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North Wales election candidate cut from tens of thousands of ballot papers
A blunder saw independent Michelle Brown’s name omitted from the Senedd s regional list for Ynys Môn and Arfon voters
16:13, 6 MAY 2021
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A North Wales regional candidate being omitted from tens of thousands of ballot papers across Gwynedd and Anglesey.
The relevant returning officers have confirmed that the advice of the Electoral Commission has been sought as a result of the error which saw Michelle Brown’s name failing to appear on the ballot papers of voters living in the Ynys Môn and Arfon constituencies.
These are your options when you reach the polling booth on Thursday.
Abolish the Welsh Assembly Party:
Abolish the Welsh Parliament/Senedd through a referendum
Return control of the NHS in Wales to Westminster
Remove the target for one million Welsh speakers
Britain s Communist Party:
Nationalise public transport
Conservatives:
Build the M4 relief road, invest and upgrade the A40 in West Wales and the A55 in North Wales
Refuse new powers for the Welsh Government
Build 100,000 homes over the next decade, 40,000 of which would be social homes, with new homes carbon neutral by 2026
Gwlad - the Welsh Independence Party
Work towards the long term aim of an independent Wales with its own currency
Everything you need to know as Carmarthenshire goes to the polls Carmarthenshire residents go to the polls tomorrow, Thursday, May 6 to cast their votes in the Senedd and Police and Crime Commissioner elections. The Welsh Government has made £1.5 million available to returning officers across the country to ensure that polling stations are safe environments for the elections. And the stay safe mantra of hands, face and space will be joined by a suggestion to take along your own pen or pencil to the polling station. Some polling stations in the county will be at new locations due to Covid regulations.