Great for those who requested postal votes ahead of the deadline and went away this weekend 🙃
A statement from Cardiff Council on the issues with postal ballots:
A council spokesperson said:
“The Council has issued almost 47,000 postal vote packs in recent weeks and, to date, more than 26,500 have already been returned.
“Following reports from some voters that they hadn’t yet received their postal vote packs, we have been working urgently to investigate the issue and have identified that the affected packs relate to a supplementary print run for the Caerdydd Ffynnon Taf and Caerdydd Penarth constituencies.
“We have received assurances from our print provider, Civica, that the relevant data was received correctly from the Council and that the packs were printed and dispatched to Royal Mail, who continue to investigate.
“In response to enquiries from individual voters, we have already reissued a number of postal vote packs. Replacement packs will be hand delivered to the remaining affected households on Tuesday 5 May, with a small number reissued by priority mail.
“Voters who receive a replacement pack can complete it and either return it to our staff at the time of delivery, hand it in at any polling station before 10pm on Thursday, or deliver it to County Hall before 10pm on polling day.
“We regret any inconvenience experienced and are focused on ensuring all those affected are able to vote.”