Councils admit failure to send out EU postal ballots in time

One election officer blamed the error on ‘the delay caused by Brexit negotiations’. Photograph: Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty ImagesAt least three local councils across England and Wales have admitted that they ran out of time to print and send postal ballots for the European elections to some overseas voters, leaving them effectively disenfranchised.Three voters contacted the Guardian with details of papers that arrived so late it was impossible to get their vote back to the UK in time, some