FOI Request - Election Data

Request 101002466310 

Can you please provide the following statistics for the following constituencies
Moray
1) the number of postal votes issued (and how many overseas votes)
2) The number of people who applied for a postal vote
3) How many people were refused a Postal Vote
4) the number of postal votes returned
5) the postal vote turnout percentage calculated from 1) & 2)
6) the number of received postal votes rejected
7) whether the printing, posting and authentication of postal votes was done in house, or outsourced. If outsourced to which company?
8) the total number of deceased removed from the electoral roll from the time the ge2019 was announced till the election date 12/12/2019 by constituency
9) t the total number of people who had moved, removed from the electoral roll from the time the ge2019 was announced till the election date 12/12/2019 by constituency
10) the total number of complaints received by the councils electoral officer
a) people who said they were registered to vote but were unable to vote as they were not listed on the voters roll at the polling station
b) people who said their postal vote arrived too late, or not at all

Response 07-04-2020

1) the number of postal votes issued (and how many overseas votes)
14,743

2) The number of people who applied for a postal vote
The Election office on behalf of the Returning Officer for Moray  do not hold this information. The Electoral registration function is not carried out by The Moray Council, enquiries for this information should be directed to the Electoral Registration Officer, Grampian Valuation Joint Board, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GE, ero@grampian-ero.gov.uk

3) How many people were refused a Postal Vote
The Election office on behalf of the Returning Officer for Moray  do not hold this information. The Electoral registration function is not carried out by The Moray Council, enquiries for this information should be directed to the Electoral Registration Officer, Grampian Valuation Joint Board, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GE, ero@grampian-ero.gov.uk

4) the number of postal votes returned
The total number of postal votes returned prior to verification was 12,117. This does not include those that were returned as undelivered or cancelled.

5) the postal vote turnout percentage calculated from 1) & 2)
The postal vote turnout based on the number of postal votes issued and number of postal votes returned (count prior to postal vote verification) -  82%

6) the number of received postal votes rejected
78

7) whether the printing, posting and authentication of postal votes was done in house, or outsourced. If outsourced to which company?
Printing and posting of the postal votes was undertaken by an outsourced contracted supplier – IDOX Software Limited
Authentication of the postal votes is taken to mean the legal process of postal vote verification which is undertaken by Returning Officer staff in-house using a specialist outsourced software and hardware postal vote management system contracted with IDOX Software Limited.

8) the total number of deceased removed from the electoral roll from the time the ge2019 was announced till the election date 12/12/2019 by constituency
The Election office on behalf of the Returning Officer for Moray  do not hold this information. The Electoral registration function is not carried out by The Moray Council, enquiries for this information should be directed to the Electoral Registration Officer, Grampian Valuation Joint Board, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GE, ero@grampian-ero.gov.uk

9) the total number of people who had moved, removed from the electoral roll from the time the ge2019 was announced till the election date 12/12/2019 by constituency
The Election office on behalf of the Returning Officer for Moray  do not hold this information. The Electoral registration function is not carried out by The Moray Council, enquiries for this information should be directed to the Electoral Registration Officer, Grampian Valuation Joint Board, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GE, ero@grampian-ero.gov.uk

10) the total number of complaints received by the councils electoral officer
The Election office on behalf of the Returning Officer for Moray  do not hold this information. The Electoral registration function is not carried out by The Moray Council, enquiries for this information should be directed to the Electoral Registration Officer, Grampian Valuation Joint Board, Woodhill House, Westburn Road, Aberdeen, AB16 5GE, ero@grampian-ero.gov.uk

a) people who said they were registered to vote but were unable to vote as they were not listed on the voters roll at the polling station
Based on information provided at the polling station directly to staff and reported to the Elections Office of the Returning Officer - 4

b) people who said their postal vote arrived too late, or not at all .
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