WHAT a pathetic error made on the polling cards for the election and referendum in Haxby and Wigginton ward, i.e. a ‘minor error’ showing the polling station at a private house instead of the Scout HQ.

Most voters know exactly where to vote, so was it really necessary to send out corrected letters/cards to every voter in the area?

Postage to 10,000 voters in Haxby and Wigginton area would be £3,000 plus, which could have been reduced if cards at the same address had been posted together, and second class used instead of first.

I feel that the cost of this should come out of the salary of the council employee(s) who made the error, not the council tax payers!

David Findlay, York Road, Haxby, York.