Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the absolute requirement to count unused ballot papers as a part of the verification process and replacing that requirement with a requirement to do so only where the returning officer considers it appropriate.

We consider elections processes and policy on an ongoing basis, and are working with the
Association of Electoral Administrators and Electoral Commission to consider the
development and improvement of existing processes, including in relation to the
procedures for the counting of votes at elections.