ON the surface postal voting seems all right, although it's only a couple of minutes walk to our polling station.
However, voting is supposed to be confidential.
How can this be?
For everything to be above board, surely a voter must have to identify themselves when sending in a postal vote.
As for getting a witness - a witness to what?
Probably many people would forget and if that is the case, I assume their vote won't count.
We all know voters can be easily identified under the present system merely by checking the number against the list held by the officers in the polling station.
Perhaps we could be properly informed about this new system. The cards which were sent out the other week don't explain properly.
How do we know our votes will count? How do we know the whole thing is confidential?
As with other things, this is being forced on us and we are being told it is what you will do and no proper explanation has been forthcoming.
Janet S Kitchen,
Ashley Park Road,
York.
Updated: 10:12 Wednesday, May 26, 2004
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