The Electoral Office is reviewing the absentee voting process after more than 5,000 applications for postal and proxy votes in May's NI council elections were rejected
More than 5,000 applications for postal and proxy votes in the Northern Ireland council elections were rejected due to problems related to the digital registration number .It is only a requirement in Northern Ireland.
These included people submitting their application without a DRN number or filling in the wrong number. "Many did this by registering online and now need to provide a DRN when they apply to vote by absent vote at an election. Both men were successfully able to vote by post, although her husband was asked to resubmit his application with a DRN, which she said he asked the Electoral Office to send to him by email.
"My local councillor said it had happened to a lot of people across his constituency. It seems farcical."What's wrong with sending it out again when reminding people to vote?"May Herron, from Castlewellan, County Down, asked one of her councillors to help with her postal vote application.
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