After a long summer of debate, unexpected frontrunners and occasional bouts of controversy, voting to decide the new Labour leader has closed. Registered members and supporters had until midday on Thursday to cast their vote, with the party hoping to announce their new leader on Saturday.
Dozens of would-be voters have publically complained that they are yet to receive their ballots. In our comments sections, we’ve been hearing from readers expressing similar frustrations.
I have notified the Labour Party over 20 times using their website form that I had not received a ballot. No response.
I phoned them on Monday and they said that it had been sent on 14th August (not true) but that I would get a new one either Tuesday or Wednesday.
Yesterday I got an email from them to say my ballot would imminently arrive from the electoral society. Nope.
And now they have shut their Phone line. How is that for incompetence? So now I am disenfranchised and can do nothing about it. Well pissed off.
Were you able to cast your vote? Whether you’re a member, affiliate or supporter, we want to hear your experiences of the voting process. Did you receive your ballot in time? Do you feel the process could have been handled better? Were you put off by the accusations by some Labour figures of there being a problem of ‘entryists’ attempting to disrupt the party, or was your vote rejected?
Let us know your experiences by filling in the form below.
I got an email yesterday with this message;
you have not yet voted then today Electoral Reform Services will email your ballot again so you can vote in the Labour leadership contest online.
The email will come from 'labourelections@electoralreform.co.uk' with the subject line 'TIME RUNNING OUT TO VOTE: Labour Party elections'. We advise you to add this email address to your list of contacts to avoid the email going into a junk folder.
If you have not received the email by Wednesday morning then please search all your email folders, including your junk.
You will have until 12 noon on Thursday 10 September to cast your vote.
If you have already voted, then thank you and please ignore this message.
Thanks for your support,
The Labour Party
It's now Thursday afternoon and there's still no email ballot for me to vote :( Nothing in my spam folder either.