Once more questions have been raised about the propriety of the postal voting system.

Many problems experienced by election staff and party workers are due to the fact that people whose postal vote is rejected are neither told nor given the grounds for rejection.

If they were told, voters could then contact friends, election staff or people of their political persuasion for help in understanding what they are doing wrong.

Until this happens, there is no way of tracking why postal vote papers are rejected.

Some never get counted because the flourish of the signature goes slightly outside the marked box.

Surely, hard-working party volunteers, keen for their side to win, should help ensure that people completing postal ballot forms do so properly and get them to the count on time?

David Foat, Pendle CLP Secretary.