Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which the
form of identification accompanying a postal vote should be amended to also require
signed confirmation (1) that the ballot paper has been completed only by the person
entitled to do so, (2) that this has been done, together with the sealing of the ballot
paper in the envelope provided, in conditions of privacy, and (3) that the envelope
was returned directly by that person to a Post Box, the Electoral Registration Officer/Returning
Officer, or to a polling station on polling day, save only for those people requiring
assistance from someone such as a carer, and as is necessary on the grounds of disability
<p>There are already measures in place designed to safeguard the security of postal
voting, including the use of personal identifiers by postal voters. Sir Eric Pickles’
review of electoral fraud, published in 2016, considered postal voting and identified
a number of areas in which the existing rules around postal voting could be tightened.
The Government responded to the review, addressing each of its recommendations in
turn, and setting out a number of measures for tackling the risk of fraud.</p><p>The
Government is continuing to consider how to improve the integrity of postal voting
and electoral processes in general, and will keep these matters under review.</p>
