Fund a full postal vote for the local elections due on 6th May 2021.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Government should fund a full postal vote, something that local government can not do at this time due to financial constraints. The pandemic is still rife in this country and further delays to elections is leaving communities unrepresented during this difficult time, and not be delayed further.

There are currently 296 vacancies for council seats across the country (http://opencouncildata.co.uk/), while Scotland restarted its by elections England and Wales did not, these vacancies and insecurity about further elections has left many Councillors overworked and exasperated during the pandemic, and some communities under-represented. We can not allow further delays to elections, however they need to be safe, secure and promote inclusion, a full postal vote will achieve this.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign this petition calling for the same action: Decide now to make the 2021 elections all-postal whilst there is still time

Timeline

8 Jan 2021	Petition opened for signatures
15 Jan 2021	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 15 Jan 2021

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