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Overseas Postal Voting at Breaking Point: Millions at Risk of Losing Their Vote

Overseas Postal Voting at Breaking Point: Millions at Risk of Losing Their Vote

Update: 2025-09-18
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The UK’s overseas postal voting system is failing — extended enfranchisement without operational capacity has created a perfect storm of lost ballots, tight timetables and systemic disenfranchisement. In this document we report alarmingly low return rates for overseas packs (average c.52% vs 81% domestically) and we explain how batching practices, snap-election application surges and short statutory deadlines conspire to make many overseas votes uncountable.

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Overseas Postal Voting at Breaking Point: Millions at Risk of Losing Their Vote

Overseas Postal Voting at Breaking Point: Millions at Risk of Losing Their Vote

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