European elections 2019: Expats in France fear postal votes will not count
British expats in France might not get a vote in Thursday's European elections because their postal voting forms have arrived late, or not at all.
But they must have their completed ballot paper returned to the local electoral returning officer by the time polls close on election day. "I know of someone who's flown back to the UK with his whole family's emergency proxy votes," said Ms Allen.A spokeswoman for the council said it was"investigating this and have asked for a response from our postal provider".The Electoral Commission said it has had"no involvement" in the distribution of postal votes for the European election - adding that responsibility lay with local councils.
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