Blunder sees more than 1,000 ballot papers in the Kingswood area recalled

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By BeckyFeather | Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 09:49

More than 1,000 postal vote ballot papers that were delivered in the Kingswood area have had to be pulled back by council officials because of a printing error.

The papers for Parkwall ward had the wrong candidates printed on them.

South Gloucestershire Council sent out a team to knock on the doors of those householders affected to retrieve the rogue papers and issue new ones.

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  • Profile image for king1and

    hope they have not been counted then, that def would make a mockery of things.

    By king1and at 17:23 on 26/04/11

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    They were postal ones.

    By BeckyFeather at 13:40 on 26/04/11

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    Hi Becky, hope none of them were postal votes or was it just the non postal ones?

    By king1and at 13:03 on 26/04/11

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