By Nathan Louis
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Today is the day we find out who has been selected to stand as a councillor across Hertsmere and Hertfordshire.
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The count is underway at the Radlett Centre as part of the 2021 local elections with candidates nervously waiting to find out if they have received enough support to represent residents for the next four years.
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A number of seats are up for grabs across Borehamwood, Elstree, Shenley, Radlett, Bushey, and Potters Bar, as well as across the rest of Hertfordshire.
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Counting has been delayed until today - on advice from Hertfordshire s director of public health in Hertfordshire Jim McManus. Ballot boxes have essentially been quarantined for 24 hours in order to reduce the risk of any transmission of coronavirus from the ballot papers to counters.
Elections will take place on May across Hertfordshire A batch of postal votes have been delayed after a member of staff at a printing centre tested positive for coronavirus. Some voters in Hertsmere are yet to receive their postal vote ahead of the May 6 elections after the printing centre was forced to temporarily close on Monday. Hertsmere Borough Council says it is aware of a small number of postal vote applications affected. The council says the postal votes have been sent out to residents in two batches - and it is some residents who are part of the second batch affected.
Cllr John Graham, portfolio holder for finance and property at Hertsmere Borough Council.
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People living in Potters Bar will pay £5 more per household to Hertsmere Borough Council, the same rise as last year.
A household in a Band D property will pay an average of £187 in council tax to Hertsmere Borough Council for its services for the year 2021/22, which equates to around 51p per day.
In Potters Bar this works out as £1,873.54 or 4.25 per cent for a Band D property in the town.
That money is used to fund services including waste and recycling; planning; housing; parks and open spaces; street cleaning and environmental health; benefits administration and contributions towards Police Community Support Officers and the Citizens Advice Bureau.