JOHN Swinney has reacted with fury after Downing Street dismissed concerns about Scottish voters being “disenfranchised” due to problems with…
JOHN Swinney has reacted with fury after Downing Street dismissed concerns about Scottish voters being “disenfranchised” due to problems with postal voting.was aiming to make it “ever harder” to exercise the right to vote – after raising concerns that holding the General Election in the Scottish school holidays would have a negative impact.– and some Scots who have travelled abroad will not be able to vote as they left before receiving a postal vote.
Asked whether the Prime Minister shared Swinney’s concerns, the Tory leader’s official spokesperson told reporters on Monday: “No.” "For voters in Scotland who will get the chance to vote on Thursday, it's one more reason to give this Prime Minister and thehas been sounding the alarm over the potential disenfranchisement of Scottish voters due to its timing during the Scottish school holidays. Unfortunately, those warnings have now come to pass.
“I’ve had numerous emails from people who have not received their postal ballot, that’s simply not good enough,” he said.
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