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THE Tories are sailing “perilously” close to the wind and ignoring Electoral Commission advice as they try to galvanise support ahead of the election, according to an SNP MSP. Rona Mackay’s remarks came after one of her constituents, John Hamilton, from Bearsden, contacted The National after receiving a pamphlet from the Scottish Tories, along with an application form for a postal vote. Hamilton said: “The application form … clearly asked for info to be used by the party and its candidates, together with the request that when completed it should be sent either to the Conservat...

A VOTER in Dumfries has gone to the Electoral Commission (EC) after he received a letter from Tory MSP Oliver Mundell inviting him to complete a postal vote application form and return it to his office – and not to the “preferred address” of the local Electoral Registration Officer. David Howdle said he considered that the letter breached the code of conduct for political parties, which states under paragraph 15: “Because of the risk of suspicions that the application may be altered and the risk of the application form being delayed or lost in transit, the local Electoral Registra...