Post by andrewteale on Apr 21, 2012 9:09:45 GMT
There is a cost factor to be considered. For example, in Croydon in the local elections in 2010 the postal votes were sorted into the 24 wards by the Royal Mail staff before they were delivered to the council; I was told that the Council had to pay £300 (I think) for each sub-division, i.e. each ward. If the postal votes do not need to be sub-divided according to ward then there is less reason to pay for the extra cost.
When we had the all-postal European and local election in 2004, Bury Council was allocated seventeen different postcodes for its seventeen wards. That all costs money.
