Denied a voice

AT THE grand old age of 95, and having never missed a vote in her life, my mother was denied a voice on Thursday because her postal vote was never delivered.

After many calls to Electoral Offices and conversations with the Chief Electoral Officer in the run-up to the election, it was made clear to us that once a postal vote has been sent out, nothing can be done if it goes missing and is not delivered.

Why can’t Royal Mail be trusted to do its job? How many postal votes were not delivered? If this happened to you, ask your local Electoral Office if your vote was used.

RUTH YOUNG, Lisbellaw, Co Fermanagh.