request was received. That means we will respond to you no later than 7 November 2016.

The Freedom of Information Act defines a number of exemptions, which may prevent release of some or all of the information you have asked for. If this is the case we will write to advise you and also inform you of your rights of appeal.

In some circumstances we may make a charge for this information. This will be considered and we will tell you if a fee is payable. If a fee is payable, it must be paid before the information is processed and released. The 20 working day time limit allowed for our response will be suspended until receipt of the payment. Payment must be made within three months.

Nicola Stevens
PA/Management Secretary
Policy & Governance
And Freedom of Information Administrator

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Sheila Fellows, Malvern Hills District Council

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Dear Ms Thomson

 

Please find the response to your FOI request attached and via the link
below.

 

[1]http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000...

If you have any concerns about the handling of your enquiry, you should in
the first instance contact Ian Marshall, Legal Services Manager, at
Malvern Hills District Council either by email
[2][email address]

or in writing to The Council House, Avenue Road, Malvern, Worcs. WR14 3AF.

 

If however, he is unable to resolve your concerns, you may then wish to
make an appeal directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision.
The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF

 

Kind regards

 

Sheila Fellows

PA/Management Secretary

Policy and Governance

Email: [3][email address]

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