Voting is a classic example of a time when two is not better than one. Hackney resident Katharine Dixon is miffed that the council managed to send her - and her sister - two postal votes each but misspelled her name on both occasions. We thought we'd call Hackney council ourselves to inquire how carefully they checked the electoral register before running off ballot papers. The council insists that the incident is a "very rare occurence".
It's certainly not the only occurence we've heard of. While postal voting cockups can make us giggle - none more so than the council bumpf that told 1,600 voters in Havant, Hampshire: "Do not vote for more than two candidates" - democracy is serious business. We're interested to know of any electoral bloomers going on in your backyard, so tell us everything.
