New rules introduced by the Elections Act 2022 about handling of postal votes apply to polls taking places on or after 2nd May. The changes are as follows:
- Parties and campaigners will no longer be allowed to handle certain completed postal votes and postal vote envelopes
- Individuals will be allowed to hand in more than five postal ballot packs(in addition to their own)
- All individuals hand in postal votes to the local authority offices or polling places will need to complete a postal vote