Validation of EU Referendum Postal Votes for Rushmoor Borough Council

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, Rushmoor Borough Council should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear Rushmoor Borough 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 Rushmoor Borough 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 requested information in electronic format, preferably as a device-independent plain text document.

Yours faithfully,

Barbara A Knight

RBC Freedom of Information, Rushmoor Borough Council

Thank you for your request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, which we received on the 7th October 2016.
 
It has been forwarded to the relevant officer for processing within 20 working days of receipt and you may be contacted again if we require any further information.

Kind regards

FOI Team
Rushmoor Borough Council
Farnborough Road
Farnborough
Hants      GU14 7JU

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Adele Taylor, Rushmoor Borough Council

Ms Knight,

Please find below Rushmoor Borough Councils responses to your FOI request regarding EU Referendum Postal Votes

The answers set out below represent the data sets we have been able to access from our system.

I hope that this answers your question satisfactorily, but if you are unhappy with the reply you have received, I attach a link to the Council’s Complaints Procedure, which is the means by which you may request the Council to review it.

http://www.rushmoor.gov.uk/article/3323/...

Alternatively a printed copy of the Comments and Complaints Leaflet is available if you wish.

If, following a review you are still dissatisfied, you can ask the Information Commissioner to decide whether your request for information has been dealt with in accordance with the legislation. The address is:

FOI/EIR Complaints Resolution
Information Commissioner’s Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545 745
08456 30 60 60
Fax: 01625 524 510

An online complaints form is available on the ICO website at www.ico.org.uk

Kind regards

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