All-postal voting deemed 'logistically impossible' for May poll | Local Government Chronicle (LGC)
One of the country’s most senior election officials has rejected the idea that all-postal voting could replace polling stations in the local elections scheduled for May, as concern amounts about the impact of the ongoing coronavirus crisis on the polls. Peter Stanyon, chief executive of the Association of Electoral Administrators, yesterday demanded the Cabinet Office explain how the new national lockdown will impact the elections. He did this as local government minister Luke Hall told council leaders and chiefs on a Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government webinar there are ...