Absentee voting in the United Kingdom is allowed by proxy or post (known as postal voting on demand) for any elector.
Proxy voting is allowed for people who will be away, working, or medically disabled.[1] Anyone eligible to vote in the election may be a proxy for close relatives and two unrelated people.[2]
Postal voting does not require a reason,[3] apart from in Northern Ireland, where postal voting is available only if it would be unreasonable to expect a voter to go to a polling station on polling day as a result of employment, disability or education restrictions. [citation needed] Pilots in 2003 and 2004 showed a significant increase in turnout where postal voting was trialled and no evidence of an increase in electoral fraud.[4] However, a 2016 government report found postal voting to be vulnerable to "fraud, undue influence, theft and tampering."[5]
- ^ "How to vote". GOV.UK. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ "Application to vote by proxy at a particular election or referendum" (PDF). Cabinet Office, UK Government. 27 April 2020. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ White, Isobel (19 January 2010). "Postal Voting & Electoral Fraud" (PDF). Parliament and Constitution Centre, House of Commons Library. SN/PC/3667. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ James, Toby S. (1 March 2011). "Fewer Costs, More Votes? United Kingdom Innovations in Election Administration 2000–2007 and the Effect on Voter Turnout". Election Law Journal: Rules, Politics, and Policy. 10 (1): 37–52. doi:10.1089/elj.2009.0059.
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