Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 15 June 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 June 2016. It was answered by Gary Streeter (Conservative) on Monday, 27 June 2016 on behalf of the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission.
UK Membership of EU: Referendums
- Question
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To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether any non-UK EU nationals were sent postal votes in error for the upcoming EU referendum.
- Answer
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The Electoral Commission became aware of an issue with elections software used by a number of local authorities in England and Wales on 1 June that meant some non-eligible EU citizens had mistakenly received postal votes.
The software provider has resolved the issue which means that all postal votes that have been sent to non-eligible EU citizens have been cancelled, including in cases where completed postal votes had already been returned.
All of the affected electors have also been written to by their local Electoral Registration Officer with an explanation of what happened and have been told that they will not be able to vote at the referendum.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 40714
- Session
- 2016-17
- Subjects
- Absent voting EU nationals Referendums UK membership of EU
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- 2016-08-11 14:51:05 +0100
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