The Electoral Commission has been asked to permit late postal votes for the European parliament elections to be counted as reports continue of many British nationals living abroad receiving their ballot papers too late to return on time. Catherine Bearder 🔶 (@catherinemep) I have authored a cross-party letter to the Electoral Commission on behalf of those UK citizens abroad who couldn’t vote because their postal vote never arrived. The Electoral Commission said that by law votes had to be received by 10pm on Thursday and any extension would require a change to the law. Timeline EU elections Show Hide European elections – what happens next7am Polls opened on voting for the European elections across the UK and the Netherlands. Polling is continuing in Malta, Latvia and Slovakia so the results of the UK elections still cannot be revealed.

Source: The Guardian May 24, 2019 12:11 UTC